The entire world is racing against time to come up with a medicine or cure for the deadly COVID-19 Novel Corona Virus, which has turned into a Pandemic and claimed hundreds of thousands of lives across the world and left many more infected. Most of the countries have been using the anti-malarial drugs Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine along with Paracetamol, to combat the effects of the Corona Virus. Amidst all this, the Max Healthcare Hospital in Delhi's Saket, followed the convalescent Plasma Therapy on one of the severely ill COVID-19 patients and we now hear that the patient has shown positive signs of response.

Reports state that the first patient to be administered Plasma Therapy, is a 49-year-old male from Delhi, who tested positive for COVID-19 and was admitted to the hospital on April 4th! The patient had been diagnosed with moderate symptoms and a history of fever and respiratory issues. However, his condition deteriorated over the next few days and he developed pneumonia with Type-I respiratory failure and was subsequently put on ventilator support. The convalescent plasma therapy follows the principle of using the immune power gathered by a recovered person to treat a current patient! Antibodies are harvested from cured patients to treat severely ill COVID-19 patients and is collected only from volunteers, who come forward to donate. The plasma therapy seems to work wonders and the first patient to be treated with it has now reached a stabilised state and taken off ventilator support! Let's sincerely hope this marks a turnaround in the fight against the deadly Corona Virus! Stay tuned for updates...