First patient recovers from passive immunisation therapy in Pakistan

May 11, 2020

The first corona virus patient in Pakistan has been transferred home after recovering from passive immunisation therapy.

Dr Tahir Shamsi, a head of the National Institute of Blood Diseases (NIBD), said a Corona patient was given a plasma on April 30 and fully recovered on May 8.

According to Dr Tahir Shamsi, the patient’s repeated corona test was negative and he has now been transferred home.

He added that more than 12 patients are currently receiving Passive immunisation therapy.

It is believed that the number of people infected with Corona across the country has exceeded 30,000 while 659 people have died.

It may be recalled that on the suggestion of Dr Tahir Shamsi, the Sindh Health Department had last month approved Passive immunisation for the treatment of corona virus, while the federal and other provincial governments have also given their approval.

Dr. Tahir Shamsi said that at present there is no vaccine to deal with the corona virus, so the method of passive immunisation should be used.

He said that the method of Passive immunisation has been in use for 100 years and when there was no vaccination, Passive immunisation was done.

In this procedure, antibodies are taken from the blood of a person who has recovered from a virus and injected into the infected person, and these experienced antibodies help him in the fight against the virus.

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