The Department of Disease Control reports the weekly COVID-19 situation, indicating that data for the 38th week between 10-16 September 2023 had 234 new patients hospitalized, a daily average of 33 cases per day, accumulated sickness since the beginning of 2023. at 33,365 cases, while 106 cases were reported among seriously ill patients with pneumonia and 72 cases of intubated patients. Deaths decreased to 2, an average of 1 death per day. Cumulative deaths since the beginning of 2023 are at 803.
COVID-19 this week, infected people are low – influenza has increased 3 times.
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For the number of people vaccinated against COVID-19 There have been no reports of additional people receiving the vaccine. At present, a cumulative total of 144,951,341 doses of vaccine have been administered, divided into 57,233,919 doses of the 1st vaccine, accounting for 82.28%, 53,730,348 doses of the 2nd dose, accounting for 77.25%, and from the 3rd dose onwards, 33,987,074 doses (updated on the 26th May 2023)
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Prof. Dr. Yong Phuworawan, Head of the Center of Specialization in Clinical Virology Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University Facebook post Yong Poovorawan It is stated that this year’s COVID-19 outbreak is decreasing. Because it has changed to a seasonal disease It is similar to the flu. It will spread heavily from June until September. Then it will start to decrease. Students begin their semester break in October. The severity of the disease decreased.
This is because almost all of the majority of the population has been infected in the past. and immunity arises Including immunity caused by vaccination. There may be more sightings between New Year and February. But it won’t be as much as in the past. Next year it will be another cycle like this. Meanwhile, the virus itself evolves. To live forever The overall severity of the disease therefore decreases. It’s no different than the flu. Disease problems remain only in those at high risk. with a weak body low immunity
In the future, vaccinations will be focused on such groups. The same is true for influenza. After we have controlled the outbreak for a long time Other types of respiratory diseases have also decreased, so this year there have been large outbreaks, including influenza, RSV, Rhinovirus, or the virus that causes the common cold. and may enter the trachea similar to RSV
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“Influenza” continues to be high, while “dengue fever” is slowing down but the morbidity and death rates are high.
2023-09-25 04:29:00
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