Phuket Provincial Health Office confirms that Phuket has no more smallpox cases. The rumors about Thai women and Nigerians are not true. not easy to repeat
On July 27, 2022, Dr. Kusak Kukiatkul Phuket Provincial Public Health Doctor said. Previously, Phuket had the first case of chickenpox in Thailand. I am a Nigerian man In the process of investigation of the disease, there were 19 at-risk groups from this patient who had taken blood, cultured and sent for laboratory examinations, including 2 labs at the Chulalongkorn Lab and the Lab at the Department of Medical Sciences. The need to send 2 lab tests because it was the first case to detect all 19 test results were negative.
“Yesterday (July 26) there were rumors that a female patient was in a relationship with a Nigerian male patient. Have investigated and it appears that it is not true, just a rumour. And yesterday (July 26) in another case, there was a Thai male patient with no history of contact with a Nigerian male patient.
which this Thai patient went to check at Thalang Hospital and was referred to Vachira Phuket Hospital. send laboratory Now waiting for the results from the lab. It is expected that it will be another day before the results will be known.
Confirms that the latest Thai male patient has fever, rash, blood draw, swab, culture, and it is not related to a Nigerian male patient. And confirmed that Phuket has not found any more chickenpox cases.
Chickenpox is a highly contagious disease. They must come in direct contact with each other. And if walking with a smallpox patient, it is evident that there is a rash, pustules, and is not easy to contact. must touch directly And this disease is not contagious in the air like coviral. The disease can be prevented with Universal Promotion measures, which is to wear a mask, wash your hands often,” said Dr. Kusak.
Dr. Kusak went on to say that Covid-19 situation Phuket Province Currently still stable, total RT-PCR is 11 people, ATK number 150-200 people. Information of pneumonia patients at the moment 14 people are hospitalized, using 25-26% of the total number of beds available. at a level that can be taken care of
In addition, now the official has declared covid as an endemic disease. I want to remind you that Universal’s presentation is still important. It can be used to prevent coronavirus and can be used to prevent smallpox.
As for vaccines that have been injected in Phuket, needle 1 accounted for 95%, needle 2 accounted for 91%, needle 3 accounted for 68%, needle 4 accounted for 39%. -54% aim to cover 60%
I would like to remind you to focus on group 608 in vaccinating against Covid-19. Vaccination can be obtained at Sor. Hospital and Vachira Phuket Hospital. And some people have asked me what’s the difference between the Moderna and the Pfizer vaccine? Let’s say that these two brands are the same group. If you have injected one brand and have not had any side effects. It is recommended to inject the original brand.