Covid-19 (Coronavirus)
You must contact the IBTS if you were diagnosed with Covid-19 or had symptoms suggestive of it. You must wait 7 days after full recovery from Covid-19 before you can donate. You can now attend even if you have a mild residual cough. You will be asked questions on clinic to ensure you are fully recovered and fit to donate. Please call our donor helpline if you were seriously ill or hospitalized.
Contact with Covid:
- You can donate if you are well and asymptomatic
Most Healthcare workers can donate
Yes you can donate - Healthcare staff can donate once well and asymptomatic even if required to do antigen testing once they do not have a positive test result. If you donate, please contact the IBTS if you are given a positive test result within 5 days of donating
The main clinical symptoms are fever, difficulty breathing, cough, fatigue, sore throat, sneezing, runny nose, shortness of breath or other respiratory symptoms which may lead to viral pneumonia or acute respiratory distress syndrome.
