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Donkey plasma to fight coronavirus in Bolivia

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La Paz, May 19 (EFE).- (Camera: Yolanda Salazar) Efforts are underway in Bolivia to produce a hyperimmune serum to treat moderate and severe Covid-19 cases with antibodies from donkeys.Gil Fernandez, a director at the Bolivian National Institute of Health Laboratories (INLASA), tells Efe the serum is being developed using plasma from three donkeys.FOOTAGE OF THE DONKEYS AND LABS AT INLASA.

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