Governor Sindh Imran Ismail will donate his plasma to help patients recover from the coronavirus.
The governor had recovered after being tested negative for coronavirus. He had tested positive for the virus on April 27 and again on May 8, but was a report on May 12 has declared him free from the virus.
Ismail, in a tweet, had said: “Alhamdulilah I have received my test results in which I have been tested negative for COVID19.” He has then announced to donate his blood plasma for coronavirus treatment to those in need.
Later, he shared his experiences during his 17-day isolation period and said the coronavirus is not a disease that essentially leads to death.
Notably, passive immunization is not a new medical treatment and has been done for the last 125 years.
Earlier, Pakistani doctors claimed a successful clinical trial of passive immuinization after a coronavirus patient recovered through plasma therapy.
Pakistan’s health authorities have allowed plasma therapy after conducting trials to treat COVID-19 patients in the country.
Dr Tahir Shamis, head of the National Institute of Blood Diseases, oversaw the clinical trials which targetted 350 patients who had recovered from the coronavirus.
Eight approved clinical trial facilities for convalescent plasma across Pakistan, have already begun the process of collecting the plasma of patients recovered from the coronavirus.
