Namibian, South African Emergency Blood Supplies Running Dry?

The Blood Transfusion Service of Namibia has said that the current stock of blood for emergency blood transfusions is only enough to last for one week. This comes after the South African department of health said that only three days' worth of blood is available at the National Blood Service in KwaZulu-Natal.

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