On August 5, 65, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Teera Woratanarat, Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University Posted a message via Facebook, Thira Woratanarat stated that…
Yesterday around the world, 752,284 more people were infected with 1,595 more deaths, bringing the total to 585,887,502 people and 6,429,389 deaths.
The top five with the most infections were Japan, South Korea, Italy, the United States and Australia.
Yesterday, the number of new infections was six of the top 10 countries from Europe and Asia and 14 of the top 20 in the world.
The number of new infections every day in the world now. from Asia and Europe Together they accounted for 77.51% of the world’s population, while the number of deaths accounted for 53.85%.
…The epidemic situation of Thailand
From this morning’s Worldometer data, it was found that
Number of deaths yesterday The 14th highest in the world and 5th in Asia, although the Thai Ministry of Health has adjusted the reporting system from 1 May until the number of reports is greatly reduced.
…Update Long COVID in children
The latest research data from the US CDC team is published in MMWR today, August 5, 2022.
Importantly, children infected with COVID-19 are at the same risk of developing long-term disorders like Long-COVID as adults. although the chance of birth is less than that of adults
COVID-19 infection This puts the child at risk for heart problems such as myocarditis. Cardiac arrhythmias, etc., are 1.1-2.8 times more in children aged 2 years and over.
of concern is found to increase the risk of kidney failure by 27-52% in children aged 2 years and over
It also increases the risk of developing both type 1 and type 2 diabetes by 14-31% in children aged 5 years and over.
and the risk of thromboembolism 1.5-2.7 times in children aged 5 years and over.
The results of this study point us to the importance of caring for children and prevent infection
However, if the child we take care of has been infected before. Parents should be careful. regularly assess the health status of the child; If there are abnormal symptoms Should take to consult a doctor for examination, diagnosis and timely care.
…Thai situation, we still have an ongoing outbreak.
Wearing the mask correctly regularly This will greatly reduce the risk.
refer
1. Kompaniyets L et al. Post–COVID-19 Symptoms and Conditions Among Children and Adolescents — United States, March 1, 2020–January 31, 2022. MMWR. 5 August 2022.
2. Image credit 2: Tyler Black, Source: MMWR, 5 August 2022.
