Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 RNA in Blood Donations

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · J Lab Physicians 2020; 12(02): 163-164
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1716663

Letter to the Editor

Usman Waheed

¹Islamabad Blood Transfusion Authority, Ministry of National Health Services, Islamabad, Pakistan

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Akhlaaq Wazeer

²Department of Pathology and Transfusion Medicine, Divisional Headquarters Teaching Hospital, Mirpur, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan

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Noore Saba

³Peshawar Regional Blood Centre, Department of Health, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

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Zahida Qasim

²Department of Pathology and Transfusion Medicine, Divisional Headquarters Teaching Hospital, Mirpur, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan

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