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Health
Callum Godde

Blood donor COVID recovery wait time cut

Australian blood banks are slashing the recovery wait time from 28 days to seven. (AAP)

Australians who recover from a bout of COVID-19 will only need to wait seven days to give blood under a new policy change amid the Omicron wave.

With more than 700,000 active cases isolating around the country - and many more close contacts and people awaiting PCR test results - Red Cross Lifeblood is slashing the recovery wait time to donate blood from 28 days.

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