Professor Dr. Thira Woratanarat, Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University’s Facebook post states that April 19, 2023
Yesterday, worldwide, there were 53,511 more infections, 296 more deaths, a total of 685,779,254 people, and a total of 6,843,245 deaths.
The 5 most infected are South Korea, Japan, France, Russia and the United States.
As of yesterday, in the number of new infections, countries from Europe and Asia occupied nine of the top 10 and 17 of the top 20 globally.
The number of new infections per day worldwide at the moment from Asia and Europe Together, it accounted for 95.27 percent of the world, while the number of deaths accounted for 93.24 percent.
Updated US FDA vaccination guidelines.
Yesterday, the US FDA issued guidelines for bivalent vaccination against COVID-19.
The essence in a nutshell is
1. Most people who have been vaccinated with a monovalent (primary) vaccine should receive one booster dose of the bivalent vaccine.
2. Persons who have already received one dose of the bivalent vaccine You do not need to receive the needle again. Await future vaccination guidelines.
3. For people aged 65 and over, if they have previously received a bivalent vaccine, they should receive a booster injection 4 months after the injection.
4. For immunocompromised persons, if they have previously received a bivalent vaccine, they should receive a booster injection 2 months after the injection and subsequent doses at the discretion of the attending physician.
5. People who have never been vaccinated. A single dose of the bivalent vaccine is recommended instead of multiple doses of the conventional monovalent mRNA vaccine.
6. Children aged 6 months to 5 years who have not yet been vaccinated should receive 2 doses of Moderna bivalent vaccine or 3 doses of Pfizer bivalent vaccine. If you have had a monovalent vaccine before, you can get a bivalent vaccine, depending on the number of needles and the type of vaccine injected previously.
information information above for us to know the situation of vaccination guidelines in the United States
Sleep problems in patients with COVID-19
Research from 38 UK institutions Presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in Denmark from 15-18 April.
A study in patients previously infected with COVID-19 And more than 700 people had to be treated in hospital, compared to people who were treated for other conditions.
It was found that the group of patients with COVID-19 had 62% sleep problems
on average after leaving hospital It took about an hour more to sleep, but the quality of the sleep was poor. not sleeping well Estimated on the sleep regularity scale, the score decreased by 19%.
However, sleep problems are classified as one of the symptoms of Long COVID and the research team found that patients with this sleep disorder tend to last at least 12 months.
That was also analyzed Sleep problems are also linked to other ailments such as shortness of breath, weakness, anxiety, etc.
… self defense not to get infected Or don’t repeat, this is the best.
Live a conscious life, don’t be careless, protect yourself regularly.
avoid crowded places Do not share food with others.
Ventilate the air at home, at work, where you eat, drink and travel.
wearing a mask correctly will greatly reduce the risk.
refer
1. Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes Changes to Streamline Use of Bivalent COVID-19 MRNA Vaccines. United States FDA. 18 April 2023.
2. Restless sleep may partially explain Long COVID’s shortness of breath, researchers find. University of Manchester. UK. 16 April 2023.
