Some Italian patients report improvement after receiving blood plasma
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According to Spain's El Mundo, some patients in Italy who had been administered blood plasma from others who had successfully recovered from the Covid-19 coronavirus and containing their antibodies reportedly saw a quick improvement.
However, the head of neumology at Italian hospital Poma de Mantova reportedly clarified that "it only works if the illness has not yet compromised the organs."
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