Tuesday, November 1, 2022, 6:00 am
Vaccines for children miss the mark.
14 days, only 6 thousand injections
High-risk concerns for all ages
The Ministry of Public Health reveals that Thai Covid-19 cases have reduced deaths among the elderly and chronic diseases by 97%. Worried that young children are not vaccinated? The risk trend is greater than in other age groups.
The death rate is three times higher. New weekly infections stable at 2,551, average 364 cases / day, 33 deaths, average 4 bodies / day, cumulative recovery of 2.4 million people. – Injection of a specific stimulating needle. Infants 6 months – 4 years
As of October 31, the COVIC-19 Information Center summarized the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19. Weekly between October 23-29, there were 2,551 weekly hospitalizations, 364 daily / day averages, 33 weekly deaths, 4 weekly averages, 2,469,013 cumulative recoveries since January 1, 11,257 cumulative deaths since January 1, 2022
At the seat of government, Mr. Anutin Charnvirakul, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health discussed the progress of vaccination against COVID-19. especially the injection of a needle that stimulates After the weather changes and the covids could return to spread again. We need to be more careful. With vaccination can prevent the severity of the disease. especially booster vaccination And it has been confirmed that there are no severe symptoms requiring ventilation or death. Therefore, it is very useful to get vaccinated together.
The vaccine is available for children aged 6 months to 4 years and is the Pfizer red cap vaccine. It is all prepared and distributed throughout the country. Invite parents to bring their children to get vaccinated. We have to inject up to 3 injections We should hurry to inject for the safety of the whole family. Parents should not be concerned that the child may pass the infection from school to their parents. especially the elderly at home
at the Ministry of Health (MOD) Dr. Opas Karn Kawinpong The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Public Health, issued a statement after the meeting to monitor the COVID-19 situation that the disease situation in many countries in Europe and in Asia is a downward trend The situation is also tending to decrease for Thailand. Between 23 and 29 October there were 2,551 new cases, an average of 364 per day, 320 cases of pneumonia, 164 intubated patients and 33 deaths, an average of 4 per day, with 97% of deaths being the elderly and patients with chronic diseases Of these, were not vaccinated. o Incomplete vaccinations Or did not receive a needle to stimulate up to 76 percent. The cause of the infection is still from group activity and from not wearing masks.
Dr. Opas continued that the Department of Disease Control (Cor.) Continues to monitor the situation of seriously ill and dead patients. Especially the countries that will have tourists traveling to Thailand this winter. Ready to watch outbreak signs both in hospital cluster outbreak Risk group / Risk area and mutant detection
From data analysis The troubling issue was found. Infection among children under the age of 14 during the COVID-19 outbreak Omicron species From 1 January to 29 October 121,388 children aged 0 to 4 years were infected, 1,422 pneumonia, 382 were intubated and 69 were dead. There is also a three times higher death rate, ”said Dr Opas.
and so the Ministry of Public Health continues the campaign for the vaccine against Covid-19 in all groups, especially the elderly and people with chronic diseases. And children between the ages of 6 months and 4 years, if infected, are more likely to have severe symptoms and death than other groups. asking to receive free voluntary vaccination at a nearby hospital To speed up immunity before entering the winter when the epidemic of pathogenic viruses increases.
On the same day, the Rural Doctors Club page posted a message on Facebook expressing concern about vaccination in young children who have not met the target. Two weeks have passed. The Pfizer vaccine for infants 6 months – 4 years, which started 2 weeks ago, has produced only 6,004 cases since the purchase of this vaccine for 3 million doses. District 13 is Bangkok (Bangkok). The highest number of vaccinations was only 3,285, however, the trend suggests that it is almost impossible for parents to voluntarily bring their children to vaccinate: from a medical point of view, vaccines are the best prevention. But in the parenting corner of society, vaccines are another risk that may not be worth it in a situation where the coronavirus is less severe and less frequent.
“Buy a lot of vaccines. It will expire in 6-9 months. This is another issue that the Ministry of Health will have a headache for,” the Rural Medical Club page said.
