Severe patients – pneumonia 2 weeks, doubled! focus on vaccinationCOVIDfor the elderly 70 years and older to reduce severe symptoms – death
Today (February 24) at the Ministry of Public Health Dr. Sophon Iamsirithavorn Deputy Director-General of the Department of Disease Control, along with Dr. Natthaphong Wongwiwat, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Medical Services and Dr. Chakrarat Pittayawong-anon Director of the Division of Epidemiology, Department of Disease Control, jointly announced the situation of the disease.Covid-19 receiving booster vaccination and care guidelines
Dr. Chakrarat said Transmission is relatively fast. But the number of critically ill patients is not as much as Delta. Of the 240 intubated patients and 905 pneumonia cases, the number doubled. as a result of the large number of infected people At risk 608, vaccination should be expedited to prevent serious illness as much as possible. The increase in the number of infected and critically ill patients is a reason to maintain a Level 4 alert.
The spike in outbreaks has occurred since after the Chinese New Year and has been relatively relaxed. causing the epidemic to spread in many clusters, many areas, many provinces, so to prevent the situation from being severe Ask for cooperation to refrain from entering risky places. (closed place Not ventilated, crowded, dense, staying close to each other, taking off masks for a long time, not checking ATK before using the service) slowing down travel across the province. and reduce the inclusion of large groups of people so that the situation of death does not escalate and everyone is safer
Dr. Sophon said that at present, Thai people have received 122,473,371 million doses of vaccine, with the first dose of vaccine 76.6% injected, 71.3% of the second dose and 28.2% of the third dose. stay causing the need to inject a needle to stimulate Especially in the elderly group 70 years and older, although less infected than other groups. But there is a higher risk of death than other groups as well.
By comparison, 2.2 million seniors who had not received the vaccine resulted in 387 deaths, equivalent to 178 per million, while 3.7 million of the elderly who received the third dose of vaccine resulted in 16 deaths, equivalent to 4. per million people, this indicates that booster vaccination can reduce the mortality rate.
On the side of Dr. Natthaphong discussed the issue of how if infected with covids will lead to the treatment system of the public health Confirm that if the ATK test results are positive and there are symptoms, repeat the RT-PCR test is not necessary. You can call the NHSO hotline number 1330 right away.
But receiving calls may be interrupted due to a large number of incoming calls. however Civil society and private sectors will send more people to help answer calls. and use a computer system to assist in transferring automatic calls to the clinic This will help to get into the treatment system faster. or another channel is the website of the NHSO or the call center of each province or district
Those with mild symptoms will be classified as HI first. If there are restrictions on HI, a waiting center or CI will be arranged and if the condition is more severe, a bed center will be arranged and sent to the hospital.
In another case, if the patient does not call the hotline ARI can come to the ARI Clinic. The staff will continue to screen and assess symptoms for entering HI. If the patient has symptoms at home and does not have an ATK test, they can go to the ARI Clinic as well.