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COVID-19: No evidence that plasma therapy useful for treatment, says HM
Updated On: 28 April, 2020 06:35 PM IST | New Delhi | PTI
Addressing a press briefing, Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal said currently there are no approved therapies for COVID-19 and there is not enough evidence to claim that plasma therapy can be used for treatment of the disease

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New Delhi: The Health Ministry on Tuesday said currently plasma therapy is at the experimental stage and there is no evidence yet to support that it can be used as a treatment for COVID-19.
Addressing a press briefing, Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal said currently there are no approved therapies for COVID-19 and there is not enough evidence to claim that plasma therapy can be used for the treatment of the disease.
"ICMR has launched a national-level study to study the efficacy of plasma therapy in the treatment of COVID 19," he said.
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