“Dr. Thira” reveals the results of “Paxlovid” research. Paxlovid reduced hospitalization by 51%.

On November 23, 2022, Professor Dr. Thira Worathanarat or “Doctor Thira“Chulalongkorn University Faculty of Medicine posted on Facebook “Thira Woratanarat” about the matter”COVID-19” indicates that

Yesterday, worldwide, there were 328,821 additional infections, 619 additional deaths, a total of 643,699,350 deaths, a total of 6,628,274 deaths.

The 5 most infected are:

1. Japan
2. South Korea
3. France
4. Taiwan
5. Indonesia

Yesterday, in the number of new infections, countries from Europe and Asia occupied seven of the top 10 and 17 of the top 20 globally. The number of new infections per day worldwide currently from Asia and Europe together represent 95.21 percent of the entire world, while the number of deaths accounts for 82.06 percent

Paxlovid cuts hospital stays in half

Most recently, Shah MM et al. from the US CDC the results of the study in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) yesterday, November 22, 2022.

by analyzing data from the care of infected peopleCOVID-19 A total of 699,848 people between April and August 2022 were divided between 198,927 infected people who received the drug. Paxlovid within 5 days of being infected and the infected group but did not receive the drug 500,921 people found they received the drug “Paxlovid” Paxlovid That reduced the rate of illness until 51% was reduced in hospital.

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The nature of the latest cases

If you look at the time of the outbreaks from European countries including Singapore which has just passed the latest wave of explosions On average, the latest wave lasts 2-3 weeks shorter than the previous wave.

Most of the time, the first ripple took about 8-10 weeks to subside, while the last ripple usually took 6-8 weeks.

In terms of the average number of infections compared to the population, the latest wave was found to have peaked at around 65-80% of the previous wave. But there are some countries where the number of infections can jump 1.12 times higher than the previous wave

Whether you live, work, study, travel consciously, be careful, protect yourself, avoid crowded places. poor ventilation and keeping distance from people who are not defending themselves

Booster vaccination is essential.

Wearing a mask correctly and consistently is an important tool to reduce the risk of the current condition. If infected, he should be isolated for at least 7-10 days until he is better, no fever andCheck ATK negative

Covid is not a common cold. Seasonal flu or not getting re-infected is not the best

refer

Shah MM et al. Paxlovid Associated with Reduced Hospitalization Rate Among Adults with COVID-19 — United States, April-September 2022. MMWR. 22 November 2022.