Doctor Yong pointed out that COVID-19 is entering a seasonal disease like influenza downward trend
Today (10 September 2022) Prof. Dr. Yong Phuworawan Head of the center specializing in clinical virology Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University Post a Facebook update on the situation of the Covid-19 epidemic in Thailand that COVID-19 The epidemic trend is declining in the same pattern as the 2009 influenza pandemic and is entering a seasonal disease.
The message states that the Covid-19 outbreak is likely to decrease. in the same pattern as the 2009 influenza epidemic.
Covid-19 is entering the disease of the season. The outbreak will now be in the same format as the flu epidemic. If we look at the epidemic of influenza that has spread all over the world, which is called 2009 new influenza outbreak that year It is highest in July, August and then decreases after September. until December After that there will be another outbreak.
But this outbreak is not as much as in the rainy season. or during the student’s first semester When students close the semester The outbreak was reduced And went to the outbreak again after the opening of semester 2, about 1 month or from the beginning of January. And will go down in December and next year will meet again in the next rainy season
The pattern of the COVID-19 outbreak After the relaxation of various measures school is open The pattern is no different from the 2009 influenza pandemic.
From the middle of this month onwards Students will begin the semester break. The outbreak will begin to decline gradually. until the end of the year And when it enters the winter, there will be another outbreak.
See the picture shown here. It can be seen that the pattern of the 2009 influenza epidemic in 2009