Convalescent plasma therapy is when the liquid portion of blood is taken from a recovered coronavirus patient
It is transferred into a sick patient in hopes they will develop the antibodies needed to fight off the infection
On Tuesday, the NIH said it was halting a trial looking at convalescent blood plasma in treating patients with mild-to-moderate coronavirus
An independent data monitoring board found no difference in the group of patients who received the treatment of a placebo
It comes less than two months after an international trial of convalescent plasma was stopped after similar findings
COVID-19 vaccine update | Mexico gets AstraZeneca doses from India, expects more Pfizer, as it prepares for next phase
Mexico is also expecting shipments of Pfizer s vaccine to resume, with 494,000 doses due to arrive on Tuesday. Reuters February 14, 2021 / 08:54 PM IST
A woman infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) carries her baby at the maternity ward for mothers infected with the coronavirus, at the Maternal Perinatal Hospital Monica Pretelini Saenz , in Toluca, Mexico February 4. (Image: Reuters)
Mexico received a shipment of 870,000 doses of AstraZeneca s COVID-19 vaccine from India on Sunday, the government said, as the country prepares to prioritize older adults in the next phase of its vaccination campaign.
Tiny patients fight COVID in Mexico neonatal ward
A nurse monitors the vital signs of a newborn baby infected with the coronavirus, lying in an incubator, at the COVID-19 neonatal unit of the Maternal Perinatal Hospital Monica Pretelini Saenz in Toluca, Mexico February 4, 2021. The ward is.more Reuters / Thursday, February 04, 2021 A nurse monitors the vital signs of a newborn baby infected with the coronavirus, lying in an incubator, at the COVID-19 neonatal unit of the Maternal Perinatal Hospital Monica Pretelini Saenz in Toluca, Mexico February 4, 2021. The ward is currently caring for 14 patients. Nine of them tested positive for COVID-19, and five more suspected cases came from positive-tested mothers.