Health & Fitness
Bayside Blood Drive To Offer Donors Coronavirus Antibody Tests
Donors at the New York Blood Center's drive Tuesday will have the chance to get free COVID-19 antibody tests.
BAY TERRACE, QUEENS — The New York Blood Center will host a donation drive Tuesday in Bayside, and donors will have the chance to get free COVID-19 antibody tests.
The blood drive will run from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the the Bay Terrace Shopping Center's American Eagle outpost.
Whole-blood donors who test positive for coronavirus antibodies will be able to contribute their plasma to help hospitalized COVID-19 patients recover from the virus.
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Recent snow storms have impacted blood collection, creating a need for 6,500 blood donors and 1,500 platelet units to replenish supplies this week, according to the New York Blood Center.
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