President Donald Trump announced Sunday his administration was providing an emergency authorization for the use of convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19, a treatment that more than 70,000 patients have already received.
One day prior to the start of the Republican National Convention, Trump made the announcement in an evening news conference. He said the authorization “will dramatically expand access to this treatment.”
“We’re years ahead of approvals if we went by the speed of past administrations,” Trump said, adding, “And that includes vaccines.”
