UN warns on COVID-19 Plasma Treatment and WHO says still experimental.
                     UN WARNS ON COVID-19 PLASMA 
TREATMENT AND WHO SAYS 
STILL EXPERIMENTAL
INTRODUCTION
• The World Health Organization cautioned that using blood plasma from 
Covid-19 survivors to treat other patients is still experimental therapy.
• US boost for the treatment as many scientists afraid that formal studies 
will be disturbed.
Source: Hindustan Times
EMERGENCY USE
• US Food and Drug Administration authorized called “emergency use” of 
the treatment under its special powers to speed the availability of 
promising experimental drugs during a public health crisis.
Source: Times of India
PLASMA TREATMENT
• Convalescent plasma is a century-old treatment that was used to fight 
off flu and measles outbreaks in the days before vaccines, and was 
tried more recently during the Ebola outbreak.
Source: Times of India
ANTIBODY
• When the body encounters a new germ, it makes proteins called 
antibodies that are specially targeted to fight the infection. 
• The antibodies float in plasma — the yellowish, liquid part of blood — 
which is collected from Covid-19 survivors.
Source: The conversation
WHO
• WHO considered plasma therapy to be experimental and that it should 
continue to be evaluated. 
• As the treatment is difficult to standardize: Plasma must be collected 
individually, and people produce different levels of antibodies.
Source: India Tv
NEW STANDARD OF CARE
• The plasma treatment should not be considered a new standard of care 
for corona virus infections, and more data from studies will be available 
in the coming months.
Source: Stat
POTENTIAL USE OF PLASMA
• Researchers said that there was still considerable uncertainty about the 
immune system’s response to Covid-19, making any potential use of 
convalescent plasma challenging.
Source: Times of India
UNCLEAR ABOUT PLASMA
• Many Covid-19 patients have requested plasma rather than agreeing to 
be part of a research study.
• As a result many scientists fear that they won’t get a clear answer on 
whether the treatment really works .
Source: Science
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE
• The FDA granted hydroxychloroquine an emergency authorization 
before suspending it months. 
• After several trials showed the drug didn’t work against Covid-19 and 
raised the risk of heart, kidney, liver and other problems.
Source: Hindustan Times
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