Covid hasn’t entered a local disease. Prasit warns Bad control, jump again, repeat! Vaccine boost must be at least 50%.
on April 25 Prof. Dr. Prasit Wattanapha Dean of Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital Mahidol University Announcement via Facebook Live to analyze the situation of COVID-19 abroad and in Thailand along with the tendency to walk into endemic diseases that Today we have gathered information that is a signal indicating that The world seems to be moving towards the end of the COVID-19 outbreak. must start from the information that the World Health Organization Updated on April 12, 2022, the remaining two species of concern (VOCs) are: Delta species and Omicron species Covering subspecies BA.1 – BA.5 and mixed species (X), to be observed, XE tended to spread 10 percent faster than BA.2, while the virulence did not increase. Therefore, delta is thought to have been replaced by Omikron. It will soon be removed from VOCs.
Prof. Dr. Prasit said that for the epidemic situation around the world Currently, there are 505,817,953 cases and 6,213,876 cumulative deaths. virus andThere are a number of vaccinations around the world. However, as of April 22, 2022, the rate of infection in Europe is still declining rather slowly. But the American continent was rapidly declining. while Southeast Asia The Western Pacific continent began to decline. Many areas began to decline steadily.
“Information as of April 23, 2022 worldwide has been vaccinated. 11,544,346,261 doses, more than 13 million doses of injections per day, with an average of 100 people in the world receiving 147 doses of vaccine, but there are still people around the world who have not been vaccinated with 2 doses. For the situation of infection in each country such as United States of America Now the infection rate is down, the number 4-5 ten thousand, although still a lot, but less than before. Three-digit deaths.
“Latest on April 23, 77 people died, of which the United States has vaccinated more than 571 million doses from a population of more than 334 million people vaccinated 500,000 people a day, of which about 76.7% of Americans have received 1 dose of vaccination, 65.4 percent. received 2 doses and 29.7 percent received booster doses, they see that a portion of Americans are not getting all 2 doses.” Prof. Dr. Prasit said.
Prof. Dr. Prasit said that united kingdom It is another country that has tested many systems, opening Freedom Day, quit wearing masks. but eventually had to return to control because of the epidemic of omikron The mortality rate has not decreased like the United States. More than 141 million doses of the 68 million population have been vaccinated, and 79.1 percent received one dose, 74 percent received two and 58.2 percent received one. Japan It is a country with a lot of elderly people. Now it’s better from hundreds of thousands of infected people. But now half a hundred thousand infected. However, it is a country that has vaccinated more than 267 million doses for a population of more than 125 million people, with 50.2% booster vaccinations.
“South Korea It used to be a country that was regarded as having good control over the virus. especially the first year But after the Omikron The situation in South Korea has changed. causing the infection to increase dramatically By the time of infection, it reached 2-3 hundred thousand people per day and almost 500 people died per day, but now it has decreased. By vaccinating more than 122 million doses from a population of 51 million people, which is considered a lot of injections. 63.8 percent of the stimulant injections were done. Vietnam Currently, the average infection rate is lower than Thailand. with a very low mortality rate Some days there is a single digit left over, over 208 million doses of vaccination from a population of 98 million people.” Prof. Dr. Prasit said.
Prof. Dr. Prasit said that Malaysia It is a country that has always been parallel to Thailand. and the birth of omichron At that time in Malaysia the Delta was not over yet. The number of infections is high, 30,000 cases per day, but less today. and deaths decreased some days to 1 digit, which is similar to Vietnam More than 69 million doses have been vaccinated. Of the 33 million people, 48.6% of the population has had a booster shot. Singapore There are about 2-3 thousand infections per day, but it is on the downtrend. including the mortality rate Some days no one dies. More than 13 million doses have been vaccinated. Of the more than 5 million people, nearly 70 percent have received a booster shot.
“What will be emphasized is that vaccine measures are important but may not be enough if vaccines are used alone. There must be other measures as well. But booster vaccination is still important. The target must be at least 50 percent, because countries with good control will have more than 50 percent of booster vaccinations.” Prof. Dr. Prasit said that for Thailand More than 20,000 cases per day are infected, and the deaths are still 3 digits. More than 132 million doses of the covid vaccine have been vaccinated from a population of over 70 million people. 36.6 percent of booster vaccinations are still far from 50 percent. If you want the number of deaths to be 2 digits, now it’s still 3 digits. However, 3-4 days ago, the numbers began to rarely increase in patients with pneumonia. If it continues like this, within 1-2 weeks, the number of deaths is expected to decrease.
Prof. Dr. Prasit talks about the direction to lead Covid-19 It is a local disease that According to the data, the emergence of Omikron has been almost 5 months since the world has known. And the data is also the same: the virulence is lower than the delta species. however, this species propagates faster than Delta. However, omikron is characterized by rapid and mild diffusion. Therefore, not many scholars think that it is likely to reach the line that COVID-19 will travel to endemic diseases. There is a distance between people. Society is not as close as it used to be. Must wear a mask, have to work, have to study remotely. which everyone wants to see covid-19 to the end of the epidemic and lead to local disease
“For a broad definition of local disease It is a disease that is found regularly in a certain group of people, area groups, or for a predictable period of time. There may be some outbreaks. from time to time but usually does not exceed the expected level. It is generally a disease that measures or control method It is important to emphasize that Endemic diseases can also have a mortality rate. Like malaria or wild fever, it kills more than 400,000 people a year, or herpes infections, which can account for up to half of the population in some areas. but just not many symptoms
“situation at this time covid-19 infection is not yet classified as a local disease and still have a chance Even though it doesn’t look like much, it’s another big epidemic. therefore do not want to underestimate Importantly, the definitions of local diseases are not all the same.” Prof. Dr. Prasit reiterated that
Prof. Dr. Prasit further said that Many countries have started to have policies to balance health and economy. Thailand as well All of which, if you look carefully, may be a risk factor for COVID-19. come back to spread but had to run for a better economy But still have to manage the risk of COVID-19 focusing on prevention and treatment for many spreading viruses It is quite difficult to prevent infection. but can reduce infection and if the infection is not severe And not dying would be a good goal.
Prof. Dr. Prasit said that The best way to prevent further damage from COVID-19 at this time is to have two primary and one booster shots, two of which are not enough. must have a needle to stimulate And in parallel with wearing a mask, when COVID-19 is mutated, vaccine efficacy is reduced. The more you find Omikron, so self-defense measures. For example, wearing a hygienic mask is important. including ATK testing when necessary. However, for balancing COVID-19 treatment Omicron species Currently, we do not focus on treatment in the hospital (hospital) because the symptoms are not severe. which when not a risk group Therefore, there is a tendency for out-of-hospital treatment and monitoring through the registration system. to make the bed in The hospital is free enough to take care of patients with other diseases. non covid-19 but need to be treated in the hospital
“For the important risk groups, not only 608, but people who haven’t been vaccinated or have completed 2 injections, but more than 3 months, these people, if they have symptoms, even if they are minor, they need to go to the hospital according to follow-up information 6-8. Weeks. Of the days that people die, about 50-6 percent are not vaccinated. And in Thailand, we still have more than 2 million people who haven’t been vaccinated, and found that 30 percent or 1 in 3 people are people who have had 2 injections and the 2nd dose over 3 months and haven’t come back to get vaccinated. There are also 10 percent who have had one injection but no further injections. Overall, these three numbers are almost 90 percent who are incompletely vaccinated. They are also at risk.
“On April 14 The World Health Organization has officially warned that COVID-19 has not yet entered into a local disease situation, although likely, but has not yet reached and possibly mutated. And in some countries there may be another pandemic. In conclusion, don’t be so quick to judge. until neglecting things that we have been doing together for 2 years“ Prof. Dr. Prasit said.
Prof. Dr. Prasit said that Success requires cooperation from three parties, namely the parties that set the measures and policies. Must be cautious in determining measures must be clear to implement The parties implementing measures and policies must be committed. responsible which is not a health worker but also entrepreneurs and the parties affected by measures and policies It takes cooperation and research to take care of itself. is that the vaccination is necessary to inject the booster needle and the preparation of the health care system is the “people of the bed” and the participation of the people to help prevent the transmission and spread of the disease.