Officials Urge Coronavirus Survivors To Donate Plasma, Save Lives

KANE COUNTY, IL — Local blood banks are in “urgent need” of plasma from people who tested positive for the coronavirus and have been symptom-free for two weeks, according to public health officials. Plasma donations could help save the lives of people who are fighting COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, officials said.

The need for plasma from patients who tested positive for the coronavirus has grown as the number of cases has started to rise again, according to a news release from the Kane County Health Department.

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Health officials are asking anyone who tested positive for the coronavirus to donate their plasma at one of three Versiti blood centers in Kane County, if they have been free of coronavirus-related symptoms for at least 14 days. Versiti has facilities at 1200 N. Highland Ave. in Aurora, 1140 N. McLean Boulevard in Elgin, and 2000 W. State St. Unit 1E in Geneva.

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Plasma taken from people who tested positive for the coronavirus contains antibodies that can be used to try to treat critically ill patients or limit the progression of COVID-19 in those who recently were diagnosed, the release states. Officials said the treatment is “investigational” in nature, making it hard to determine how many plasma infusions each patient may require.

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