Amiran Gamkrelidze : Plasma treatment method may be included in protocol as one of the methods for the treatment in the COVID-19 patients

Amiran Gamkrelidze, Head of the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health, said the method of the coronavirus treatment using plasma has already been successfully used on one patient infected with the coronavirus. According to him, this is not a method that will be widely used because resources are limited.

"The principle of plasma treatment is not new in medicine, i.e. it is used for various diseases. This is not a widely used method that you can use on 100, 200, 1000, 2000 and 3000 patients. As far as I know, this method has been developed in Georgia by the team led by Tengiz Tsertsvadze and as far as I know, it has already been successfully used in one patient. This method may included and, probably should be included, in the protocol as one of the method for the treatment of people with Covid-19, but it will not be widely used because resources are limited, "said Amiran Gamkrelidze.