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Donkey plasma serum, Bolivia’s new weapon against Covid-19

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Bolivia is betting on developing a hyperimmune serum against Covid-19 based on donkey plasma that would help "neutralize the virus" in moderate and severe cases of this disease, which is more potent than plasma donated by humans.

Bolivia's National Institute of Health Laboratories (Inlasa) is developing a hyperimmune serum using the plasma of three donkeys, the only laboratory in the world to use these animals to obtain plasma, said the laboratory's technical director, Gil Fernandez.

The serum obtained from the donkeys is estimated to be at least "50 times more potent than plasma . . .

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