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Convalescent plasma does not reduce the risk of intubation or death in COVID-19 patients, according to a study which found that people receiving the therapy experienced more serious adverse events than those getting standard care.

Convalescent plasma therapy, widely used in hospitals for treating moderate and serious coronavirus patients, has been dropped from the centre's list of recommended lines of treatment for COVID-19.

India's top medical research body -- Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Wednesday said that indiscriminate use of Convalescent Plasma Therapy (CPT) should be avoided as it does not reduce mortality in COVID-19 patients.

Convalescent plasma therapy, which uses the blood of recovered COVID-19 patients as a potential treatment, has shown limited effect in reducing the progression to severe disease or death in a trial conducted in India, scientists say.

The Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government has opposed the possible removal of convalescent plasma therapy (CPT) from the national guideline on treatment of coronavirus. It has urged the central government to continue its use as a COVID-19 treatment for severely ill coronavirus patients.

Convalescent plasma therapy may be removed from the national guideline on treatment of coronavirus, chief of India's top medical research body ICMR Dr Balram Bhargava said at a Health Ministry briefing today.

Veteran actor Soumitra Chatterjee is currently in intensive care due to complications linked to Covid-19. The octogenarian was admitted to the Belle Vue hospital in Kolkata on Tuesday, after testing positive a day before. His daughter said Mr Chatterjee is suffering from Covid encephalopathy and is disoriented and restless.

Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Sunday cautioned against "routine use" of plasma therapy and anti-viral drug Remdesivir to treat COVID-19 patients, stating that these are "investigational therapies" and should be adopted "rationally".

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who was admitted to hospital on Wednesday after testing positive for COVID-19, underwent plasma therapy at a private hospital in the city today to help him fight the infectious virus