4,000 Recovered COVID-19 Church Members in South Korea Declare Donation of $83 Billion Worth Plasma for Cure

 
 
By Marilie Bomediano
Sydney-Australia
July 26, 2020
 




“This news is aimed to encourage other cured patients to donate their plasma, hopefully give hope to those who are in fear of this virus!” Gwacheon : A South Korea-based religious group named the Shincheonji Church of Jesus said that over 4,000 members of the church recovered from COVID-19 are willing to donate plasma for developing a new treatment.

At this stage, there is currently an insufficient supply of blood for research which has been a major limiting factor in hastening the development of a vaccine. 

In order to further advance the search for a cure, they kickstarted with about 100 people who recovered from

COVID-19 to donate.



The amount of blood pledged to be donated is worth approximately $83 billion according to current prices in the United States. “It is difficult to accelerate developing a medicine for COVID-19 with only 200 recovered patients who expressed their will to donate blood. 

The massive donation from the recovered patients in the Shincheonji Church will solve the problem of the lack of blood for research,” said an official from Green Cross Pharma, a biopharmaceutical company in South Korea.

For the first quarter of this year, the rapid virus spread hit the church members in Daegu of South Korea, where the early signs of the crisis appeared with the controversy over the massive amount of visitors from China before the infection of church members.

Mr Man Hee Lee, founder of the Shincheonji Church, said that members of the church are advised to donate plasma voluntarily. “As Jesus sacrificed himself with his blood for life, we hope that the blood of people can bring positive effects in overcoming the current situation,” said Mr. Lee.

“We had a discussion with the health authorities and tried to establish a plan with details for donation. Some of the recovered members have already donated individually, feeling thankful for the assistance from the government and medical teams. 

They expressed their will to make a contribution to society,” said an official from the church.

Some local governments in South Korea recently brought lawsuits against the church with allegations that the church did not cooperate with the authorities by not submitting the full list of church facilities and members.  

“No evidence has been found that Shincheonji supplied missing or altered lists. And there were only minor differences,” said Kim Kang-lip, vice-minister of Health. 



Academic researches on Shincheonji and COVID-19 stated that the church “provided the list of its South Korean members six days after it was requested” and “it was initially unclear whether shut down facilities and properties should be included” when the government asked for the lists of real estate.

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A Shincheonji media coordinator said the church will cooperate fully with investigations from government agencies.

South Korea reported 12,535 confirmed cases and 281 deaths from COVID-19.

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more infos:

Reuters www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-church-hit-by-covid-19-says-members-to-give-plasma-for-research-idUSKBN23U1QA  

World Observer Media theworldobserver.com.au/2020/07/04/4000-recovered-covid-19-church-members-in-south-korea-declare-donation-of-83-billion-worth-plasma-for-cure/  

Youtube Video www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8HtM_jUvhM

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