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Table 2.

Factors for the decline in the blood supply.

Country	Cancellation of blood drives	Decrease in inhouse blood donation	Social distancing/lockdown	Closure of universities and institutions	Decrease number of eligible donors due to COVID-19 related factors	Governmental requests to the public to stay at home	Public fear from contracting COVID-19
Oman^a	√			√		√	√
Tunisia		√	√	√		√
Jordan	√	√	√	√		√	√
Sudan	√	√		√		√	√
Palestine	√	√	√	√		√	√
Saudi Arabia^a	√	√	√			√	√
Saudi Arabia^a	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
UAE	√	√		√	√	√	√
Islamic republic of Iran						√	√
Morocco	√	√	√	√		√
Qatar	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Libya		√		√		√	√
Yemen	√			√			√
Pakistan	√	√	√	√			√
Lebanon	√	√	√				√
Bahrain^a	√	√		√	√		√

UAE; United Arab Emirates; COVID-19; coronavirus disease-19.

Highlights practices for hospital based blood banks and may not reflect other blood banks in the reporting country.