3 Jan 2022 – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Teera Woratanarat, Lecturer of Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University Posted a message via Facebook, Thira Woratanarat, stating that it has surpassed 290 million. Yesterday around the world increased to 799,877 people, 2,866 additional deaths, totaling 290,552,736 people, total deaths 5,460,136 people.
Top 5 most infected The same is the United States, United Kingdom, Italy, France and Canada. The number of new infections every day in the world now. from Asia, Europe and North America which together accounted for 88.16% of the world’s population, while the number of deaths accounted for 90.02%.
Recently, the number of new infections from Europe accounted for 46.12 percent of the world, while the number of deaths rose to 55.16 percent. Yesterday, the number of new infections was four of the top 10 European countries and 10 of the top 20. of the world
for the Thai situation The ATK number reporting system has been closed since Dec. 28, 64 alone, reported 3,112 infections yesterday, unable to reflect the situation in detail enough, the number of Omicron cases, accumulated 1,551 people, ranked 15th in the world.
update knowledge
1. Compare the likelihood of death from infection with COVID-19 with the flu
When collecting data from various research around the world, it was found that at any age From small children to adults to the elderly COVID-19 infection The risk of death is many times higher than influenza. especially if the older The risk of death was much higher for both diseases. So both vaccinations for COVID-19 and influenza is necessary
In addition, strictly protect yourself, wear a mask and stay away from other people. It is the key to preventing both diseases. And for the age group who still can’t access the COVID-19 vaccine, such as young children, parents need to take good care of them.
2. Most people with long-term COVID-19 have symptoms that last longer than 6 months.
Groff D et al. conducted a systematic global review of research, published in the JAMA Network Open in October 2021, of 57 studies tracking COVID-19 patients. who have healed more than 250,000 people
More than half (54%) had symptoms persist for more than 6 months, with remission occurring across multiple body systems. both common symptoms Including nervous system problems, mental conditions, respiratory system, skin, heart, digestive system, etc.
Long COVID, it is important to remind us all to be careful. It would be better to prevent yourself from getting infected. because of infection, even if cured But there can still be long-term problems. which will affect daily life Relationships with family and work also affect the workload in the health care system. both regarding manpower and health expenditures of the country as well
