The Current COVID-19 Situation in America: Updates from Assoc.Prof.Dr.Theera Worathanarat

2023-08-20 00:24:00

On August 20, 2023 Assoc.Prof.Dr.Theera Worathanarat or “Doctor Theera” Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University Facebook post updates the issue. “COVID-19” stating that

situation in america

Weiland J presents an assessment of the COVID-19 situation in America, showing that it is on a clear uptrend. It is estimated that there are regarding 600,000 new infections per day.

However, data from the US CDC estimated the proportion of endemic strains, found that EG.5 was the highest at 20.6%, while FL.1.5.1 followed at 13.3%, while XBB.1.16 and XBB.2.3 were found around 10%.

Due to the large number of mutational loci of BA.2.86, it differs greatly from XBB and BA.2 worldwide, it remains vigilant. and follow up on how much the outbreak will spread At present, there are still reports in 6 cases in 4 countries.

The name of the Greek letter. will occur when there is a large outbreak The disease is so severe that it affects the public health system. Or it has been found that mutations significantly reduce vaccine efficacy.

The next Greek letter following Omicron is Pi, but for some reason Nu and Xi are skipped. It will be the letter Rho.

recurrent infection not good

Data from the US CDC published in MMWR in June 2023 presents the results of a survey from 2021-2022.

This indicates that reinfection rates in the US population have been steadily rising since 2.7% during the Delta outbreak around late 2021 and climbing to 10.3% during Omicron BA.1.

and increased to 12.5% ​​over BA.2, 20.6% over BA.4/BA.5 and jumping to almost a third (28.8%) over BQ.1/BQ.1.1.

The age range with the greatest increase in re-infection was between the ages of 18 and 49, which was between school and working age.

Current medical knowledge is clear that each infection is accompanied by a risk of illness, death, and also the risk of a long-term disorder like Long COVID that will impair long-term quality of life. Symptoms can occur in almost every system of the body. and various chronic diseases such as diabetes, autoimmune diseases, etc.

daily use Should be aware of the situation that the epidemic is still ongoing, should not be careless, always protect oneself beware of crowded poor ventilation wearing a mask correctly It will greatly reduce the risk.

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