The Genome Center reveals good news! Omikron XBB in Singapore is getting weaker.
Today (October 23rd) Genome Medical Center Faculty of Medicine Hospital (Hospital) Ramathibodi, Mahidol University Post a Facebook page to update the situation of COVID-19 Omicron Subspecies that are spreading in many countries And began to find some in Thailand that the latest Omicron germs The outbreaks of the XBB, XBB.1, XBB.2 and XBB.3 subspecies in Singapore are weakening.
The message states that
good news! “XBB* (XBB.1, XBB.2, XBB.3)” The Singapore nightmare variant (nightmare variant) has weakened.
Latest information from Public Health Singapore. As the first country to be affected by the XBB omikron outbreak, the number of new omikron cases XBB, XBB.1, XBB.2, and XBB.3 has started to decline steadily. From the Global Covid Genetic Code Database or G-Sed “GISAID” found
88 XBB
357 XBB.1
4 XBB.2
36 cases of XBB.3
Although laboratory (laboratory) data indicate that omikron XBB, XBB.1, XBB.2 and XBB.3 are best at evading immunity from natural infections and from vaccination, omicron XBB. Emerging subspecies of micron It is also resistant to all first-generation antibody (LAAB) drugs.
From the data in the past 28 days in Singapore. 163,952 new cases of COVID-19 found
are infected with asymptomatic or with mild symptoms, isolate at home 99.6% of those infected with COVID-19 to be kept in hospital and must provide oxygen for 0.2 percent of those infected with COVID-19 Of those who had to be admitted to the ICU (ICU), 0.03% of those who died as a result of contracting COVID-19, only 0.02%.
The cause of the number of Omicron cases XBB, XBB.1 in Singapore that requires hospitalization and death is small. This could be due to 6 main factors:
1. Singaporean citizens cooperate in wearing masks. especially medical personnel fragile group and close relatives
2. 92% of Singaporeans have received full dose of vaccine.
3. 79% of Singaporeans have been vaccinated with a booster shot.
4. Singaporean population receives anti-coronavirus drugs 2019 quickly after infection, especially in vulnerable groups
5. Singaporean population received ready-made antibody drug in cases that doctors consider Needed quickly after COVID-19 infection especially in fragile groups
6. There is a random decoding of the genotype of the COVID-19 virus. The whole genome from a COVID-19 patient To screen for the strain of up to 2% of infected people, which is useful for controlling, preventing and treating COVID-19.
The top 4 countries in ASEAN with the most randomly decrypted COVID-19 genes are:
Brunei 5.3%, Indonesia 2%, Singapore 1.9%, and Thailand 0.4%.