Chennai: The Tamilnadu government is planning to try convalescent plasma therapy for treating patients and is awaiting approval from the Union government.
To a question on convalescent plasma therapy for treating patients, Health Secretary Beela Rajesh said the State government has sought the approval from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
According to ICMR, convalescent plasma therapy was used for treating critically ill Covid-19 patients using the antibodies from the blood of cured patients.
She also said research was on to develop an anti-Covid vaccine in the state. She said 39,041 were under home quarantine, 162 in the government quarantine centres and 58,189 patients have completed the 28 days
treatment.
Beela Rajesh said of the 10,655 samples tested so far, 1,075 have tested positive. A total of 1,890 suspected Covid people–those who attended the Delhi meet and their contacts–were in isolation.