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MOSCOW, RUSSIA - OCTOBER 24, 2018: A blood donation marathon takes place in the blood transfusion department at Moscow's City Clinical Hospital No 52 to mark the 200th anniversary of the first blood transfusion. Vladimir Gerdo/TASS (Photo by Vladimir Gerdo\TASS via Getty Images)

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - OCTOBER 24, 2018: A blood donation marathon takes place in the blood transfusion department at Moscow's City Clinical Hospital No 52 to mark the 200th anniversary of the first blood transfusion. Vladimir Gerdo/TASS (Photo by Vladimir Gerdo\TASS via Getty Images)