[Photo] 'Corona Blood Shortage' Depleting Blood Storage Facilities

Amid an emergency in blood supply due to the spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, the blood storage facility at the Seoul Central Blood Center of the Korean Red Cross in Gangseo-gu, Seoul, is running low on blood as of the 11th. According to an official from the blood center, as of 2 p.m. nationwide, the blood stock is at 2.5 days' worth, which is far below the appropriate blood stock level of more than 5 days on average per day./Reporter Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

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