Radio Taiwan International
Date: 31 December, 2019
By: Paula Chao

Blood donation centers islandwide are calling on the public to donate blood, as stores are running low. Blood banks generally consider a supply that can sustain demand for at least nine days safe. Currently, some locations do not have enough stock to last a week.

Blood is in short supply in Taiwan. All five of the country’s major blood donation centers are understocked.

Taichung Blood Donation Center official Chen Jun-wei says the amount of blood donated on one given day was 500 bags fewer than expected.    [FULL  STORY]