Michał Woś, who is Poland’s environment minister, last month revealed he had contracted the coronavirus.
He has since recovered and joined doctors in their appeals to survivors to give blood and plasma to aid the treatment of people infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Woś on Tuesday told state broadcaster TVP in an interview that, after recovering from the illness, he himself decided to become a donor.
Doctors say the plasma of people who have recovered from the coronavirus contains antibodies that can help seriously ill patients fight the infection.
A total of 9,856 people have tested positive for the COVID-19 disease in Poland, with 401 deaths from the coronavirus so far, officials said on Tuesday afternoon.
Meanwhile, more than 1,500 patients have recovered from the disease in the country, according to the Polish health ministry.
(gs/pk)
Source: IAR, TVP Info