22 Dec ’20 – Dr. Manoon Lee Chawengwong, MD, specialized in respiratory diseases Vichaiyut Hospital Post a message via Facebook Dr. Manu Lee Chawangwong FC that the epidemic of COVID-19 New round from Myanmar foreign workers Increasing the risk to Thai medical personnel
Last month, seven additional Thai medical workers contracted the coronavirus, if including since the outbreak began earlier this year. More than 100 Thai medical personnel are infected with the COVID-19 virus, most of them are nurses. But fortunately, no medical personnel have been reported dying from COVID-19. Myanmar has more than 500 infected medical personnel and 2 deaths.
Worldwide, more than 20 thousand medical workers have died, most of them in Mexico, the United States, Britain, Russia, Brazil and India.
Hospitals are required to provide self-protective equipment, PPE, N95 masks, sufficient for staff to prevent infection.
If an infected medical personnel becomes sick Have to stop working And had to be quarantined at least 14 days, causing a shortage of medical personnel This is why, when a COVID-19 vaccine was available, healthcare workers were among the first to get vaccinated.
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