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Is Trump right about blood plasma therapy?

Donald Trump says allowing the emergency use of blood plasma therapy for coronavirus patients will save “countless lives” and is “proven to reduce mortality by 35%”. We look at the evidence.

(Blood plasma donated by patients who recovered from Covid-19. Credit: Guillermo Legaria/Getty Images)

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Mon 31 Aug 202015:50GMT
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