Professor Dr. Thira Woratanarat, Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University’s Facebook post states that March 10, 2023
Yesterday, worldwide, there were 69,386 additional infections, 393 additional deaths, a total of 681,157,312 people, and a total of 6,808,896 deaths.
The top 5 most infected are Russia, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Austria.
Yesterday, in the number of new infections, countries from Europe and Asia occupied seven of the top 10 and 15 of the top 20 globally.
The number of new infections per day worldwide at the moment from Asia and Europe Together, it accounted for 81.25 percent of the world, while the number of deaths accounted for 62.59 percent.
A long update on COVID from the European Parliament meeting
From the European Parliament meeting yesterday, 9 March 2023 in Brussels. Belgium It was a meeting of the Special Committee on the Pandemic COVID-19.
The essence is as follows.
1. Professor Peter Piot from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a member of the Commission’s advisory panel on COVID-19 presents his own experiences with Long COVID after being infected with COVID-19. in March 2020 and affects everyday life and a lot of work
2. Long COVID is estimated to affect more than 65 million people worldwide. It is estimated that there will be around 17 million people.
3. The population group most affected will be in the 35-69 age range. Women have economic problems. Including people with congenital diseases that limit the ability to use everyday life.
4. In America, research has estimated the economic impact of Long COVID as high as $3.7 trillion. It is estimated that the UK will be affected at around £2.5 billion.
5. In addition, Long COVID has affected the work system in America. It caused the loss of approximately 4 million workers, an estimated loss of 170 billion dollars.
6. With current information Estimate if infected with COVID-19 Risk of Long COVID will be around 10%, but can be reported from 5-50%. Information from Professor Dominique Salmon, France. It states that up to 15-30% of those infected with COVID-19 experience persistent abnormal symptoms for at least 4-6 months.
7. Females are 1.2-2 times more at risk of Long COVID than males, but all genders and ages are susceptible to Long COVID.
8. There are more than 200 symptoms of Long COVID in every system in the body, 75% of symptoms reported in Long COVID patients are tiredness/fatigue, mental problems Thinking, memory, concentration, brain and nervous system, and for the heart and the respiratory system.
9. Research that has been followed for up to a year, still finds that around 10-15% of Long COVID patients still have excellent symptoms. and affect the way of life
10. There is no cure for Long COVID yet, but vaccination and the antiviral drug Ensitrelvir (a drug from Japan that has previously submitted information) help reduce the risk of Long COVID
This meeting was discussed and assessed if With the number of people infected worldwide very high, in the billions or billions of people Can the impact the world will have to face from the Long COVID problem be greater than any other problem encountered.
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be aware and aware of the situation Continue to update information regularly.
Live a conscious life, don’t be careless, protect yourself as a rule.
Watch out for dangerous behaviour. dangerous place
Look at good ventilation, at home, at work, when eating, drinking and travelling.
wearing the mask correctly will greatly reduce the risk of COVID-19 and PM2.5.
protection against infection Or do not repeat, this is the best.
