Shincheonji, Blood plasma treatment

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Effect of domestic plasma treatment against UK-South African mutant virus

Blood plasma treatment of #Coronavirus infections in Korea showed a neutralization effect against the mutant virus. 

Kwon Jun Wook, head of the second division of the Central Quarantine Countermeasures Headquarters, made the announcement at a briefing. 

Recently, the quarantine authorities seek consent from 111 people subject for antibody duration investigation among 4205 participants who donated the plasma. 

They have secured plasma to investigate how much neutralized antibodies are produced and sustained after infection with Covid-19 and analyzed the neutralization effectiveness against the mutation virus.

Quarantine authorities analyzed the neutralization effectiveness of a total of nine strains of mutant viruses that were prevalent or found in Korea at the cell level.

Among 9 mutant viruses, the British and South African mutant viruses were included, which was a major mutant virus. However, about Brazil mutant virus, it is planning to analyze its efficacy later because it is currently in the process of segregation cultivation.

The mutant virus of England showed 50% more powerful than previous COVID19. A mutant virus of South Africa is known to reduce the effectiveness of vaccines by 40-50%.

By the discovery of neutralized antibodies in all genotypes of these analyses, it has been confirmed that it is little affected by the mutation virus. But, since it is a cell-level confirmation, the actual therapeutic effectiveness needs to be reviewed based on the results of the clinical trials of pharmaceutical companies. At the medical site, as for now, it will be available as per approval for therapeutic use of the Food and Drug Administration.

41 cases of blood plasma treatment made of donated plasma are currently being used for treatment purposes other than clinical trial purposes after being approved by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety. It was made from 4205 people who actually provided plasma out of 6,645 people who registered for plasma donation. Most plasma donors are Shincheonji Church members.

According to Shincheonji Daegu Church, in addition to the total of three group plasma donations made by Daegu Church in Shincheonji, more than 100 church members personally donated and a total of 3,741 church members completed plasma donation.

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