Blood centre in Nice doubles workforce to deal with donations

A local blood centre in Nice called in extra workers on Friday to deal with the huge numbers of donations.

"We cannot absorb the flow of donors at present," Virginia Lavedrine, a worker at the centre, told Le Figaro.

"We have been overwhelmed," she said.

Local community centres, including the local Islamic cultural association, had put out calls for local residents to give blood urgently to help wounded victims of last night's attack.