tiffany pickney has been to the brink and back the mother of 2 recently came out on top in a battle with covert 19. i remember being on my bathroom floor quiet and crying and saying god i need you to heal me from this no she's donating her blood plasma in the hope it can heal others it is definitely overwhelming to know where in my blood there may be answers doctors believe the answers may lie in antibodies her immune system generated to attack the virus and they want to help others fight the disease the technique was successful during the 1918 spanish flu pandemic. we just hope it works we want to do the right thing for our patients and we don't want to just stand there are we by watching this scene where we're coming out of us we want to do something and hopefully it'll be something which causes some good another term for this is passive immunization so this is a way to make somebody. to iris for short period of time and was used before they were back. with the wait for a vaccine likely to be more than a year away tiffany want others to follow her example i would definitely recommend b

of hope researchers have begun collecting blood plasma from recovered cove of 19 patients like tiffany pickney for an experimental treatment they hope the antibodies developed in her blood can be used to bolster the immune systems of the infected there may be answers from researchers there may be answers for people who are lying in the hospital bed not knowing what's going to happen to them some model so it is definitely a humbling experience and i'm honored that could be just what doctors need kristen salumi al-jazeera new york. one of what's being called a bidding war countries and even cities are competing for supplies of personal protective equipment including masks gloves and guns for health care workers the coronavirus pandemic has led to a worldwide shortage of reports. there's not enough protective gear to go around countries are scrambling to get hold of supplies especially face masks and just soon as possible but some governments are being accused of using unscrupulous tactics and paying inflated prices to get their share. and then is accusing the u.s. of carrying out a modern piracy

of hope researchers have begun collecting blood plasma from recovered cove of 19 patients like tiffany pickney for an experimental treatment they hope the antibodies developed in her blood can be used to bolster the immune systems of the infected they may be answers from researchers they may be answers for people who are lying in a hospital bed not knowing what's going to happen to them so mom so it is definitely a humbling experience and i'm honored that could be just what doctors need kristin salumi al-jazeera new york but number of deaths across europe has now surged past more than 40000 italy and spain account for more than half of those with large death tolls continuing to be reported daily o'brian and reports now in the situation across the continent. maria espen are can only speak to her mother through a distant window 85 year old concepcion lives in a bus alone a nursing home the hof of the elderly residents have been isolated with suspected coronavirus but have concepcion tests positive and is isolated herself maria may never see her again. these are the people who have gone through a