2023-09-25 10:33:39
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Health Warning: Thailand is still in the rainy season. Respiratory infections have a high prevalence rate. especially influenza The sickness rate is higher than last year and the 5-year historical average for the same period. Emphasize that even though the COVID-19 situation has decreased, wearing a mask when sick or in crowded places and washing your hands often can help prevent and reduce risk.
Respiratory diseases are on the rise! After people relaxed regarding wearing masks
On September 25, Dr. Opas Karnkawinphong Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Health said that following Thailand announced COVID-19 as a contagious disease that requires surveillance from 1 Oct. 2022, people can choose to wear masks voluntarily. It was found that the trend of respiratory infections especially influenza has increased more than in the past few years, reflecting that wearing a mask can help prevent and reduce the risk of respiratory infections very well.
Even though the COVID-19 situation is currently experiencing a continuous decrease in patients, But the influenza situation is still likely to increase. With data from 1 January – 16 September 2023, there were 185,216 patients, an illness rate of 279.9 per 100,000 people. There were 4 deaths reported, with a mortality rate of 0.002 percent. Only for the week of September 10-16, there were more than 12,000 additional patients, which is higher than the number of patients in the same period of 2022 and the past 5-year average, which has been ordered. Having every province prepare a disease control investigation team to support the outbreak according to the policy of Dr. Chonnan Srikaew, Minister of Public Health.
Differences between 3 diseases “COVID19-Influenza-RSV”
Dr. Opas said that Currently, Thailand is still in the rainy season. This is the outbreak season of respiratory infections. The main disease that still needs to be monitored is COVID-19. Symptoms often include fever, cough, sore throat, aches, fatigue, may have difficulty breathing, and influenza. Most will have a high fever. Muscle pain, dry cough, clear snot, loss of appetite, and RSV disease has fever, coughing, and sneezing. It usually occurs in children younger than 5 years of age. The transmission of all 3 diseases is the same, namely coughing, sneezing, touching mucus droplets, saliva, phlegm, or using shared objects. together
Therefore, the most important thing is When having symptoms of respiratory disease or when having to enter a crowded place Must wear a mask Cover your mouth and nose completely when coughing or sneezing. Avoid close contact with people who are weak, such as the elderly and young children, and wash your hands frequently. To help prevent and reduce the risk of infection with these respiratory diseases. In addition, we ask for cooperation from parents to monitor the symptoms of their children who are students. If a child is sick and has respiratory symptoms, it is recommended that they stay at home to take care of them, monitor their symptoms, and not spread the virus further at school or child care centers. Schools are asked to organize a screening system for respiratory symptoms such as fever, cough, and snot to isolate them. Children do not mix with other children. and consider closing the classroom when several sick children are found in a row.
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