Virus survivors rake in cash for plasma on Iraq’s black market
Recovered coronavirus patients in Iraq are selling their blood plasma for $2,000 per liter on the black market as health leaders watch in dismay.
For five days, Qusay al-Zaidi searched for a recovered coronavirus patient to give him plasma for use in the treatment of his relatives who had contracted the virus. He expected to get it from a volunteer free of charge, but this was not the case.
“The recovered patient asked for $1,500 per liter and refused to negotiate the price,” he told Al-Monitor.
