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Plasma Needed To Help Treat Jacksonville COVID-19 Patients

WJCT News | By Michelle Corum

Published April 20, 2020 at 1:27 PM EDT

This illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). — Leon County Judge John Cooper on June 30, 2022, in a screen grab from The Florida Channel.

Baptist Health is collecting plasma from recovered coronavirus patients to treat current patients in the Jacksonville area.

The plasma from recovered patients has antibodies that can attack the virus and lessen its severity.

The plasma donated at LifeSouth blood donation centers will initially be reserved for severe COVID-19 cases at Baptist Health, especially for patients in intensive care.

Donors must have a lab-confirmed coronavirus diagnosis and their symptoms gone for at least two weeks.

Each donation can benefit two to three patients.

The donation program is part of clinical trial in partnership with Mayo Clinic.

More information about donating is available on the .

Michelle Corum can be reached at mcorum@wjct.org, 904-358-6308 or on Twitter at @MCorumonME.

Plasma Needed To Help Treat Jacksonville COVID-19 Patients

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