Health sector calls on co妹妹unity to donate blood

Sơn said that at the moment, documents related to disease outbreaks such as SARS, MERS or COVID- 一 九 have not provided evidence that these respiratory viruses can be transmitted via blood transfusion. Therefore, besides complying with anti-epidemic requirements, the health sector calls on agencies, organisations and the co妹妹unity to continue to join in voluntary blood donation activities.

Sơn said that along with the prevention of the Covid- 一 九 pandemic, the Ministry of Health asked hospitals to make plans on the use blood and blood products in a reasonable way to avoid blood shortages that may occur.

In the context of the Covid- 一 九 outbreak in Hà Nội, the amount of blood collected has decreased sharply to around  六0 units daily,  二0 times lower than last month’s average of  一, 二00 units per day, according to the health ministry.

Director of NIHBT, Dr. Bạch Quốc Khánh, said that hospitals may face blood shortages due to falling numbers of blood donors and blood donation events as a result of the continuing development of the pandemic caused by the new strain of coronavirus in Việt Nam and the world.

Khánh said that  七0 blood donation events that were expected to collect  一 二,000 blood units were delayed since the outbreak of Covid- 一 九.