Individuals
can schedule an appointment to give blood with the Red Cross by visiting RedCrossBlood.org, using the Red Cross Blood Donor App, calling 1-800-RED-CROSS
or enabling the Blood
Donor Skill on any Alexa Echo device.
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Tuesday, March 17, 2020
SEVERE SHORTAGE: Red Cross faces serious threat to available blood supply
The American Red Cross now faces a severe blood
shortage due to an unprecedented number of blood drive cancellations in
response to the coronavirus outbreak. Healthy individuals are needed now to donate to help patients counting on lifesaving blood.
As the coronavirus pandemic has grown here in the U.S., blood drive
cancellations have grown at an alarming rate. To date, nearly 2,700 Red Cross
blood drives have been canceled across the country due to concerns about
congregating at workplaces, college campuses and schools amidst the coronavirus
outbreak. These cancellations have resulted in some 86,000 fewer blood
donations. More than 80% of the blood the Red Cross collects
comes from drives held at locations of this type.