Please help give hope to the lives of so many patients who are in need of blood! This is the message for April from the National Blood Transfusion Service.

The Service is urging Gozitans to therefore please take the time to help those in need by making a donation on one of the four dates during April that are shown below. Giving blood is an essential service, “that cannot be neglected.”

Donations can be made at the District Health Centre in Xewkija, located in Triq tall- Hamrija, between the Primary School and the Bocci Club on any of the dates shown below:

Tuesdays – last registration 5:00pm

5th April from 1:00pm-5:00pm

19th April from 1:00pm-5:00pm

Sunday – last registration 1:00pm

10th April 8:00am to 1:00pm

24th of 8:00am to 1:00pm.

Please note that due to the general election some proposed sessions may need to be changed or cancelled.

The Service reminds everyone that it is important to always take your Identity Card, or Driving License or Maltese Passport and to drink plenty of water beforehand. Also, please encourage others to donate if possible.

Important notes

Those who have undergone the swab test, whether routine or due to travel, are asked to wait until a negative Covid-19 test result is given

As a general guideline, recipients of the Covid-19 vaccine including the booster dose or seasonal flu vaccine should wait 7 days after receiving the vaccine before going to donate blood.

If in the first 48 hours after vaccination, one does not have a fever or symptoms of illness, it can be given after 3 days. This also applies to those who have taken the seasonal flu vaccine.

Anyone who has tested positive for Covid will be able to donate blood two weeks after the end of the quarantine period.

Those who were in quarantine and were not positive for Covid will be able to donate blood as soon as the isolation period ends.

To find out if you are eligible to donate blood please see here.

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