Red Cross Continues Its Call for Blood Donations

A woman gives blood during a Jan. 14 Red Cross blood drive at the Costa Mesa Senior Center. Drew Van Voorhis/The Epoch Times

The American Red Cross is urging healthy donors to give blood as it grapples with a supply shortage exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

“There’s always a shortage of blood, but [the pandemic] just heightened what we need now,” Cornell Foster, a mobile operator for the American Red Cross, told The Epoch Times.