On January 8, 65, Prof. Dr. Yong Phuworawan, head of the Center specializes in clinical virology. Department of Pediatrics Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University Posted a message via Facebook, Yong Poovorawan stated that ..
covid 19 omikron number of people infected
Yong Phuworawan, Rajabhat University, 8 January 2022
It must be admitted that omikron is now spreading in Thailand and around the world.
The number of reported cases of Omicron is much lower than the reality in all countries because the test will only test for covid19, not strain.
breeding must use a specific method to distinguish what species
in some foreign countries Those with RT-PCR testing for covid19 with other genes but not detecting the S gene, it is assumed to be omikron because mutations in the S gene make it undetectable.
In Thailand, almost all screenings for the covid 19 virus do not include an S test, so this method cannot be used.
Species detection therefore requires a specific method of genetic testing or decoding.
numbers for each country reported It was intended to detect species. Many people, when looking at the detection rankings, Thailand is in the top don’t be surprised Our testing capabilities are capable of checking in early countries as well.
so now To say that 3,000 cases were detected is not a real number. with outbreaks with omikron strains, because there are many more cases than unchecked It’s the same in almost every country.
To tell how much of an outbreak is now an omikron strain, one would need to take a random sample of people infected with COVID-19 and look at the percentage of omikron and delta species found.
The center is working on it right now. But the ability of the center It can be done only in Bangkok and its vicinities. The ongoing Omikron detection rate will be notified later. It is now believed that Omikron has replaced Delta in large numbers, probably more than 30 percent.
Thank you for information and pictures Facebook Yong Poovorawan
