TIMES OF INDIA
THE TIMES OF INDIA | Jun 30, 2020, 07: 16: 39 IST
With over 18,000 cases reported on Monday, India’s Covid-19 caseload stood at 5,67,423. The death toll was 16,882 while the number of recovered patients was over 3.35 lakh. Active cases had risen to over 2.15 lakh. Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu have extended the lockdown till July 31. Stay here for all live updates
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Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said the plasma bank being created at Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) in south Delhi’s Vasant Kunj would be functional in two days. Anyone having a prescription from a hospital would be able to get plasma from there. “This will probably be the first plasma bank in the country. Any active Covid patient admitted in a private or government hospital will be able to take plasma from this bank,” Kejriwal said, adding that all formalities for setting up the bank had been completed in the past 2-3 days.
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In an attempt to ensure safe functioning of blood transfusion services, the National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC) under the health ministry has issued the second set of national guidelines in the light of the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the fresh guidelines, blood can be collected from a person who tested positive and recovered from Covid-19 only after 28 days of discharge from a treating facility or 28 days after home isolation ends.
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