American Red Cross to Test Bloodbr Donations for COVID-19 Antibodies On Monday, the American Red Cross announcedbr that they would be testing all blood, plasma andbr platelet donations for COVID-19 antibodies. The organization said they hopedbr it would provide “valued donors” with insight intobr whether they’d been exposed to COVID-19 or not. American Red Cross Results from the American Red Cross’br antibody tests will be delivered within seven tobr ten days via their donor app or website. They also said that they hoped performingbr COVID-19 antibody testing would encouragebr more people to donate blood. Blood donations have severely dropped offbr since the beginning of the pandemic duebr to COVID-19 caused restrictions. However, the need for a stable supply ofbr blood has not dwindled and blood is perishable,br meaning it can't be stockpiled.