Taipei, Aug. 8 (CNA) The Taiwan Blood Services Foundation (TBSF) on Sunday called on the public to donate blood as reserves around the country are down to 4.1 days of supply on average, well below the officially designated safe level of seven days.
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The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday called on the public to donate blood as Taiwan’s blood banks remain low on blood supply for different types throughout the country.
The Taiwan Blood Services Foundation yesterday said that Taipei, Hsinchu City, Taichung and Tainan each only had four days of blood and plasma reserves.
Taipei is short on types A and O blood, Hsinchu is short on types O and AB, Taichung is short on types A and B, and Tainan is short on type A, the foundation said.
With medical capacity stretched to the maximum amid a nationwide outbreak of COVID-19, which led
Foundation calls on people to donate blood amid shortage
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A blood donor in Kaohsiung. CNA photo May 21, 2021
Taipei, May 21 (CNA) The Taiwan Blood Services Foundation (TBSF) on Friday called on people to donate blood as reserves around the country are down to 4.4 days on average, well below the officially designated seven-day safe level. The situation has never been this urgent in the last 20 years, not even during the SARS epidemic, TBSF official Liu Chun-hong (劉俊宏) said.
The shortage is mainly due to the sudden wave of domestic COVID-19 cases in Taiwan, which has led more people to stay home even if demand for blood still remains high at hospitals around Taiwan.