On August 8, 65, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Teera Woratanarat, Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University Posted a message via Facebook, Thira Woratanarat stated that…
Yesterday, around the world, 450,795 more people were infected, 1,322 more deaths, bringing the total to 611,756,076 people, and 6,508,705 deaths.
The top five with the most infections were Japan, South Korea, Russia, Taiwan and the United States.
Yesterday, the number of new infections had countries from Europe and Asia occupy eight of the top 10 and 15 of the world’s top 20.
The number of new infections every day in the world now. from Asia and Europe together accounted for 85.84% of the world population, while the number of deaths accounted for 69.06%.
…The epidemic situation of Thailand
From the Worldometer data this morning, it was found that
Number of deaths yesterday It is the 15th highest in the world and 7th in Asia, although the Thai Ministry of Health has adjusted the reporting system from May 1 until the number of reports is greatly reduced.
…Update virus strain
From the WHO Webinar on COVID-19 strains yesterday, September 7, 2022.
Omicron is the dominant strain worldwide, with BA.5 accounting for 85% of the subspecies, BA.4 with 11%, while BA.2.12.1 and BA.2.75 account for the detected proportions. at 2%
In the Webinar, World Health Organization officials expect Currently, there are likely to be more than 1 billion people infected worldwide, more than the number reported by each country into the system.
In addition, the actual number of deaths from COVID-19 Probably more than three times the number reported in the system.
It is now confirmed that the world is still in a Circulating Pandemic, or a global pandemic influenced by altered virus strains.
Most importantly, given the current situation with COVID-19 It’s not a seasonal disease.
“It’s still a long way from where we are here to establish the seasonality for SARS-CoV-2…”
to overcome the global epidemic to common seasonal respiratory infections We need to control the disease so that the number of new infections each day is greatly reduced. and/or until it does not cause more severe illness and death than the common disease
…The information from the WHO Webinar above helps us to be aware of the actual situation. and knowingly Don’t be fooled by the tone down harm and risk perceptions that will increase your risk of spreading the infection. and affect the health of oneself and those closest to
reiterate that Covid is not a common cold not the flu
already infected, even vaccination will reduce the risk But there is still a chance of getting sick and dying.
and the important thing is Infections don’t end, they just disappear or die. But there are long-term problems such as Long COVID that will deteriorate the quality of life. living and working competence including the burden of expenses per patient, family and country
Consistent protection during everyday life is essential.
Put on the mask correctly This will greatly reduce the risk.
…Antibodies in the blood after booster vaccination
Qu P and colleagues from Ohio State University, USA The findings were published in the New England Journal of Medicine global medical journal yesterday.
to study the level of immunity in the blood Neutralizing antibody among healthcare professionals who received the first two doses of mRNA vaccine and also injected with mRNA vaccine.
It was found that after vaccination with mRNA booster needle The level of immunity will gradually increase. decrease over time both in the infected or uninfected group Those infected after vaccination were found to have higher antibody levels.
Additionally, the BA.4/BA.5 strain is more immune resistant than any other strains in the past.
refer
Qu P et al. Durability of Booster mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.12.1, BA.4, and BA.5 Subvariants. NEJM. 7 September 2022.
