Dr. Yong points out that COVID is not over yet. will return to the epidemic in June But it won’t be as severe as before.
On March 15, Dr. Yong Phuwarawan, Head of the Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology Department of Pediatrics Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University Facebook post regarding mutations and the severity of COVID-19 The details are as follows:
COVID-19 Mutation and the severity of the disease
After the cancellation of the COVID-19 policy zero in china There was a rapid epidemic. and has ended And there weren’t millions of deaths. people as the West estimates
Many people were worried that a mutation would occur. There is a new strain of virus But from surveillance until now the disease has begun to subside. No new mutations were found and a large epidemic occurred. Species that are currently highly monitored are Kraken (a giant squid), XBB.1.5 and Orthrus (a two-headed dog with a snake’s tail). CH.1.1 endemic in America and Europe.
For Thailand during this period, the disease has been subdued as expected and will start to see more patients once more in June. The strains that are spreading in Thailand that are currently under surveillance It’s still not a concern because there are no unusually large outbreaks.
according to the principles of evolution Found species that have changed over time. The severity of the disease has decreased. It is evident from the Omicron species onwards.
The severity of the current disease has decreased from 2 factors from the virus with reduced severity. And most of the population has increased immunity. so that we can live together
