20 January 2021 Press conference of the Situation Management CenterCOVID-19 (FPO) Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at 11:30 a.m. – 12.00 p.m. at Santi Maitree Building Government House
Situation of the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
– Around the world 585,749 new cases, 96,621,459 cumulative cases, 14,675 deaths, 2,065,624 total deaths.
– Thailand 59 new cases, including 12,653 cumulative cases (8,416 new cases), 9,621 healed cases, 2,961 stills, 1 death, 71 deaths
– Bangkok 13 new cases, including 2,153 cumulative cases (619 new cases)
Orders from the meeting of the BC.
1. Situation of 59 new cases today, divided into 51 cases of domestic infection, 28 of them from surveillance and service systems (with a history of going to a risky location). Have a risky career Or previous contact with the patient), and from the proactive search of 23 infected people in the community (migrant workers) and 8 foreign infections are patients traveling from abroad and entering detention facilities of all types ( Quarantine Facilities). At present, there were 10 critically ill patients requiring ventilators, while graphs showing the number of patients from surveillance systems and community service and search systems declined.
2. Number of new infected people in the country and accumulate new waves. From December 18, 2020 to January 20, 2021, there were 7,880 cases of infection.
for Bangkok found 13 new cases of HIV infection. Is a domestic infection From going to vulnerable areas Have a risky career Or exposure to 10 previous patients, 5 were female, 7-51 years old, 5 males, 22-45 years old, Thai nationality 9, 1 migrant worker had 9 symptoms and 1 no symptoms, and 3 men were proactively screened for women aged 32, 35 and 43 years of age. And no symptoms
The situation in Bangkok Still at a high level With infection from previous contact with the patient Therefore, we would like to emphasize on monitoring the high-risk persons and quarantine all cases until 14 days as well as asking those at risk to be tested for infection. And ongoing proactive screening in the area Especially in the west side of Bangkok
SectionSamut Prakan found infection from entertainment venues in Bangkok causing the government sector to not relax measures in entertainment places.
While in Nonthaburi province still found restaurants that sell alcohol. Therefore asked for the cooperation of the people to take care of and help report If you see a risk For the government sector to be able to search and prevent immediately
3. Province where infected people were foundCOVID-19 Currently, it is distributed in 62 provinces. The provinces with more cases of infection are Nakhon Phanom Province, with most of those infected in the central and eastern regions. Number of patients confirmed Classified by area treatment, Bangkok and Nonthaburi 3,258 cases, Northern region 323 cases, Central region 8,106 cases, Northeastern region 165 cases, Southern region 801 cases
There were 15 provinces that had never been infected in a 7-day period, 37 provinces, provinces that had no infection in a 5-day period, 4 provinces with no consecutive infected persons in 3-4 days, 7 provinces and provinces with infected cases in the past 1-3 days, 14 provinces
4. Latest deaths She is a 48-year-old female, lives in Tak province, has a career in driving to pick-up Myanmar workers at Saphan Song checkpoint, Mae Sot District, Tak Province. The first symptoms started on December 16-17, ’20. Continued treatment on 27 Dec ’20 has been confirmed. Infected with COVID-19 The patient has worsened symptoms. Not responding to treatment And died on 18 Jan 64
5. From proactive patient detection, it was found that new patients Most of them did not have any obvious symptoms. Many people do not know they are sick, for example, a 51-year-old female patient in Nakhon Phanom province has been infected from Bangkok. But no symptoms And traveled to visit relatives in Nakhon Phanom Province, Nakhon Phanom Province is the 62nd province that has an outbreak in the new round, so people are requested to follow up on the report of the epidemic situation every day. In order to know the movement of the disease And detailed patient timeline reporting If there is a Win application, Doctor will receive a notification. If there is a risk of exposure Or close to an infected person When you receive a warning message Please urgently go to the nearest hospital. To get tested for infection immediately
6. The medical personnel team asks the public for cooperation. If going to a vulnerable area with an infected person, request quarantine because Some people think they are not at risk. Therefore live a normal life And did not detain some people to work, where some workplaces are not rigorously screened. As a result, infection in the second and third rings is in the workplace or in the community causing more and more new clusters. Especially in the Bangkok area
7. In the Samut Sakhon Province area, there must be intense active surveillance in factories, business establishments, communities, markets, restaurants, barber shops, Thai massage shops, etc., where proactive search numbers help the government take the numbers to prepare them. At this time, the overall situation was stable. May not be able to come down to 0, but do not be discouraged Who are already doing well in self-defense Please do it with strictness and consistency. As for the measures of the organization and various departments, requests for cooperation, emphasize personnel in self-care. Avoid eating together And avoid entering places with a large number of people
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