JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa held a blood transfusion clinic on Tuesday as part of efforts to help victims of the devastating bomb blast in Nairobi that killed more than 200 people and injured some 5,000. South African Blood Transfusion Service (SABTS) officials said about 600 South Africans had already donated blood since Sunday. "The response from the South African public has

been fantastic," said SABTS spokeswoman Diane de Coning. Kenya`s Ambassador to South Africa, Justus Mudavadi, said the blood supplies were being flown to Nairobi in an arrangement set up by the embassy with South African and Kenya Airways. "The extent to which South Africa has showed solidarity with Kenya cannot be underestimated. I`m quite happy about it," he told Reuters.

Blood supplies in Kenya have been under enormous pressure because of the large number of people injured by the bomb which struck in the heart of Nairobi, outside to the U.S. embassy, on Friday. The South African National Defence Force also sent a Boeing 707 aircraft on Sunday to take medical supplies and staff to relieve the situation in Nairobi, after receiving a request from the Kenyan government.