Convalescent plasma therapy helps Covid-19 patients recover


A man who has recovered from the Covid-19 coronavirus infection donating plasma in Lianyungang in China's eastern Jiangsu province on Feb 16, 2020. - STR/AFP

BEIJING (Xinhua): Among the Covid-19 patients currently receiving convalescent plasma therapy in the virus-hit Wuhan, one has been discharged from hospital, Chinese science authorities said Monday (Feb 17).

Another patient has become able to walk and the rest are still recovering, Sun Yanrong, an official with the Ministry of Science and Technology, said at a press conference in Beijing.

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