Ninh Binh launches blood donation drive to support COVID-19 combat
A special blood donation programme was launched in the northern province of Ninh Binh on February 14 to encourage the local community to join hands in fighting the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Volunteers donate blood in the programme in Ninh Binh province on February 14 (Photo: VNA)
Ninh Binh (VNA) – A special blood donationprogramme was launched in the northern province of Ninh Binh on February 14 toencourage the local community to join hands in fighting the acute respiratorydisease caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Bui Trong Ky, Chairman of the Ninh Binh RedCross Society, said medical establishments in the province are currently inurgent need of blood for treatment, so volunteers’ participation in thisprogramme is very helpful.
In particular, as the whole country is strivingto fight the COVID-19 epidemic, local volunteers also wish to contribute tothese joint efforts, he noted.
Although the programme takes places only aboutone month after a similar activity held ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday, anumber of volunteers have come to register, according to the organising board.
Ky added over the last five years, more than50,000 local people have registered to donate blood, and 35,000 blood unitshave been collected for local medical establishments, thus helping to meet theblood demand for emergency aid and treatment.
Organisers hope to receive 350 blood units duringthe February 14 programme./.
The shortage of blood has been exacerbated by the continuing coronavirus epidemic, according to the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT).
Hundreds of young people in Ho Chi Minh City are calling on their friends via social media and others to visit the Blood Transfusion Haematology Hospital and Humanitarian Blood Donation Centre to donate blood to address a shortage amid the ongoing public health emergency caused by the coronavirus.
A blood donation campaign, called the Red Spring festival, was launched in Hanoi on February 11, the 13th of its kind organized so far, to ease blood shortages after the Lunar New Year (Tet).
Launched in 2008, the annual Red Spring festival has seen 215,000 blood donors through the previous 12 editions, with 78,620 blood units collected. This year, it takes place from February 11 to 22.
Amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus-caused disease, now officially named COVID-19, calls for blood donation have been heard nationwide as hospitals face severe blood shortages.
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Volunteers donate blood in the programme in Ninh Binh province on February 14 (Photo: VNA) 
