torsdag 24 mars 2022

Bored of COVID? Well here comes the Dengue Fever. Bangkok Jack




The Disease Control Department is advising members of the public to be extraordinarily aware of Dengue Fever, amidst widespread COVID-19 infections, noting that the death toll from the disease is on an increasing trend, with three Dengue deaths this year found to be infected with coronavirus as well, said the department's head Dr. Opart Karnkawinpong.

He also warned the public to take precautions against other common conditions during the hot season, such as digestive diseases, diarrhea, heat exhaustion and heat stroke.

He said that there are signs that the fatality rate among people suffering from Dengue is on the rise, with six deaths being reported last year, adding that the three victims treated themselves with aspirin, resulting in gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding.

As people tend to be more concerned about COVID-19 at the moment, he said that they have ignored the threat from Dengue Fever, noting that Dengue can be as life threatening as COVID-19.

Dr. Opart said that this year, up to February 9th, 305 dengue fever cases have been recorded, including two deaths.

Dengue Fever was diagnosed most often in the 5-14 age group, followed by 15-24-year-olds.

The majority of cases were reported in Bangkok, with more cases expected across the country, due to the rain, which provides patches of stagnant water in which mosquitoes breed.


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onsdag 23 mars 2022

Thundershowers and isolated heavy rains are expected in most parts of Thailand from March 22nd to the 28th, the Thai Meteorological Department reported today, March 23rd. topnnational.com

Thai Meteorological Department reports thundershowers and isolated heavy rains in Thailand for the next 7 days

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Thundershowers and isolated heavy rains are expected in most parts of Thailand from March 22nd to the 28th, the Thai Meteorological Department reported today, March 23rd.

According to its announcement, the southerly and the southeasterly winds will strengthen and bring moisture from the South China Sea and the Gulf to the lower North, the lower Northeast, the East, and the Central parts of Thailand. This results in thundershowers with gusty winds and isolated heavy rain in the upper country from March 22nd to the 24th.

During March 25th and the 26th, the southerly and the southeasterly winds will weaken with less rain and isolated thundershowers over upper Thailand. After that, another high-pressure front from China will extend to the upper North, the Northeast, and the South China Sea while hot weather occurs. Thunderstorms and gusty winds are likely in the upper country.

In Southern Thailand, the easterly and the southeasterly winds prevail across the Gulf and the South will strengthen, causing more rain with isolated heavy rain on the 22nd, the 23rd, and the 28th. The strengthening wind and waves about 2 meters high are likely in the upper Andaman Sea, above 2 meters high in thundershowers and 1-2 meters high in the lower Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, about 2 meters high in thundershowers.

Cyclonic storms over the north Andaman Sea will make landfall on the Myanmar coast on March 22nd, resulting in more rain and isolated heavy to very heavy rains in the North, western part of the Central and the South of Thailand.

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In northern Thailand, scattered thundershowers with gusty winds and isolated heavy rain are forecast during the 22nd and the 23rd while isolated thundershowers are expected from the 24th to the 28th. The temperature will be hot during the day with a minimum temperature of 21°C and a maximum temperature of 39°C.

In northeastern Thailand, the overall temperature will be hot during the day. Scattered thunderstorms with gusty winds are expected from the 22nd to the 24th and from the 27th to the 28th and isolated thundershowers are forecast on the 25th and the 26th. The minimum temperature is at 20°C and the maximum temperature is at 36°C.

In the central part, the overall temperature will be hot with haze during the day. Scattered thundershowers with gusty winds and isolated heavy rain are forecast from the 22nd to the 24th and from the 27th to the 28th and isolated thundershowers are forecast on the 25th and the 26th. The minimum temperature is at 23°C and the maximum temperature is at 38°C.

For the metropolitan area, including Bangkok, scattered thundershowers with gusty winds and isolated heavy rain are expected between the 22nd and the 24th and on the 28th. The temperature will be hot with haze during the day with isolated thundershowers from the 25th to the 27th. The minimum temperature is at 24°C and the maximum temperature is at 38°C.

In eastern Thailand, including Chonburi, scattered thundershowers with gusty winds and isolated heavy rain are forecast from the 22nd to the 24th and from the 27th to the 28th and isolated to scattered thundershowers are from the 25th to the 26th. The minimum temperature is forecast at 23-26°C while the maximum temperature is at 31-35°C. Wave height is about 1 meter and 1-2 meters in thundershowers.

In the southern part, scattered thundershowers with isolated heavy rains are expected from the 22nd to the 24th and on the 28th and isolated to scattered thundershowers are forecast from the 25th to the 27th.

Wave height is about 1-2 meters and about 2 meters in thundershowers on the east coast and about 1 meter and 1-2 meters in thundershowers on the west throughout the period. The minimum temperature is forecast at 22-26 °C while the maximum temperature is at 30-36°C.

The Department also warned people in the upper country that they should beware of severe conditions by keeping away from outdoor places, large trees, and unsecured billboards. Farmers should prepare for crop damage.

On March 22nd, all ships should proceed with caution and keep out of the thundershowers areas. Small boats in the upper Andaman Sea should keep ashore.


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The Chonburi Department of Public Health announced 1,434 new and confirmed cases of Covid-19 today with three new deaths, March 23rd 2022. Pattaya News

Chonburi announces 1,434 new and confirmed cases of Covid-19 and three new deaths

Highlights:

  • 1,434 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Chonburi today

  • 6,148 positive ATK (rapid antigen) tests were reported but all require a second confirmed PCR test before being counted as official cases. The ATK positive tests are just "possible" cases until confirmed by PCR. TPN notes, however, that second confirmed tests are no longer mandatory except for high-risk groups.
  • 1,201 (PCR) and 2,806 (ATK) recovered and were released from medical care
  • Three new deaths

The Chonburi Department of Public Health announced 1,434 new and confirmed cases of Covid-19 today with three new deaths, March 23rd 2022.

This makes a total of 66,982 cases (PCR) and 102,680 cases (ATK) of Covid-19 in the current round of infections, with 12,269 (PCR) and 43,433 (ATK) people still under medical care/supervision, and with a total of 121 recorded deaths in Chonburi since the start of this recent round of infections at the beginning of this year, January 2022.

Additionally, 1,201 (PCR) and 2,806 (ATK) people were also released and recovered yesterday in Chonburi. 54,592 (PCR) and 59,247 (ATK) people in total have now been released from medical care and recovered in Chonburi since this current wave of Covid-19 began at the beginning of this year, January 2022.

Twelve people were listed as being in serious condition in Chonburi currently, either on a ventilator or pneumonia. Four of them were not vaccinated. According to the Chonburi Department of Public Health, the vast majority of recent cases are mild or asymptomatic at 99.621 percent.

The three new deaths were aged 35, 79, and 87 with severe personal health problems and pre-existing conditions. ฺTwo of them were not vaccinated.

In total, 2,025,153 people in Pattaya and Chonburi have received their first dose of a Covid -19 vaccine which is 86.95 percent of the total Chonburi population. Of those, 306,425 have received their first dose and are what the Thai government calls 608 groups (elders, have chronic health problems, and pregnant) which is 82.83 percent of those in these risk groups in Chonburi.

909,474 people have received their triple dose which is 39.05 percent of the total Chonburi population. Of those, 157,181 are 608 groups which is 42.49 percent of those in these risk groups in Chonburi.

The district-level new cases were as follows today:

Mueang Chonburi 288, Si Racha 419, Banglamung (Pattaya) 274, Panat Nikhom 21, Sattahip 104, Ban Bueng 124, Phan Thong 66, ฺBor Thong 6, Ko Chan 9, Nong Yai 13, Ko Si Chang 2, and 110 people transferred from other provinces for medical care.

The details on the cases are as follows:

  1. Work and stayed in Rayong, transferred from other provinces for medical care, 90 cases
  2. Risky occupations meeting many people, 57 cases
  3. 35 medical personnel
  4. 1 back from Chanthaburi
  5. Close contacts from previously confirmed cases in families – 311 cases, in workplaces –56 cases, close personal contacts – 94 cases, and joined a party – 4 case
  6. Close contacts of a confirmed patient (under investigation), 46 cases
  7. 740 cases of close contacts of a confirmed patient (under investigation)
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The Government plans to adjust measures and prepare public health facilities to change the status of the COVID-19 situation from "pandemic" to "endemic." Here are the objectives for the transition from pandemic to endemic. PRD


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Covid strategies must change as situation shifts: Dr Yong. Leading virologist Dr Yong Poovorawan said on Wednesday that Covid strategies must change according to the situation. The Nation


Covid strategies must change as situation shifts: Dr Yong

Yong took to Facebook to say that Covid-19 has changed in the past two years as its severity decreases.

Previously, the government tried to prevent Covid-19 by locking down cities and reducing travelling, he wrote. Now everyone knows it is impossible to prevent Covid-19 completely as it is spreading more easily, with the number of patients soaring.

Most patients have no or mild symptoms and only a small number experience severe symptoms or death, Yong wrote.

According to the total number of patients verified via RT-PCR and ATK tests, there are only one or two deaths per thousand. Most are elders, people with underlying diseases, and unvaccinated, Yong went on to write.

Most patients have immunity from infection or have been already vaccinated so they will have no or mild symptoms when they are infected, he said.

Published : March 23, 2022 

By :  THE NATION

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Not so fast: Thai epidemiologist questions plans to declare Covid-19 endemic by July | Thaiger

Not so fast: Thai epidemiologist questions plans to declare Covid-19 endemic by July

A leading epidemiologist has questioned Thailand's rush to declare Covid-19 endemic as infections and deaths surge and the country remains under Level 4 alert. Dr Chakrarat Pittayawonganon, director of the Bureau of Epidemiology, is suggesting officials slow down a bit, as he cast doubt on the wisdom of trying to declare the virus endemic by July 1.

Despite placing the country under Level 4 alert on February 21, the CCSA last week announced a roadmap for transitioning from pandemic status to endemic. However, Chakrarat points out that the highly-contagious Omicron sub-variant BA.2 is still raging through the country, creating a surge in cases and an increase in fatalities among the unvaccinated and vulnerable groups.

According to a Nation Thailand report, the infectious diseases specialist points out that this mutation is just as severe as BA.1 and 1.4 times more contagious. Chakrarat says most Covid-19 patients in Thailand now have the BA.2 variant and he expects case numbers to rise following the Songkran holiday, due to people returning to their home provinces, potentially infecting elderly family members and relatives with underlying health conditions.

Chakrarat says that data from February 13 to 19 shows that out of every 100,000 people in the provinces, at least 100 had contracted the virus. On February 21, 32 patients had died from Covid-19, most of them elderly or with underlying conditions. 60% of those who died were unvaccinated, while the remainder had not yet received a booster dose. Considering current infection trends, Chakrarat says now might not be the time to be making plans to declare the virus endemic anytime soon.

SOURCE: Nation Thailand







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Has Thailand reached the top of the Covid curve? Since the pandemic started there have been a total of 3,353,969 infections and 24,246 coronavirus related deaths in Thailand. ASEAN NOW


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by Michael Bridge


According to statistics published by the World Health Origination, Thailand now ranks thirty-four on the World table with 166,520 cases reported up to Monday March 20th.


Southeast Asia's most affected country is Vietnam which recorded 1.913,928 cases in the same period.


The average number of new infections reported in Thailand reached a peak of 27,071 cases on March 18th.


Since then by March 22nd it had dropped to 21,382 cases.


Since the pandemic started there have been a total of 3,353,969 infections and 24,246 coronavirus related deaths in Thailand.


The actual number of cases is likely to be much higher than the number of confirmed cases – this is due to limited testing in Thailand. 


Why is it useful to look at weekly changes in confirmed cases?


For all global data sources on the pandemic, daily data does not necessarily refer to the number of new confirmed cases on that day – but to the cases reported on that day.


Since reporting can vary significantly from day to day – irrespectively of any actual variation of cases – it is helpful to look at a longer time span that is less affected by the daily variation in reporting. 


According to https://ourworldindata.org/, this provides a clearer picture of where the pandemic is accelerating, staying the same, or reducing.


To enable comparisons across countries it is expressed per million people of the population.

 

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91.2% have been vaccinated


Thailand has so far administered 127,061,065 doses of Covid vaccines. This means if every person needs two doses, then 91.2% of the country's population have been covered.


Dr. Anan Jongkaewwattana, a virologist and researcher at the National Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology in Thailand, has said the country is at a "crossroads" over what to do next.


"We are experiencing rising in omicron cases -- a very rapid one. The question should be how long we can expect it to slow down … it can be days or weeks or even months.," 


"In my opinion, we are at the crossroads at the moment. The number of cases are rising but, to many doctors, the majority of them are still considered mild when compared to the delta wave," he added.


Data show that the omicron variant is highly transmissible, has an incubation period of about five days and causes less severe symptoms than earlier variants.


Thailand now must focus on a plan to live with the virus, according to Pravit Rojanaphruk of Thai news site Khaosod English.


"The government can ill afford to impose another semi-lockdown as it has spent a lot of money over the past two years to remedy and contain COVID-19.


It is hesitant because further restrictions would adversely affect the latest Test & Go scheme for arrivals from abroad and further harm the tourism and related industries.


"Increasing vaccination is the way ahead as the government has enough vaccines now for a booster shot. Children will be a particular target group in the weeks ahead, but some parents are still reluctant. It's time to focus on normalising coexistence with COVID-19."


Let's keep fingers crossed that we are over the worst and soon we can return to a normal Land of the Smiles.

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🔴 #COVID19 update on Wednesday ⬆️ 25,164 new cases ⬇️ 80 deaths ⬆️ 237,128 active cases ⬆️ 1,496 serious cases. Richard Barrow



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tisdag 22 mars 2022

The cabinet on Tuesday approved ten measures to help lower living costs from May to July. Thai Enquirer


  The cabinet on Tuesday approved ten measures to help lower living costs from May to July.

The measures include cooking gas subsidies for welfare card holders and registered street vendors, oil and gas subsidies for public-motorbikes and taxi drivers.

The cabinet also hopes to lower electricity prices for small house owners and to maintain the price of diesel at 30 baht per liter until the end of April.

They also said they would keep cooking gas prices at a "reasonable level" and lower contributions for the social security fund.



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