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US NIH halts trial testing COVID-19 blood plasma

Updated: 2021-03-03 03:54

Empty beds are seen at a New York Blood Center in the Upper East Side neighborhood of Manhattan on December 02, 2020 in New York City. [Photo/Agencies]

March 2 - The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) said on Tuesday it had halted a trial testing convalescent blood plasma in treatment of patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 symptoms.

The NIH said an independent data monitoring board found that the plasma was unlikely to benefit this group of patients.

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