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Blood donation guidelines are excluding gay and bi men from coronavirus trials
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukMedical experts at Guys and St Thomas’s hospital in London are trialling the use of donated blood plasma from recovered Covid-19 patients on those who are not producing enough antibodies to fight the virus.
However, these medical trials are excluding blood plasma from gay and bisexual men in the UK due to existing guidelines set by the Government.
Set by the Department of Health, the guidelines state that any man who has had sex with another man within the past three months is excluded from donating blood.
While these guidelines, which are implemented by the NHS Blood and Transplant service, do not automatically prevent gay and bisexual men from giving blood, they are in place as part of safeguarding measures.
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