Assoc. Prof. Dr. Thira Woratanarat, Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University Facebook post states that January 18, 2023
Yesterday, around the world, there were 218,691 more people, 715 more deaths, a total of 671,780,889 people, and a total of 6,732,840 deaths.
The top 5 most infected are Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, France and the United States.
As of yesterday, in the number of new infections, countries from Europe and Asia occupied eight of the top 10 and 16 of the top 20 globally.
The number of new infections per day around the world right now from Asia and Europe Together, it accounted for 96.5 percent of the world, while the number of deaths accounted for 93.42 percent.
China outbreak information
Species data from GISAID up to 16 January 2023 show that BF.7.2 and BA.5.2.48 dominate the outbreak, but a variety of others include BQ.1.x, CH.1.1, and XBB.1.5.
Update XBB.1.5
Team from the University of Tokyo The findings were published in bioRxiv yesterday, January 17, 2023.
It was found that XBB.1.5 is about 1.2 times more effective at spreading from infected people than BQ.1.1.
It also binds 4.3 times more tightly to the ACE2 receptor on the target cell surface and is 3.3 times more infectious than BQ.1.1.
The team estimates that XBB.1.5 is a more infectious subspecies than any other XBB family since it has a mutation in the S:F486P location.
for Thai us
Daily life, working, studying, meeting people, partying travel It should be done with caution, conscious, not careless, protect yourself regularly.
A lot of people huddled together without protection. poor ventilation It is definitely a risk of infection spreading.
If you feel unwell, hurry up and get tested. If infected, isolate for at least 7-10 days until your symptoms improve and the test results are negative. then come out to live Strict protection until the end of two weeks.
Each time, it doesn’t end with just chilling and recovering, but severe illness can cause death and risk of Long COVID.
protect yourself from infection or not repeating is the best
wearing a mask correctly It will greatly reduce the risk.
refer
Uriu K et al. Enhanced transmissibility, infectivity and immune resistance of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron XBB.1.5 variant. bioRxiv. 17 January 2023.