Fall blood donations in all of Italy due to the coronavirus. These days it is estimated a reduction of 10-15% and it is feared that is going to get worse. Many people are afraid to go to healthcare facilities because of the fear of being infected but in reality, “the path of the donation is secure and safe, all precautions are taken anti Covid-19,” says Giancarlo Liumbruno , who directs the national Center blood.
The drop is starting to cause problems for the chronic patients, who need blood transfusions to survive. “Here in Rome, things do not go well – he says Enrico Macarius Amital, who collects microcitemici and thalassaemia of Lazio – The region of buy bags from the North, but at this moment in that part of the Country there are problems, and lacks the blood here. We thalassemic we need two bags every 10-15 days, but during this period many blood transfusions are skipped”.
