Doctors point out that the countdown to make Covid is an endemic disease need to take care of the elderly group to access the doctor quickly
Date 23 Apr 2022 time 11:10
Doctors point out that the countdown to make Covid is an endemic disease need to take care of the elderly group to access the doctor quickly Vaccines cover 70% and open a 4-stage plan
Prof. Emeritus Dr. Wasan Chantrathit, Head of the Medical Genome Center Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital Mahidol University Mentioned on the Covid Forum show, here’s the answer. Organized by the Safe and Creative Media Development Fund in collaboration with the Federation of Health and Elderly Workers Association on the issue of “Countdown to COVID-19 to endemic diseases safely” that what we need to talk regarding is the reason why the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) is trying to move forward with Covid as an endemic (Endemic), but we have to take into account 3 things if we pull much Excessively, it will lose balance, namely medical and public health, economic and social-mental health. During the first lockdown, we gave public health a big priority. But now, people’s mental health has to be taken into account as well as the economy. make many countries Including the World Health Organization (WHO) advocating that eventually the disease must be endemic. It gave a brief definition that levels might be downgraded but under the control of each country’s health system, the beds weren’t overflowing, and stressed that at least three injections of vaccines, at least 70 percent of all populations, and antivirals were needed. Once attached, it must be treated promptly.
Prof. Emeritus Dr. Wasan said that the nature of the corona virus 2019 The species that spread more rapidly would be the most mutant. In the past, beta, alpha, delta are extinct. It is now an omikron that is crossbreed with another species. Called the “X” family, the omicron that the World Health Organization is monitoring is BA.4 with approximately 80 different Wuhan mutations. The vaccine still works But whenever you start to see the difference It will be named as a new strain. The WHO expects two types of mutational views of the COVID-19 virus: 1. The virus has no mutation, gradually disappears. 2. Mutated and has severe symptoms. Further development of drugs and vaccines is needed.
Dr. Kanat Kruthakun, president of the Federation of Health and Elderly Workers Association, said that for caring for the elderly to count down to endemic diseases It is important to have enough beds to accommodate the elderly. Therefore, the public health system is the key to ensuring that at-risk patients receive immediate care. He thinks that if the mortality rate is 0.1-0.2%, it should be able to support it. But the main determinant of the loss in the elderly is Just know that the infection can’t be treated in time, so if the Ministry of Health has a special channel in this group, it can reduce the loss.
“The disease is endemic We look at the mortality threshold rather than infection, so if treatment and new drugs are introduced, the mortality rate can be reduced. It was a game-changing point, so the government had to push for cheap drug imports. including solving the patent problem in order to buy chemicals that can be produced in the country,” said Dr. Kanat.
On the side of Dr. Anupong Suchariyakul, MD. Songkhunwut (Preventive Medicine), Department of Disease Control, said that for making covids is an endemic disease. At the end of February, a four-phase plan was drawn up to define four measures of varying intensity, known as 4×4: 1.Combatting phase (March) to reduce infection rates 2.Plateau phase (Apr. -May) is in a downtrend, 3.Declining phase (May-June), the situation is really down and 4.Post Pandemic phase (1 July onwards), while 4 measures are as follows: Health, medical, legal and communication systems, although the main measure is the coronavirus vaccine, focusing on screening and authorizing travel to the country. In order for us to move towards endemic diseases (Endemic) during July, but what will determine is important. Very few infections and deaths or have fewer clinical mutations equal loss with other endemic diseases such as dengue fever
“Currently, the current covid situation around the world is decreasing. But Asia, including Thailand, is still high. However, people learn to take care of themselves. ATK test. If there are few symptoms, they can be treated at home (HI). If there are many symptoms, they go to the hospital. However, the number of infections found in the main 20 thousand, we will know that the number is less than the truth. But what worries us is the use of the bed. Especially the pneumonia group that has the potential to die. In the past 2 weeks, it was found that 95% were not vaccinated or not getting a booster. including pregnant women,” said Dr. Anupong.
Dr. Anupong also said that the transition from epidemics and endemic diseases Must say that covid was originally classified as a dangerous communicable disease. The Communicable Disease Act, therefore, has to be amended to make it a communicable disease that must be monitored. which the legal status will be reduced accordingly Therefore, it must be understood with law enforcement. Because the Provincial Communicable Disease Committee / Bangkok or Prof. will no longer have the power. But it must be taken care of in a contagious form. Diseases are monitored in large clusters, are reported and monitored by healthcare facilities, so we have to learn to live with the disease. card must not fall so that we gradually move the measure
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