Assoc.Prof.Dr. Teera Woratanarat Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University posted on Facebook Thira Woratanarat stated that on September 22, 2022, yesterday, 342,079 more people were infected, 907 more deaths, a total of 618,386,136 people, and 6,534,535 deaths.
The top five with the most infections were Russia, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan and France.
Yesterday, the number of new infections was nine of the top 10 countries in Europe and Asia and 19 among the top 20 in the world.
The number of new infections every day in the world now. from Asia and Europe together accounted for 90.46 percent of the world, while the number of deaths accounted for 70.89%.
Thailand’s epidemic situation from Worldometer data this morning found that the number of deaths yesterday The 14th highest in the world and 7th in Asia, although the Thai Ministry of Health has adjusted the reporting system from 1 May until the number of reports is greatly reduced.
Update knowledge of COVID-19
1. Proportion of outbreak species
The World Health Organization released the WHO Weekly Epidemiological Update last night, September 21, 2022.
Omicron strain BA.5 (and offspring) also dominated 76.6% of outbreaks, BA.4 (and offspring) 7.5%.
While the trending subspecies, BA.2.75, is slowly increasing, 1.26% is currently seen, with 48 countries detected worldwide.
importance
The mutated viruses that occur often develop immune evasion, transmission, receptor binding, target cells. and/or lead to severe illness and death If you look to the future The immunity from injected vaccines decreases with time. If the policy and environment of daily living involves a lot of traveling and meeting, the infected person is not isolated from others. Each citizen’s health and self-defense will become the only remaining factor. and is very important especially wearing the mask correctly and consistently
because in the end There will definitely be problems of infection, sickness, death, and long COVID. It depends on the behavior of the people in society. But the long-term impacts will include health, economic and social losses, whether on the patient himself, his family and the country.
2. Caring for Long COVID
A study by the Johns Hopkins University team. The United States revealed that guidelines for the care of Long COVID patients with fatigue/fatigue and memory problems. by using the method of rehabilitation through food and exercise program After 3 months of conducting the study, it was found that it was ineffective. Therefore, it is necessary to study the mechanism of the problem. to find another approach to treatment
However, patients need to find ways to adjust their daily lives to suit their symptoms, such as doing enough activities as necessary.
3. Inflammatory Processes Associated with Long COVID
Team from South Africa Publish the results of the study It was found that in patients with Long COVID, chemicals in the blood were found to indicate an inflammatory process. and result in a malfunction of the fibrinolysis mechanism.
The research team expects The occurrence of these pathologies may lead to problems in the functioning of various systems in the body, leading to various abnormalities. Occurring in patients with Long COVID
Protecting yourself from infection is the best.
Always wear the mask correctly.
Attahi… Attano… Nato
refer
1. WHO Weekly Epidemiological Update. 21 September 2022.
2. Owens B et al. How “long covid” is shedding light on postviral syndromes. BMJ. 21 September 2022.
3. Kruger A et al. Proteomics of fibrin amyloid microclots in long COVID/post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) shows many entrapped pro-inflammatory molecules that may also contribute to a failed fibrinolytic system. Cardiovascular Diabetology. 21 September 2022.