Red Cross ramps up call for blood donations

Australians are being urged to donate blood to combat a drop in supplies as the Australian Red Cross says the response to their appeals is not meeting demand. Blood donations were hampered in the past year due to COVID-19 and more recently by flash flooding in New South Wales. More than 8,000 donations of O Negative blood were needed but only nine per cent of Australians carry the blood type.

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