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In the United States, the coronavirus pandemic is having serious consequences for blood banks, which are experiencing the worst blood shortage recorded in the past ten years, as blood donors are fewer and fewer.
Faced with this exceptional situation, but which is beginning to persist, the Red Cross, which is in charge of collecting blood donations and managing blood stocks, has launched an appeal for donations from the population.
With the new wave of Covid-19 caused by Omicron, seasonal flu and winter, officials fear the shortage will continue. This situation pushes hospitals to reorganize, sometimes postponing non-urgent surgical operations.
Since the start of the pandemic, it has been much more complicated to organize blood donation drives, in particular because of the restrictions on the number of people in the same place. In addition, the offices are closed or the staff is teleworking, like many students. The “blood donation in the office” operations of the Red Cross were therefore well affected.
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