United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 127472
Coronavirus: Disease Control
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9 December 2020
Last action
5 February 2021 · Answer
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5 February 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that blood (a) tests and (b) donations remain safe from the transmission of covid-19.
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9 December 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that blood (a) tests and (b) donations remain safe from the transmission of covid-19.
Source: Commons
5 February 2021
Answer
COVID-19 is a respiratory virus and there is no published evidence that this virus can transmit through blood transfusion. However, all donors are reminded about symptoms and asked to self-defer if they have any COVID-19 symptoms or are contacts of a case...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-12-09/127472
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1259675
- uk · wq-1259675 · source updated 5 February 2021