Men who have had Covid-19 ‘could save lives’ by donating blood plasma

Peter Mates, from Droylsden, donating convalescent plasma Picture: Mark Waugh/NHS Blood and Transplant/PA

The NHS in the UK is urgently appealing for more men who have had coronavirus to donate blood plasma because they make better donors than women.

Since the convalescent plasma programme started, 73,369 women have offered to donate (63% of all volunteers) through the NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) website, much higher than the number of men – 42,809 (37% of all volunteers).