DNA Explainer: What is Line of Treatment for COVID? Why plasma therapy is now out of it?
The ICMR has clinically dropped convalescent plasma therapy treatment for patients suffering from COVID-19 from its newly revised guidelines. (Image Source: Reuters)
Updated: May 18, 2021, 12:48 PM IST
In a major development, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has clinically dropped convalescent plasma therapy treatment for patients suffering from COVID-19 from its newly revised guidelines.
The decision of removing this treatment from the Line of treatment arrived after medical experts and scientists raised concerns against this practice. ICMR had permitted off-label use of convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19 patients in its revised guidelines on April 22, but now they have pulled it back.