People who lived in the United Kingdom during the ‘mad cow disease’* outbreak can donate blood in Australia from today, potentially contributing up to 58,000 additional donations each year.
Australian Red Cross Lifeblood urgently needs 2,400 Perth residents to sign up to donate their poo for its microbiome program, as COVID and the cold and flu season wipes out existing donors.
“Three quarters of respondents don’t know that 1 in 3 people will need donated blood in their lifetime,” Lifeblood Executive Director, Donor Services, Cath Stone said.
