Bhubaneswar, May 18 -- Convalescent plasma therapy, widely used in hospitals for treating serious coronavirus patients, has been dropped from the centre's clinical management guidelines for treating COVID-19 patients. On Monday (May 17), the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) revised the clinical guidance for the management of adult COVID-19 patients and dropped the off-label use of convalescent plasma. This is a significant development at a time when the second wave of COVID-19 is raging across the country. The decision was taken based on recommendations of experts from AIIMS, ICMR-Covid-19 National Task Force and the Health Ministry. In plasma therapy, antibodies from the people who have recovered from COVID-19 are used to treat ...