EBS - What You Need to Know About the Breakthrough Coronavirus Therapy Heralded by President Trump
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany tweeted on Saturday that President Trump would hold a news conference on Sunday evening related to a "major therapeutic breakthrough" in treating COVID-19. Only hours before that news conference, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for convalescent plasma in treating the novel coronavirus disease.
In his comments during the Sunday news conference, President Trump stated that convalescent plasma "is a powerful therapy" and said that "it's had an incredible rate of success." Here are the key things you need to know about this coronavirus therapy heralded by the president.
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