On Dec. 12, 2022, Dr. Manoon Leechawengwong, a specialist in respiratory diseases Vichaiyut Hospital Post a message via Facebook, stating that Thailand must keep an eye on what strains of the COVID-19 virus are spreading in India. Because many times there is an epidemic of a new mutant COVID virus in India. After a while, the epidemic of that strain was found in Thailand.
Looking back on the COVID-19 virus The first Delta strain was found in India in late 2020 and soon spread. A global pandemic And Thailand has a large epidemic from the Delta species in the middle of the year 2021.
In June 2022, India first identified the BA.2.75 subspecies of the COVID-19 virus. Replaced subspecies BA.5, endemic in India. and spread to many countries Thailand is currently experiencing a new outbreak of COVID-19. Caused by the BA.2.75 virus, India has begun to see an outbreak of the XBB COVID virus, which is a hybrid of the BA.2.10.1 and BA.2.75 viruses, believing that it will soon replace the strain. BA.2.75 in India
While Thailand can prepare that After the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, the BA.2.75 strain will soon have an XBB strain spreading like India. Because this new species is more contagious than the old species. and avoid immunity from vaccination or natural infection is better than the original species
Currently, the new strain of the COVID virus takes a shorter time, only 3-4 months, to replace the original strain. And caused a new pandemic over and over again all over the world. Fortunately, new strains of the COVID virus It doesn’t make people seriously ill and die like Delta species. Especially those who received 4 doses of vaccination, that is, received 2 doses of vaccine followed by 2 booster doses.
Thanks to Facebook: Doctor Manoon Leechawengwong FC