‘Doctor Thira’ raises a lesson to try Covid-19, reveals that this wave of children is addicted to vomit until not infected is the best
on April 8 Assoc.Prof.Dr. Teera Worathanarat, Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University Revealing information via Facebook about the situation of the Covid-19 epidemic in Thailand, with one message indicating 89 new deaths, 40 males, 47 females, aged 19-98, and up to 6 people infected on the day of death
While 40 people died, the virus was detected only 1-3 days before their deaths. and about half of the total death toll The period from infection to death was 6 days. In addition, it was found that 4 people who died were not at risk 608. Of the 89 deaths, 18 people had no underlying disease and 55 were not vaccinated.
Dr Thira also updated the Long COVID status that news about the US President’s orders Engage relevant agencies to conduct research studies to find a solution to the problem of Long COVID, which affects up to 7% of the adult population. And will affect the ability to live and work It reinforces the importance of this as 7% of the country’s entire adult population. Calculated back from the population base of adults aged 18 years and over, it is 14.6 million. Compared to the number of infected adults, the incidence rate of long-term COVID-19 among older adults is about as high. 20%
Meanwhile, datasets from the UK’s Office for National Statistics It reports Long COVID in a population of about 1.7 million people, or can be found in 1 in 37 people in the general population, although the incidence rate seems lower than the United States. But the number of cases is enormous, with 780,000 people experiencing long-term COVID-19 for more than a year, and as many as 334,000 have started to suffer from the omicron wave. This is just the number that started to appear from the end of last year. But it will gradually increase from the infected cases since the beginning of this year.
worrisome is Since the Omikron ripple, long COVID cases have been seen by both men and women. And there are all ages, both adults and children. Currently, there are 150,000 children with long-term COVID-19, of which only 31,000 have had it for more than a year. Infections are more common in adults than children. But after the Omicron outbreak There are clearly more children infected.
foreign lessons Reminds Thailand that we are aware of the importance of disease prevention policies and measures to prevent infection is the best. Long-term effects Long-term COVID impairs ability to live, work, and puts you at risk for chronic disease or disability. It is a burden to the patient, family and society. This Songkran festival, stay at home, stop germs for you and your loved ones.