onsdag 5 januari 2022

Dr Yong highlights 5 reasons why Covid will become less severe. The Nation

Dr Yong highlights 5 reasons why Covid will become less severe

Expert virologist Dr Yong Poovorawan explained on his Facebook page on Wednesday why the Omicron variant would reduce the severity of the disease.

Dr Yong highlights 5 reasons why Covid will become less severe

1. The number of infections in children have increased. Most infected children had mild or no symptoms. The severity of the disease will increase according to the patient's age.

2. Most adults including elders had been administered vaccines.

3. The Omicron variant causes less severe symptoms than Delta according to research especially in South Africa.

4. The research also showed Omicron is usually found in the upper airways than in the lungs.

5. According to Charles Darwin's theory, living things will adapt to survive. The virus will adapt itself but patients will build immunity. The virus will not cause too much damage though it will be able to live on.

Dr Yong highlights 5 reasons why Covid will become less severe

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As an example, Yong wrote, several pandemics were severe at first but then became endemic.

Yong said the number of patients has increased to more than a million per day while the death rate has decreased heavily when compared to the past. Most patients were asymptomatic and may not have been tested.

He speculated that the number of patients would be much more than the World Health Organisation reported and the disease would be less severe after people achieved immunity from infection or vaccines.

Dr Yong highlights 5 reasons why Covid will become less severe

Yong added that WHO will stop counting the number of patients and only patients with symptoms will be tested because RT-PCR test prices are quite high.





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Hospitals around the country told to prepare for surge in cases - Thai Enquirer

Hospitals around the country told to prepare for surge in cases

Hospitals throughout Thailand have been told to prepare for a surge in cases due to close contact and extensive travel over the new year period, a senior doctor told Thai Enquirer on Wednesday.

New Year clusters have already been reported by the Ministry of Public Health with popular entertainment areas responsible. These include areas in the capital like Khaosan Road and in provinces like Chonburi and Phuket.

But according to a senior doctor, the government is warning that clusters will likely be found in all provinces due to the new year's celebrations.

"The ministry in Bangkok have told us to be vigilant for possible clusters and prepare the hospitals for large intakes," Monthip Boriboonsong, a doctor at Khon Kaen Hospital, told Thai Enquirer by phone. 

"They cited travel over the new year period and family gatherings as reasons for the reasons."

According to Monthip, hospitals throughout Isan and across the North have all been briefed by the ministry and have prepared accordingly.

"We are ready but I do not think there is a reason to panic. That should be the key message to the public," Monthip said.

Other healthcare professionals agree with Monthip that it is too soon to cause public alarm. A senior doctor at Siriraj Hospital told Thai Enquirer that the high rate of vaccination and the booster drive by the government means that even if infections spike up, the health sector was better equipped to deal with a fourth wave than they were for previous waves.

"Look, no one wants to see higher numbers especially when the number of infections was on the decline. But if you ask any doctor in Thailand, they will tell you that we are more prepared to fight this virus now than ever," he said.










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🔴 #COVID19 update on Wednesday: ⬆️ 3,899 new cases ⬆️ 19 deaths ⬆️ 34,877 in care. Richard Barrow




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tisdag 4 januari 2022

Chonburi chasing two infected Indian tourists. Both tourists had entered Thailand via the Test & Go procedure and got a negative result at their first test. However the second test by RT-PCR showed that they were infected. Thai Newsroom

Chonburi chasing two infected Indian tourists
 TNR Staff

THE Chonburi Provincial Public Health Office posted an announcement on its Facebook page this afternoon (Jan. 4) that they searching for two Covid infected Indian tourists with those who know of their whereabouts urged to immediately contact Vibharam Laem Chabang Hospital, TV Channel 7 said 

The announcement identified the two tourists as Mr. Ankit Sejwal, 30, and Miss Preeti Panwar, 32. Those who know where they are were told to call Vibharam Laem Chabang Hospital, telephone number 0 3300 9800.

Both tourists had entered Thailand via the Test & Go procedure and got a negative result at their first test. However the second test by RT-PCR showed that they were infected.

Chonburi authorities had coordinated with the Indian Embassy in trying to trace these two tourists.




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Suspension of Test & Go continues amid Omicron spike. "Under the current circumstances, there's no plan to bring back Test & Go," Dr Opas told a media briefing. He did not elaborate on how long the scheme will remain suspended. He said the clusters in Ubon Ratchathani, Chon Buri and Khon Kaen could accelerate the spread of Omicron due to the high number of infections detected in some locations in these provinces. Bangkok Post

Suspension of Test & Go continues amid Omicron spike
Chinese tourists wearing protective suits arrive at Suvarnabhumi airport during the first day of the country's reopening campaign on Nov 1, 2021. The country continues to suspend the quarantine-free scheme for fully vaccinated air travellers. (Reuters photo)
Chinese tourists wearing protective suits arrive at Suvarnabhumi airport during the first day of the country's reopening campaign on Nov 1, 2021. The country continues to suspend the quarantine-free scheme for fully vaccinated air travellers. (Reuters photo)

Thailand continues the suspension of the Test & Go scheme for travellers, as the country is battling the spike in Covid-19 cases driven by the Omicron variant, a senior Public Health Ministry official said on Tuesday.

Opas Karnkawinpong, director-general of the Department of Disease Control, said the country will not reimpose the quarantine-free programme due to the spread of Omicron.

"Under the current circumstances, there's no plan to bring back Test & Go," Dr Opas told a media briefing.

He did not elaborate on how long the scheme will remain suspended.

On Monday, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said he would ask the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) to keep the programme on hold until the end of this month.

Neither Dr Opas nor Mr Anutin mentioned the CCSA meeting, and it was unclear whether the meeting took place.

Government spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said on Tuesday air travellers who had successfully applied for Test & Go can enter the country by next Monday.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha was also concerned about the potential spike in Omicron cases, after many people returned from the long holidays, the spokesman added.

Thailand temporarily suspended the scheme from Dec 22 to at least Jan 4, according to an announcement in the Royal Gazette published on Dec 22.

The Phuket Sandbox is the only sandbox scheme in effect. Other similar schemes have been temporarily shelved since Dec 22. Another entry into Thailand is through the quarantine programme.

The highly contagious Omicron variant has spread fast in the country from only 205 accumulated cases reported on Dec 24 to 2,062 as of Monday, according to official data.

The variant fanned from 33 provinces reported on Dec 29 to 54 provinces on Monday, according to the Public Health Ministry.

Supakit Sirilak, director-general of the Department of Medical Sciences, appealed for calm as most patients had fully recovered after a two-week quarantine. The rest still received hospital treatment.

Dr Supakit said Bangkok reported the most Omicron cases at 585, followed by 233 in Kalasin, 180 in Roi Et, 175 in Phuket, 162 in Chon Buri and 106 in Samut Prakan.

Dr Opas said the ministry was concerned about clusters linked to pubs, restaurants, factories, worker camps, markets and religious gatherings detected in 14 provinces.

The 14 provinces were:

  • Amnat Charoen
  • Chiang Mai
  • Chon Buri
  • Kalasin
  • Khon Kaen
  • Maha Sarakham
  • Phuket
  • Prachin Buri
  • Roi Et
  • Songkhla
  • Ubon Ratchathani
  • Udon Thani
  • Yala
  • Yasothon

He said the clusters in Ubon Ratchathani, Chon Buri and Khon Kaen could accelerate the spread of Omicron due to the high number of infections detected in some locations in these provinces.









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With over 2,000 cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus detected in Thailand to date according to the Ministry of Public Health, the country is entering a widespread wave of COVID-19 infections in the next two years, following the long New Year holidays, which will see daily infections spiking into the tens of thousands of cases in the near future, predicted Dr. Manoon Leechawengwongs, a doctor specializing in respiratory and pulmonary diseases at Vichaiyut hospital. PBS World

With over 2,000 Omicron cases in Thailand so far, expert predicts beginning of new wave
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With over 2,000 cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus detected in Thailand to date according to the Ministry of Public Health, the country is entering a widespread wave of COVID-19 infections in the next two years, following the long New Year holidays, which will see daily infections spiking into the tens of thousands of cases in the near future, predicted Dr. Manoon Leechawengwongs, a doctor specializing in respiratory and pulmonary diseases at Vichaiyut hospital.

In his Facebook post today, he said, however, that there is no cause for alarm.

He noted that, despite its rapid and easy transmissibility, the Omicron variant has mutated and evolved to the extent that it is causing mild flu-like symptoms, instead of aggressively attacking the upper and lower sections of the respiratory, just like the numerous other coronavirus strains with which the world has been familiar for the past 50 years, such as human coronavirus-229E, NL63, OC43 and HKU1.

These four old coronavirus strains, said Dr. Manoon, cause ordinary flu among children, who can recover, while adults are immune because they have natural immunity after being infected when they were young. He added, however, that there are currently no vaccines to prevent the spread of these strains.

In this new wave of Omicron infections, he said that people who have been inoculated or infected with other variants will contract the rapidly spreading variant sooner or later, but they will have developed herd immunity, instead of falling sick and, in the end, the COVID-19 pandemic will come to an end.

Dr. Manoon also said that there is no need for third or fourth booster shots "because every one of us will have been infected by the Omicron variant, as if we had been injected with live attenuated vaccine, which can better enhance immunity than the vaccines already available. The ability of manufacturers to produce COVID-19 vaccines will not be as promising as it has been to date", he added.

Meanwhile, Director-General of Medical Sciences Department Dr. Supakit Sirilak said that the department is keeping track of people infected by the Omicron variant for at least 14 days and will test their blood to find out whether the anti-bodies generated by the variant will have the neutralising effect against the Delta variant, as reported in some cases in South Africa.

The South African study shows that people, both vaccinated and unvaccinated, who were infected by the Omicron variant, have developed immunity which is capable of neutralising the Delta variant as well.

"If this is proven to be true, infection by the Omicron variant can help fight off Delta variant infection," said Dr. Supakit.

According to the Medical Sciences Department, the Omicron variant has already spread through 54 provinces in Thailand, infecting 2,062 people. He disclosed that the Omicron variant has already mutated into two sub-variants, B.1.640.1 and B.1.640.2.




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