On November 23, 2022 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Thira Worathanarat or “Doctor Thira“Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University Post on Facebook “Thira Woratanarat” about the issue “COVID-19” indicates that
Yesterday, around the world, there were 328,821 additional infections, 619 additional deaths, a total of 643,699,350 deaths, a total of 6,628,274 deaths.
The top 5 most infected are:
- Japan
- South Korea
- France
- Taiwan
- Indonesia
Yesterday, in the number of new infections, countries from Europe and Asia occupied seven of the top 10 and 17 of the top 20 globally. The number of new infections per day around the world right now from Asia and Europe together representing 95.21 percent of the whole world, while the number of deaths accounted for 82.06 percent
Paxlovid cuts hospital stays by more than half
Most recently, Shah MM et al. from the US CDC published the results of the study in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) yesterday, November 22, 2022.
by analyzing data from the care of infected peopleCOVID-19 A total of 699,848 people from April to August 2022 were divided among 198,927 infected people who received the drug. Paxlovid within 5 days of being infected and the infected group but did not receive the drug of 500,921 people found that receiving the drug “Paxlovid” Paxlovid That reduced the rate of illness until hospitalization was reduced by 51%.
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The nature of the latest outbreak
If you look at the time of the outbreak from European countries including Singapore that just passed the latest wave of eruptions On average, the latest wave lasts 2-3 weeks shorter than the previous wave.
Most of the time, the first ripple took about 8-10 weeks from up to down, while the last ripple usually took 6-8 weeks.
As for the average number of infections compared to the population, it was found that the latest wave peaked around 65-80% of the previous wave. But there are some countries where the number of infections may jump 1.12 times higher than the previous wave
May you live, work, study, travel consciously, be careful, protect yourself, avoid crowded places. poor ventilation and keep a distance from people who are not defending themselves
A booster vaccination is essential.
Wearing a mask properly and consistently is an important weapon to reduce the risk of the current condition. If infected, should be isolated for at least 7-10 days until better, no fever andCheck ATK negative
Covid is not an ordinary cold. Not seasonal flu or not being re-infected is the best
refer
Shah MM et al. Paxlovid Associated with Decreased Hospitalization Rate Among Adults with COVID-19 — United States, April–September 2022. MMWR. 22 November 2022.