<span style="color: #222222;">In Tamil Nadu, in a noble gesture, 40 police personnel in Chennai donated their blood plasma to treat COVID-19 patients yesterday. All these personnel were infected with the disease earlier and recovered recently. <br />''<br />''Total COVID-19 cases in the state has crossed three lakh 20 thousand with 5,835 tested positive during last 24 hours. The total number of people those who have recovered from the disease has exceeded two lakh 61 thousand.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">AIR correspondent reports that the Chennai Police Commissioner Mahesh Kumar Agarwal said 1920 police personnel have so far been affected by the disease. 1549 of them have recovered and rejoined for duty. <br />''<br />''48 of them came forward to donate their blood plasma for treating the existing Covid-19 patients as a plasma bank is made operational in Chennai. 40 of them were found eligible including two women, who donated their plasma yesterday.</span>&nbsp;<br />
News On AIR | August 14, 2020 7:47 AM
Tamil Nadu: Police personnel in Chennai donate blood plasma to treat COVID-19 patients