On January 15, 2023, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Thira Worathanarat or “Doctor Thira” Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University Facebook post about the issue “COVID-19” indicate that
yesterdayaround the world added 230,759 people, 880 more deaths, a total of 671,121,525 people diedTotal 6,729,564 people
The top 5 most infected are:
- Japan
- South Korea
- Taiwan
- Hong Kong
- United States of America
As of yesterday, in the number of new infections, countries from Europe and Asia occupied seven of the top 10 and 14 of the top 20 globally.
The number of new infections per day around the world right now from Asia and Europe Together, it accounted for 92.97 percent of the world, while the number of deaths accounted for 85.56 percent.
Update on China’s epidemic situation
“Information about sickness and death”
Since December 8, 2022, after China changed its disease control measures At least 60,000 people have died, or at least 2,000 per day.
During the past 5 January The highest number of patients required hospitalization reached 1.6 million, with 128,000 severely ill.
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“Information about the epidemic species”
Focosi D from Italy published data collected from GISAID, pointing out that the strains currently reported to be detected in China are diverse. Although most of them are still BF.7.x and BA.5.x, there are also several cities with worrying strains, including BQ.1.x, CH.1.1, as well as XBB.1.5
“Research assessing outbreaks in Beijing”
Leung K and colleagues from Hong Kong The research was published in the medical journal Nature Medicine on January 13th.
by studying the epidemic situation in China and estimated that in the city of Beijing By the time of this past Christmas, about three-quarters of the population had already been infected. And it is expected that the number of infected people will accumulate as high as 92.3% at the end of January 2023.
Updated XBB.1.5 assessment by ECDC.
The European Disease Control Agency (ECDC) has released the results of its assessment of the outbreak. XBB.1.5 Most recent yesterday, January 13, 2023
It indicates that XBB.1.5 currently has an estimated spread of approximately 12% per day in the United States, approximately 2 times higher than BQ.1.1 and approximately 3 times higher than the original XBB.
Analyzes that the rapid infectious performance is likely due to the increased ability to bind to the ACE2 receptor at the target cell surface. and resulting in a higher rate of expansion of the outbreak as seen
However, if XBB.1.5 is compared with XBB, it is estimated that people infected with the XBB.1.5 strain have a 27-62% higher transmission capacity (R0) than XBB.
for Thai us
Daily life requires caution, carelessness, and regular self-defense. wearing a mask correctly It will greatly reduce the risk.
refer
1. BNONews. 14 January 2023.
2. China records almost 60,000 Covid-related deaths after abrupt shift in policy. South China Morning Post. 14 January 2023.
3. Leung K et al. Estimating the transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BF.7 in Beijing after the adjustment of zero-COVID policy in November – December 2022. Nature Medicine. 13 January 2023.
4. Implications for the EU/EEA of the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron XBB.1.5 sub-lineage. Threat Assessment Brief. ECDC. 13 January 2023.
