Ministry of Public Health warns to be careful of contracting covids after school group found a cluster for school starts pointing out the rate of bed occupancy, seriously ill

Ministry of Public Health warns to be careful of contracting covids following school group found a cluster for school starts pointing out the rate of bed occupancy, seriously ill

Today (25 May 2022) at the Ministry of Public Health (PTI) Dr. Chakrarat Pittayawong-anon, MD. Director of the Division of Epidemiology, Department of Disease Control, along with Dr. Taweesup Sirapraphasiri Experts from the Department of Disease Control announced the daily situation of COVID-19 that there are now 528.9 million infections worldwide with 6.3 million deaths in the past 7 days, with 9.5 million reported infections and 19 thousand deaths. Revenue tends to decline. Thailand today 5,013 reported infections, the trend has continued for 2-3 days, averaging regarding 4-5 thousand people per day, while 1,028 pneumonia patients report 530 intubation over the past few days. The intubation is stable. and 33 reported deaths, a slight decrease that is clearly visible. Patients treated in the system from almost 2 hundred thousand to less than 50,000 already.

“The situation has continued to deteriorate. in line with the easing measures Still has a warning status for covid level 3, but if it can be traced that the infection has decreased The number of serious illnesses and deaths has decreased. will adjust to level 2 will be more relaxed lead a more normal life,” said Dr. Chakrarat.

Dr. Chakrarat said that most of the deaths every day are 608 groups, like today are 608 groups, all 100%, with more than half being 70 years old and over. Most of them are not vaccinated according to the criteria. get one needle and injecting two injections over 3 months, causing the immune system to begin to decline Prevention of serious illness was also reduced. Therefore, we have to campaign to help the 608 group, especially those aged 70 years and over, to receive regular and booster vaccinations. to reduce the number of deaths and safe for the whole family

Dr. Chakrarat said that for the situation of infected people continued to decline. It is now below the green forecast line. Show that we are doing well. People work together to protect themselves. I’m glad people still wear masks because they help reduce the spread of the virus. After the start of the semester, there is now a cluster of outbreaks in schools, but not as many as in some schools. especially boarding school which can separate zones without closing the school Therefore, please focus on wearing masks and keeping distance. The situation with pneumonia continued to decline and began to stabilize. Have to see if next week will continue or not. in which pneumonia began to stabilize Shows that the infection is stable. Many provinces are more relaxed. Therefore, be prepared if a mass infection is found, both at the hospital and at the nearest public health service center to investigate the disease.

“The intubation patient looked slightly increased. but still in a downtrend still safe in many provinces By occupying less than 20 percent of the yellow and red beds, we are deemed to have enough beds if there is an outbreak and a lot of serious illnesses occur. The number of deaths continued to decline. During the downtrend, many people feel more relaxed. Even if you are relaxed, you have to build immunity for high-risk groups. Go get vaccinated, including young children aged 5-11 years. You should get vaccinated as well because school starts and you may get infected,” said Dr. Chakrarat.

Dr. Taweesap said that the Department of Disease Control has studied the effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccine. From the actual use during the outbreak of the Omicron strain between January-March 2022 from more than 500,000 vaccinators, it was found that injecting 2 needles to prevent infection is very low. Preventing serious illness, requiring tracheal intubation and death 75%, 3 injections can prevent infection 15%, preventing serious illness, requiring tracheal intubation and death 93%, 4 injections can prevent 76 percent Intubation prevention was 99 percent, with no deaths found in this study. Confirm that all formulas used are highly effective in preventing serious illness and death. If we want to open the country back to normal life Need to inject 3 or more needles to get 60 percent or more, now only 43 percent of the elderly can inject the third needle, the remaining 6 million people still haven’t injected because of fear of side effects. confirm the vaccine is safe As for the general population, 40 percent can be injected.