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A phlebotomist wearing personal protective equipment collects a blood sample from a COVID-19 convalescent plasma donor.

Donor Plasma

Jesus Gonzalez, a phlebotomist assigned to Naval Medical Center San Diego, inserts a needle into the arm of Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Bryan Bennett, a sailor assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), in order to donate COVID-19 convalescent plasma at the hospital's Armed Services Blood Program Blood Donation Center in San Diego, Aug. 19, 2020. Those who have tested positive for COVID-19 and since recovered are encouraged to donate CCP as part of a Department of Defense-wide effort to alleviate the symptoms of those currently suffering during the pandemic.

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