Windhoek, Nov 9-On the 16 November 2020 a third plasma donation drive is planned to start in the South Korean city of Daegu with 4,000 members of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus planning to participate in the fight against COVID-19.
With the sudden surge in COVID-19 infections and the alarming increase
in deaths, especially in Europe, the need for a cure and vaccine for the
Coronavirus is becoming more and more critical. Currently Great Britain
has the highest number of COVID-19 deaths in Europe and government
announced new restrictions to try and suppress the second wave of
infections hitting the country far worse than before. In the United
States deaths are rising in 27 states across the country amidst many
precautions during the recent elections.
With no vaccine or proven cure readily available to stop the virus,
scientists and healthcare workers are working around the clock in the
race to curb COVID-19 from causing more casualties. In some countries
blood plasma treatment yielded great success with the Korean Disease
Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) stating, “It is necessary to
quickly develop plasma treatment through group plasma donations, in the
current absence of an effective treatment in the midst of the continuous
occurrence of COVID-19 at home and abroad.”
The KDCA has made a formal request to members of the Shincheonji Church,
where thousands of members were infected, suffered and recovered from
the Coronavirus earlier this year, to participate in donating their
plasma. The chairman of the church, Mr Man Hee Lee, stated that it will
conduct its third group plasma donation drive starting on 16 November.
About 4,000 of Shincheonji members are expected to participate in this
plasma drive.
Deputy Director Kwon Joon-wook from the Central Disaster and Safety
Countermeasure Headquarters in South Korea recently announced that, “For
the purpose of developing plasma treatment, about 4,000 Shincheonji
members plan to participate in plasma donations for three weeks,
starting on the 16th. We are grateful for the active participation of
Shincheonji, and for the cooperation of the City of Daegu and the Korean
Red Cross.”
The church had already conducted two group plasma donation drives in
July and September this year. A total of 2,030 people participated so
far and about 1,700 among them are members of Shincheonji Church of
Jesus. Just like the first and second plasma donation drives, the donors
have declined receiving travel expense compensation in order to lessen
the burden on the taxpayer.
A member of the church said, “I was glad and grateful to hear on the
news that the plasma treatment is being used at the point-of-care. It’s
the most valuable thing we can do (as people who have recovered from
COVID-19).” He added, “Through our experience of participating in plasma
donation, all the members of our congregation have realized that the
power to overcome COVID-19 is tolerance, love and unity. We will put in
our utmost effort to overcome COVID-19 through plasma treatment.”
Robert Maseka mrobert@namibiadailynews.info
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