Table 4.
Tabulated results of COVID-19 blood transfusion transmission
| First author [Ref.] | Country | Time frame | Donation type | Recipient developing COVID-19/ total recipients | Notes |
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| Kwon [40] | Korea | Feb. 2020 | 6 plasma 3 whole blood | 0/9 | The 6 COVID-19 donors were asymptomatic at time of donation and had negative RNAaemia |
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| Waheed [39] | Pakistan: Kashmir | Mar.–Apr. 2020 | RCCs | 0/2 | The 2 donors were RNA positive and developed no symptoms after donation |
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| Anurathapan [42] | Thailand: Bangkok | Apr. 2020 | Bone marrow stem cells | 0/1 | Donor (a child) turned out to be nasal-swab positive with no RNAaemia; donor remained asymptomatic |
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| Làzaro [41] | Spain | Mar. 2020 | Donor HCT | 0/1 | Unknown status of donor after donation, but she was positive during donation |