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China asks recovered patients to donate plasma for virus treatment.

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Chinese health officials Monday urged patients who have recovered from the coronavirus to donate blood so that plasma can be extracted to treat others who are critically ill.

Drugmakers are racing to develop a vaccine and treatment for the epidemic, which has which killed 1,770 people and infected over 70,500 people across China.

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It needs pointing out that this not a cure or vaccine, just a treatment to help those critically ill. It does not provide immunity. I would also doubt it's effectiveness should the virus mutate.

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