Southern California blood drives dwindle amid coronavirus concerns

As Southern California blood bank donations hemorrhage amid novel coronavirus concerns, officials say it remains safe for healthy individuals to donate and are urging organizations to maintain scheduled blood drives.
At LifeStream, a San Bernardino blood bank serving 80 Southern California hospitals, at least a dozen drives have been canceled that could have provided more than 1,200 units of needed blood, which would have been enough to treat up to 3,000 patients, said Dr. Joe Chaffin, the compa