Director General of the Department of Medical Research Dr Zaw Than Tun, right, speaks at a conference on the use of convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19 on August 20, as Dr Rai Mra listens. (Nyein Su Wai Kyaw Soe | Frontier)
Director General of the Department of Medical Research Dr Zaw Than Tun, right, speaks at a conference on the use of convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19 on August 20, as Dr Rai Mra listens. (Nyein Su Wai Kyaw Soe | Frontier)

Experimental plasma treatment saves eight severe COVID-19 patients

Months before the US allowed the use of convalescent plasma in emergency COVID-19 care, Myanmar had already provided the treatment to eight patients.

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