Botswana: Blood Donations Decline Amid COVID-19

Gaborone — The blood status at various blood banks around the country has significantly dropped since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In an interview on May 27, Botswana National Blood Transfusion senior nursing officer, Mr Dick Rakereng said for the past five years, the organisation collected on average 25 000 units of blood annually, from voluntary and non-remunerated blood donors but due to the extreme social distancing period, they only managed to collect around 11 000 units of blood.

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