UK, Irish & French Olim can donate blood

Israel’s ban on immigrants from the UK, Ireland and France donating blood has been lifted after 24 years.  The epidemic of BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) in cattle in those countries raised the possibility of causing variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) in humans.

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/365939

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