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OBI able to test all blood donors for COVID-19 antibodies

Oklahoma Blood Institute to provide announcement on COVID-19 antibody testing
Posted at 8:10 AM, Jun 03, 2020
and last updated 2020-06-03 12:12:01-04

TULSA — Oklahoma Blood Institute provides an important announcement on COVID-19 antibody testing.

OBI announced they are now able to test all blood donors for the coronavirus antibody, starting this week.

This information is important and will help Oklahomans in five ways:

  • To help Oklahomans today
  • To help Oklahomans in the future
  • To help polictical leaders understand what goes behind the pandemic and the state's recovery from that
  • To help Oklahoma's physicians keep medical doors open
  • To help Oklahoma's economy, one because the testing is manufactored in Oklahoma and it will allow people in Oklahoma to restore their way of life.

Speakers included:

  • John Armitage, M.D., president & CEO of Oklahoma Blood Institute
  • Kayse Shrum, D.O., president of OSU Center for Health Sciences and Oklahoma’s Secretary of Science & Innovation
  • George Monks, M.D., president of the Oklahoma State Medical Association
  • Bruce Dart, Ph.D., executive director of Tulsa Health Department.

The news conference took place at the OSU Health Sciences Center in Tulsa.

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