Chulalongkorn Hospital doctor reveals 6 main reasons why COVID-19 patients have returned to increase lately
Asst. Prof. Dr. Opas Buddhacharoen, Head of Clinical Emerging Disease Center Chulalongkorn Hospital Has posted a message via a personal Facebook page Opass Putcharoen reveals 6 main factors that cause the situation of the COVID epidemic to increase, stating that
Why are more people addicted to COVID these days?
1. Probably from having more intimate activities plus relaxing wearing masks
2. I haven’t seen any new virus mutations cause an outbreak. According to the Center for Clinical Emerging Diseases (supported by WHO), BA.5 is still the most common strain, followed by BA.4, and has BA.2.75 in regarding 5% (data as of early Nov. ), but still need to follow up on the change of species
3. Some people infected in this round have been infected with COVID before in a wave of delta or omicron BA.2 virus outbreaks. repeatedly
4. Keep an eye out for the mutation of BA.5 to BQ.1, which may reduce the response to EVUSHELD. It is expected that BQ.1 will increase in the country following a while, but it will rise slowly. The trend may see several viral outbreaks. Simultaneous species But the symptoms are usually mild in people who are immune to the vaccine.
5. From having the opportunity to check the immune level in the research It was found that some people who received the last dose of vaccination were more than six months old. The landscape agrees may not be enough to protect. BA.5 virus strains, therefore, elderly people who are at risk of severe disease should hurry to stimulate to prevent severe symptoms Especially before the new year when the outbreak has more chances.
6. In this round, there may be many addicts who did not come to check. Because it can be checked at home and can be treated according to the symptoms by oneself People with severe symptoms will not have many, but will gradually increase slowly. There is a chance that the beds are tight in some hospitals.