As many as 40 Punjab Police personnel recovered from coronavirus have volunteered to donate convalescent plasma to help other Covid-19 infected persons.
The majority of the donors are from Jalandhar Rural, with SSP Navjot Singh Mahal leading the way after recovering from the deadly infection.
DGP Dinkar Gupta, who has personally reached out to the officers after their mandatory quarantine period ends, informed that within 24 hours of SSP Jalandhar Rural coming forward to donate plasma, 40 other police personnel had also volunteered.
“The blood plasma of two cops –ASI Ram Lal and PHG Lakhwinder Singh had already been taken.
All the 33 personnel recovered from Covid-19 in Jalandhar Rural have committed to donating plasma, said the DGP, adding that more police personnel from the other district are also coming in to donate plasma. The DGP said with many other cops still under treatment for Covid-19, he expects to see more donors coming forward in the next few days. As of 28 July, a total of 831 Punjab Police personnel had tested Covid-19 positive and 336 had recovered.