Blood donation rules set to change to speed up post-COVID donations

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Facing blood shortages, the Red Cross is changing the rules about how quickly you can donate after having COVID-19.

Arthur Bozikas's earliest memories aren't from family holidays or parties but going to hospital for blood transfusions.Red Cross is reducing blood donors' post-COVID wait from 28 days to sevenHe has beta-thalassemia major, a rare genetic disorder that reduces the body's ability to produce enough healthy red blood cells.

But through medical discoveries, medication and monthly blood transfusions, he now relies on the goodwill of others to live.

 

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Yep great, can't give blood as lived in UK between 1987 and 1991. This rule should be looked at..

Health First and Staying Safe.

Maybe if the Red Cross weren't discrimatory against Gay, Trans and Non Binary people, there would be more people who could donate?

I was a blood donor but they thought it too hard so now I've been refused despite medical advice it would be good for me to donate.

Yet I still can't give blood because I ate beef in the UK twenty years ago.

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