9,500 O-type blood donors urged to donate immediately (www.lifeblood.com.au)

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Not currently, though the Red Cross/Lifeblood are not responsible for this, the Therapeutic Goods Administration's regulations are. A change to the rule is being worked on.

To put it in perspective, it was only in 2022 that we started allowing donations from people from the UK thanks to their mad cow outbreak they had in the '80s.

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