Doctor warns “Long COVID” from “Omicron”, 4 ripples must be careful because of high costs.

Assoc.Prof.Dr. Teera Worathanarat, Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University Post messages via facebook Thira Woratanarat On Labor Day, May 1, we ask both employers and employees in the workplace to adjust their working methods to prevent the risk of contracting COVID-19. “Omicron” and condition “Long COVID” indicating that the number of infected peopleCOVID Both RT-PCR and ATK since January 1, 2022 until today, there are 3,613,348 people with 6,919 lives lost.

While in the past two years, from 2020-2021, there wereinfected personTotal ATK is about 2.6 million people, with 21,698 deaths. Total infections (including ATK) since the beginning of the outbreak to date may be higher than 6.2 million and almost 30 thousand deaths.

At present, it is not yet clear whether strain infection “Omicron” (Fourth wave) this year will have a chance to occur. “Long COVID” higher, equal to, or less than the previous species Since the original strain (first wave), G strain (second wave), Alpha strain and Delta strain (third wave), there is a 20-40% chance of longing COVID, a very high number because of the high prevalence. million people to face long-term problems that impair the ability to perform daily life, work and affect the costs of the patient, family and society

Although research suggests that Vaccination will reduce the risk of birth. “Long COVID” about 41% depending on the type of vaccine used But there are recent research that has proven results. by pointing out that injecting or not injecting it has an incidence rate “Long COVID” They are not different, so they should not be underestimated. Prevention of infection is therefore very important. both for the general public including employers and employees in various business establishments

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