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Treatment of Covid-19 patient with blood plasma done in Bulgaria for the first time

51 new cases of Covid-19 were registered in Bulgaria in the past 24 hours, the head of the National Crisis Headquarters General Ventsislav Mutafchiyski announced at the regular morning briefing. A total of 1,156 PCR tests were made in the past 24 hours. The total number of Covid-19 cases reached 1,488. There are 1,157 active cases of the novel coronavirus. 310 people were admitted to hospital. 38 Bulgarians are intensive-care units. 266 Bulgarians have recovered from Covid-19 until now. The Covid-19 deaths reached 65.

On April 29, Wednesday, blood plasma from people with antibodies against Covid-19 was infused into a seriously ill patient infected with the coronavirus. On Thursday morning the patient was in good general condition.




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