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Call for blood donors from different ethnic communities

Call goes out for blood donors from different ethnic communities Source: Getty Images

The Red Cross is calling for people of Polynesian, New Zealand Maori, or Filipino background to donate blood.They're looking for a rare blood type to help several patients in need of a specific match.

Updated 05/03/2020

By Matt Connellan

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