Dr. Teera points out that Thailand is the 4th highest death toll from Covid-19 in the world. Total ATK infection ranks 7th, beating the campaign ‘endemic disease’ making people misunderstand. ‘Ordinary cold – not scary’
On April 26, Dr. Teera Worathanarat, professor of the Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University Post a message via Facebook, Thira Woratanarat states that yesterday, 353,449 people were infected worldwide with 1,627 additional deaths, a total of 509,845,095 people were infected and 6,244,616 deaths.
The top five with the most infections were Germany, Japan, South Korea, Australia and the United States.
Yesterday, the number of new infections had countries from Europe and Asia occupy eight of the top 10 and 15 of the world’s top 20.
The number of new infections every day in the world now. from Asia and Europe together accounted for 77.07% of the world’s population, while the number of deaths accounted for 79.28%.
New infections in Asia accounted for 32.02 percent of the world, while the number of deaths rose to 26.61 percent.
epidemic situation in Thailand
Yesterday, the number of new infections, including ATK, was the 7th highest in the world. and ranked 3 in Asia
While the number of deaths yesterday 4th highest in the world Thailand’s death toll yesterday accounted for 28.63% of all reported deaths in Asia.
Statistics of Thailand
If you look at the number of new infections per day, including ATK as far as tracked information Thailand will be ranked in the top 10 of the world for 39 days in a row. As for the number of deaths per day, it has been in the Top 10 for 10 consecutive days.
Emphasize the understanding of endemic diseases
“Endemic doesn’t mean harmless” Endemic disease should not be used to mislead campaigns that it is a common disease.
endemic disease actually refers to a disease that is identified as It is common if one travels to that area, that territory, that country.
endemic disease Will be used when encountering that disease on a regular basis in that area by knowing how much infection rates are in a constant manner which may increase or decrease according to the season and can predict the change of pathogens to a certain extent in order to plan for coping not to cause the outbreak to be out of control.
In order to manage endemic diseases well, it is still “needs” to have effective therapeutic drugs and vaccines that can be used to prevent them effectively, not relying on the “phantom medicine or herb” who assume that It works without proven, standard and accepted procedures.
the most important is endemic disease does not mean “Not dangerous” doesn’t mean “Weak, sparrow, normal, not violent.”
Many diseases that are endemic in some continents, some countries such as yellow fever, Ebola, etc. are found in Africa. cause infection It also has a high mortality rate as well. Even the familiar diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria are found to be endemic in various areas of Thailand, but they are already serious and can lead to death.
Therefore, if understanding the endemic disease And following up on social networks throughout the past will find it worrisome. because there is a tendency to misunderstand that COVID-19 will become a common cold, sparrow, endemic, without worrying or self-defense
with current situation Overall we have a large number of infections. and more than most countries around the world, so people who will travel He is well aware that he is entering an area of a country with a high probability of infection. The local translation is “the land of the disease or the endemic area”.
the word “Local disease” Therefore, it is no more important than the one described above.
What should be paid attention to is How to make the epidemic alleviate more than before?
Preventing the spread of infection is the final answer to solve this problem.
It is not the only dependency on vaccines. Because vaccines are expected to be effective in reducing the risk of severe illness. and death
thinking and advocating various policies and measures in all dimensions of society to make people protect themselves not to infect or spread To be more efficient than it was is necessary.
put on a mask This is key to protecting the welfare and safety of you and your family members.
The problem is not the superficial thinking that the infection will disappear in no time. but unfortunately may die even after receiving the vaccine
Moreover The most unfortunate is the occurrence of Long-Term Disorder, or Long COVID, which can affect people of all ages. Whether you have been infected with no symptoms at all, have few symptoms, or have many symptoms. can all be born and will deteriorate the quality of life It is a cost burden to the patient, family and society in the long run.
Live, work, study, do business consciously, always protect yourself. will reduce the risk a lot
It’s best not to be infected. best wishes
