Ministry of Public Health 1st anniversary of COVID encountered in Thailand Outbreak at work Urging the HR department to detain vulnerable groups
On January 13 at the Ministry of Public Health (Ministry of Public Health), Dr. Jakrath Pittayawong-anon. Director of the Division of Epidemiology, along with Dr. Vichayapa Wan, director of the Institute of Prevention and Control of Urban Disease Report on the situation of the spread of COVID-19 in Thailand
Dr. Jakrath said that The global situation of COVID-19 saw a cumulative total of 92 million new cases of 6.6 lakh, which is close to 100 million. Of the 1.5 billion new deaths, the number of new deaths has accumulated close to 2 million, with the first five countries being the United States, India, Blasil, Russia and the United Kingdom. Around our home, in Asia, there are many countries on the rise, such as Japan, with more than 5,000 new cases and more news in China. Vaccination against COVID-19 begins. At the end of 2020 among the highly vulnerable, an additional 1.6 million doses among healthcare workers And groups related to travel into the country, such as imported goods, customs, public transport, another 7.5 million doses, and we are waiting for the results that China will have side effects from vaccines in the next period.
Dr. Jakrath said that In the new round of Thailand, 157 new cases, 90 infections in the country, 42 proactive screening, and 25 foreign travelers, who are Thais returning from Myanmar to work. In entertainment venues and casinos Total of 6,754 confirmed patients, most of them had no symptoms or less symptoms, had severe symptoms, 13 had intubation intubation, 211 additional cases, a cumulative total of 3,003, and 7 deaths were fixed, classified as Thai. 47%, Myanmar 40%, Cambodia 2%, and others in quarantine (10%), while the male to female ratio is similar at 1: 1.38.
Dr. Jakrath said that Graph of new patients began to decline. And need to follow up next week to see how the outbreak trend will be numbered Although the confirmed patient numbers have skyrocketed, they are not as clear as they were at the end of last year. But still could not rest because today just dropped the first day And classification of patients in the area according to nationality found that most of Bangkok were Thai. Lower central regions such as Lopburi, Ang Thong, Saraburi, Thais will decrease and there will be more foreigners. In the eastern regions such as Chonburi, Rayong, Chanthaburi, Trat, more than 70 percent will be Thais and Samut Sakhon, the beginning of the epidemic. Most of them are Myanmar workers.
“Bar graph of the community proactive HIV finding Because if detected a lot This means that there may be an address in the community, not yet come out for treatment, or may not have symptoms, so the graph is high in the community. However, if the examination a lot and found less The graph will not be high. Multiple components are required. To see if the line graph has decreased or not “ Dr. Chakrarat said.
Dr. Chakrarat said that Overall, the cumulative infection was found in 60 provinces, and about 20 provinces started to turn green because no patients were seen in the past 7 days, a good sign. Even if there are many green provinces The more we can see the clearer picture that we have started to control the disease in areas with a small number of patients and no long-term cases. In the red zone, the provinces found more than 50 patients, 10 provinces and were classified by province, found today in Samut Sakhon province less than yesterday (12 January), but tomorrow may be increased from aggressive searches in the integrated factories. Even in Bangkok, there was a slight decrease in patients. And there are some provinces that have not seen the patients for several days and have recently met, for example, Nong Khai has not been found since January 7, it is an infection in the Trang family, a new patient. Has traveled history to many places And must follow the timeline to find risks, receive and transmit the infection
“There are many events that have happened in Thailand. Which is an epidemic in the establishment Or found a few patients in an area / province with less cases in the past week Caused by employees with high risk exposure pending the results. I traveled out in the community, out of the house, was not confined to a risk group that would become a Super Spreader (Super Spreader), so we have to help each other in 3 measures: operators, focus on disease prevention, spaced. Wear masks, wash hands often, randomly screen employees every day. “ Dr. Chakrarat said.
However, Dr. Chakrarat said that In the event that the establishment finds an employee infected with COVID-19 Must be supervised by safety personnel and human resources Directed the detention of high-risk groups Complete everyone for at least 14 days. In addition, village health volunteers (volunteers) play an important role in monitoring high-risk people while waiting for the test results, if negative results can be reassured that they may not be infected. But had to wait for 14 days to be quarantined and the final test was no longer positive It is considered safe And measures will be adjusted for those exposed to high risk to be tested for the first day of infection.
“Today is one year anniversary of seeing the first patient at The Ministry of Public Health announced in 2020 as a female A-Ma from Wuhan, one year anniversary today, just with the situation where we are seeing a little more patients today. It’s a good sign that we have to keep going. A little bit of head down today If you keep going and going down We will be safer “ Dr. Chakrarat said.
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