Morocco Opts Out of Plasma Therapy for COVID-19 Treatment, Sticks with Chloroquine

Some thought that with the increase in cases of contamination and deaths recorded after the lockdown was lifted, the Ministry of Health would see plasma transfusion in a different light. But not at all. Morocco continues to cling to the chloroquine-based treatment. Yet many studies present the use of plasma as a credible and rapid alternative, reports Al Massae.

Among the countries that have adopted this type of treatment are the United States. It is a process that allows patients to eliminate the virus more quickly, while preserving the body from certain sometimes irreversible damage. The method was first used in 1892 in the fight against diphtheria. It was also used in 1918 against the Spanish flu, but also against other infectious diseases such as Ebola or SARS, the same source indicates.