The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) situation in Thailand is in a continuous downtrend. As of June 12, the Centers for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CDC) reported 2,474 new cases, classified as 2,464 in the country, out of 10 prisons. 4,236 more recovered, 22,330 are in treatment, 659 severely ill, 317 put on a ventilator, 20 additional deaths, aged 41-95 years, 14 males, 6 females, aged 60 years and over, 15 people with chronic disease, 4 people have none. History of chronic disease 1 person. Since 2020, Thailand has a cumulative total of 4,484,863 confirmed cases, 4,432,199 cumulative recoveries and 30,334 cumulative deaths.
As for the vaccination once morest COVID-19 on June 11, 2022, 139,020 additional doses have been injected, total since February 28, 2021, the cumulative injection of 138,661,299 doses. When classified by needle, it was found that the first injection was 56,855,301. Cases or 81.7 of the population, the second dose 52,915,316, or 76.1 percent of the population, and the third dose, or booster dose, 28,890,682, or 41.5% of the population, which are not yet met the COVID-19 adjustment criteria. from dangerous communicable diseases to endemic diseases that requires more than 60 percent of booster vaccinations
Reporters reported that last January The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has set the criteria for considering Covid-19 as an endemic disease in 4 items: 1. New patients not exceeding 10,000 people per day 2. Mortality rate less than 0.1% 3. Admission heal in Less than 10 percent of hospitals and 4. Severely ill people received at least 2 doses of vaccination, more than 80 percent. endemic disease of COVID-19 In terms of medical and public health, including 1. Look at the trend of infection. The trend in the number of severely ill patients Bed occupancy rate level 2 and level 3 2. Covid-19 vaccination Covering vaccinations in the population In total, more than 60 percent of the population were vaccinated. Elderly people 60 years and over received at least one injection of more than 80% of the population according to the right to treatment. Received a booster dose of more than 60% before July 1, 2022 and 3. The number of deaths must be less than 0.1% weekly for 2 consecutive weeks. It is calculated as the number of deaths from COVID-19 divided by the number of COVID-19 patients. treated, multiplied by 100
Dr. Jadet Thammathatcha-aree, secretary-general of the National Health Security Office (NHSO), said the NHSO hotline 1330 has increased the number of hotline operators and lines from the original 150 lines to 400 lines. During the COVID-19 outbreak to provide answering service Coordinating care, counseling and referrals for COVID-19 patients which calls in more than a day 30,000-70,000 calls per day, but now the epidemic situation has subsided. As a result, the number of hotline calls was reduced to approximately 6,000 calls per day, but due to the NHSO contracted to hire an officer to answer the hotline until September 2022, some officers had to adjust their duties to help track down the people. Sick people at risk receive seasonal influenza vaccine. which is currently campaigning by calling to inform the rights and get vaccinated at a hospital near home
Dr. Jadet also said that However, the problem of call center gangs defrauding people by phone, causing problems for NHSO. Therefore, I would like to inform the public that The NHSO calls will only inform the public regarding the right to receive the free flu vaccine. No documents will be requested. or bill If such behavior is noticed, notify the police immediately.
On the same day, Prof. Dr. Yong Phuworawan, the head of the center specializing in clinical virology Department of Pediatrics Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University Facebook post regarding entering endemic diseases or the regular season of COVID-19 with the Dangerous Communicable Diseases Act that now reports the total number of patients is underestimated Because there are a lot of infected with self-examination, not severe, not registered, do not know how many will be
Prof. Dr. Yong said that to enter endemic diseases, the first thing to do is to get a list of COVID-19. Out of the list of dangerous communicable diseases according to the Communicable Diseases Act, with Covid-19 being the 14th dangerous communicable disease, we are now breaking a lot of laws. according to this law Dangerous communicable diseases must be notified to the supervisory authority. Quickly know within an hour or at the latest should not exceed 24 hours. not notified or registered It would be a violation of the law without knowing.
Prof. Dr. Yong further stated that Covid-19 must be changed from a dangerous communicable disease to a communicable disease that requires surveillance and has the same guidelines as 55 communicable diseases that must be monitored during the time of cow disease. vid-19 is in strict measures according to the law of the Communicable Diseases Act not enough to control We therefore need The Emergency Decree came to the rescue. We’ve been fighting for over 2 years and now everyone has some level of immunity and has been infected with a number of them. which is considerable in order to give COVID-19 It is endemic or seasonal like other respiratory diseases. The rules would have to change according to the appropriate circumstances. and acceptance of the general public including well-being student teaching and will not break the law The same goes for the closing of school for students. In the near future, the guidelines will have to be similar to other respiratory diseases such as influenza, hand-foot-and-mouth disease, which is a contagious disease that must be monitored.
As for the epidemic situation abroad, on the same day, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that smallpox continued to spread slowly. In the United States, the number of coronavirus cases rose to 45 in 15 states, compared with 21 the week before, while the number of infections globally rose to 31 countries, with 1,576 suspected but unconfirmed cases, the CDC said. also clarified that the monkey pox virus is transmitted through secretions such as close face-to-face contact over a period of time. Germs do not float in the air. Not in contact just because of standing and talking to each other. Take a walk in a convenience store or grabbing things together like a doorknob
