Today (4 March 65) at the Covid-19 Infectious Disease Press Center Ministry of Public Health Dr. Sophon Iamsirithavorn Deputy Director-General of the Department of Disease Control said that omikron is likely to increase rapidly. South Korea and Vietnam More than a hundred thousand new infections In Thailand, the number of patients is increasing. resulting in severe symptoms Pneumonia has risen, with a 1.5-fold increase in the past two weeks, double the number of patients requiring intubation, and the number of deaths has also increased. but less than that of the Delta species.
For information on infection between 1 Jan.-24 Feb. 65, it was found that more children were infected. But it does not affect serious illness and death. While the elderly are high, fewer infections, but the mortality rate is high. Especially those over 70 years old have a 3% chance of dying.
Dr. Sophon mentioned 54 new deaths, 53 Thais, one Myanmar national, aged 1-91 years, all of them elderly and chronically ill. In particular, up to 16 people with kidney disease were found, 6 were bedridden. The day time during which the infection was detected until death was 6 days, and 1 person died at home. Up to 6 people were diagnosed on the day of death.
When checking the vaccination history It was found that almost half or 26 people were not vaccinated.
7 people received a single dose of vaccine.
17 people received 2 doses of vaccine for more than 3 months.
3 people, 2 injections, not more than 3 months
1 person has received 3 vaccinations.
At the same time, the death data of the elderly Between January 1 and February 28, 65, 928 were unvaccinated, 557 received a single dose, 77 received two doses, 271 received three doses, 23 people accounted for 2%. therefore asked to expedite the injection of the booster needle It can be seen that those who received the stimulus The chance of death was 41 times lower, similar to the results of a US study.
Dr. Sophon also said that 83% of the elderly have received the first dose of vaccination, while the remaining 17% have not been vaccinated. As for the booster vaccine, nearly 4 million people have been vaccinated, so there are 6 million elderly people waiting for booster vaccination, including 2.2 million people who haven’t had a single dose of vaccine yet. over 8 million elderly people, with the vaccine spread to The hospital is closer to the community. to facilitate the people
“The current situation is really worrying. The number of severely ill patients has increased. and it is possible to ascend to the highest scenery It is expected that the peak of severe cases will occur in early May 65 or about two weeks after Songkran if we cannot maintain strict measures. does not reduce risk behavior The peak of the epidemic on April 19, 65, there will be more than 50 thousand infected people per day, doubled,” said Dr Sophon.