Doctors survey explores possibility of Covid-19 presence in India prior to Jan 2020 | Cities News,The Indian Express

Doctors survey explores possibility of Covid-19 presence in India prior to Jan 2020 | Cities News,The Indian Express

Doctors survey explores possibility of Covid-19 presence in India prior to Jan 2020

Written by Johnson T A | Bengaluru | Updated: June 17, 2020 at 12:19 pm

The doctors who are exploring the hypothesis that Covid-19 cases existed in India as early as November 2019 are doing it as part of an effort to expand the pool of plasma donors (people with immunity provided by Covid 19 antibodies) for treating Covid-19 patients. Plasma therapy has shown promise in curing Covid-19 among a few moderately affected patients.