“Doctor Wayo” is worried that the Ministry of Public Health will allow close contacts of Mpox to go home without giving them the vaccine. causing an increased risk of outbreaks in the country Suggesting an emergency to get enough vaccines – provide information to the public to reduce panic.
Dr. Wayo Assawarunggruang MP from the People’s Party list spoke about the latest situation in finding people with Mpox, Clade 1 strain, in Thailand. Although so far only one infected person has been found to have traveled from Africa. And human-to-human transmission has not yet been detected in the wild.
But he would like to express concern about the 43 close contacts who are now being released by the Department of Disease Control to go home and monitor their symptoms. Is this too risky a measure What methods does the Department use to monitor symptoms? And finally, if those groups of people get sick, until the disease spreads from person to person in the country. How will the government respond?
In fact, the 43 close contacts should receive the vaccine immediately after coming into contact with a sick person. (Post-Exposure Prophylaxis: PEP) according to the concept of “Ring Vaccination” or the use of a vaccine to circulate the germs in a circle. To build immunity for close contacts and break the cycle of disease transmission. But the Department of Disease Control didn’t. What he didn’t understand was why he didn’t do it. That the Ministry of Public Health is not providing enough vaccines Even though Mpox has been spreading in Thailand for 2 years now.
Therefore, the Ministry of Public Health should have prepared and accelerated the introduction of vaccines from 2 years ago When a Clade 1 patient occurred, they would be able to vaccinate those 43 close contacts in a timely manner . Vaccines are available in powder form or Dry Vaccine, the traditional form of vaccine. Or you can use the new model that has only one brand in the world at the moment, Jynneos from Denmark Two years ago, many countries were fighting to buy it. What kind of things do we have in Thailand?
Apart from introducing enough vaccines, Dr. Wayo also said that the Department of Disease Control should speed up public relations, understanding and knowledge to the public in detail. Because people today are very confused about how the Clade 1 strain of Mpox is different from the Clade 2 strain that has been circulating in Thailand for over 2 years How easy how is it to spread and spread the disease? Is it as dangerous as COVID-19 How should you protect yourself? And if you get the disease, how do you get treatment and behave? What are the odds of death? If people have this knowledge, panic will be greatly reduced.
In addition, Thailand should have a Minister of Public Health with full authority as soon as possible. To effectively prescribe and issue disease control measures. Therefore, he asked the Prime Minister Phae Thongthan also hasten to finish the post of the Cabinet.
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2024-08-29 01:58:43
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