NEW DELHI, April 24 - Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said that the plasma therapy used on four coronavirus patients in the city were showing positive results.
"Two patients were given plasma on Tuesday, while two were given the therapy on Thursday. The two patients who received plasma on Tuesday have shown improvement," Kejriwal told the media her.
"Next week, we will seek central government permission to try the therapy on all the serious corona patients in Delhi," Kejriwal said, pointing out that these are "just the initial results".
Last Tuesday, the Delhi government had got the approval from the Centre to try plasma therapy on critical patients.
In the fight against the coronavirus, Kejriwal said, his government is fighting on two levels -- to control the spread of the infection and also to treat those who have the infection.
In convalescent plasma therapy, antibodies of a recovered patient are taken and transfused into a sick person (infected by the virus) to help boost the latter's immune system.
Dr SK Sarin, head of Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS), told the media that they were hopeful that more people could be given the therapy. - IANS