Morning News 7 Colors – Ministry of Public Health Watch out for Omicron BA.2 strains following the outbreak is found faster The number of infected people yesterday set a new record, while the NHSO revealed that there were people in the Bangkok area. 20,000 calls for a bed a day
Covid-19 patients There is a continuous upward trend The cause of the omicron epidemic is widespread. In particular, Omicron strain BA.2 was found to infect faster and easier than BA.1, but the Director-General of the Department of Disease Control confirmed that the preventive measures used are still effective, namely wearing a mask. especially when in public Emphasize removing masks as little as possible, washing hands regularly, and vaccinating syringes will help prevent infection. can reduce severe illness
while Mr. Anutin Charnvirakul, Deputy Prime Minister And the Minister of Health said that although the number of infected people increased. But the health system is still able to cope. Because more than 85% of infected people have mild symptoms and are ready to go through Home Isolation and Community Isolation systems. Out of a critical emergency or UCEP to improve the criteria to suit the situation. Reduce congestion in hospitals to support patients with other diseases
Satit Pitutecha, Deputy Minister of Public Health, said that now the number of infections has increased. Even though there is a plan for green patients to be treated like Home Isolation
for the total number of COVID-19 patients tends to increase continuously Yesterday, 17,349 people died, 22 deaths, the highest in the Omicron ripple outbreak. As a result, the number of hospitalizations increased to 144,000, as well as the number of ATK jumping to more than 10,000 people for the second day of contact.
During the past 1-2 days, people in Bangkok and surrounding provinces Call over 20,000 hotline 1330 to coordinate the transfer of COVID-19 patients Login to the NHSO treatment system Get access to the Home Isolation system. Half of the treatment can be treated at home. And there are still many patients waiting to enter the Hospital, which NHSO will coordinate for patients who have no symptoms, less symptoms, are not convenient to treat at home. have been to a referral center with doctors, nurses to take care of in the community
