As India battles Coronavirus with more than 5,67,000 cases, the medical and health experts have been working tirelessly to find a cure for the virus. With many drugs and vaccines being tested, one treatment that is being looked as a potential cure is Convalescent Plasma Therapy.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday inaugurated ‘Project Platina’, which is said to be the world’s largest and India’s first plasma therapy trial centre in Nagpur.

For all those wondering how to be a part of Mission Platina, the world’s largest plasma therapy trial and treatment, they can enroll here along with adequate information.
The mission was launched by @CMOMaharashtra @OfficeofUT ji this afternoon.

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— Aaditya Thackeray (@AUThackeray) June 29, 2020

What is Convalescent Plasma Therapy?

According to a report by The Hindu, the Convalescent Plasma Therapy (CPT) involves injecting a COVID-19 patient with a convalescent sera taken from people who have recently recovered from the pandemic without ventilator support. A report of the WHO-China Joint Mission on COVID-19, that has been quoted by this newspaper, said that virus-neutralising convalescent sera contains antibodies that act as a passive antibody therapy.