“A few weeks ago, I was infected with COVID-19, but have happily recovered since then,” Duda said in a social media post on Monday.
“Today I donated plasma and would like to encourage all convalescents to do the same," he added.
The Polish president tested positive for the coronavirus last month. He then recovered after suffering only mild symptoms.
Earlier this year, Duda gave blood in response to an appeal from Polish hospitals amid a shortage of donors during the COVID-19 pandemic, his aides have noted.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki this month urged coronavirus survivors to donate blood plasma to help severely ill patients amid a surge in the pandemic.
Doctors say the plasma of people who have recovered from the coronavirus can contain antibodies that help seriously ill patients fight the infection.
A total of 876,333 people have tested positive for the COVID-19 disease in Poland since the start of the pandemic, and 13,774 have died in connection with the coronavirus so far, officials said on Monday.
Meanwhile, 438,868 people have recovered from the disease throughout the country, according to the Polish health ministry.
(gs/pk)
Source: PAP