“Dr Yong” Reveals COVID-19 in Late February. There will be a downward trend depending on the season. Then the epidemic will return again in June. Advice for vulnerable groups vaccination booster needle
On February 17, 2024, it was reported that Prof. Dr. Yong Phuworawan, head of the Graduate Center of Clinical Virology, Department of Pediatrics Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University posted a message on COVID-19 showing a decreasing trend, stating that COVID-19 hit at the end of February. There will be a downward trend depending on the season. And the number of patients who will have to be hospitalized or die will also be reduced.
Most of the mortality rate This is a vulnerable group: during the year 2024, the death toll is likely to be around 300 people, or an average of at least 1 person per day, a number equal to that of the flu of 2009 but still higher than that of seasonal flu.
majority of the population Some people have already been infected 2 or 3 times and most repeat infections tend to have fewer symptoms. When the disease turns into a seasonal disease In March it will be much less. Until May and then start again, cooler, in June. which is the period when students start school
Vaccination is necessary in vulnerable groups. It’s a stimulating needle. The time frame that should be received is before June. It can be late April or May.
Currently, there are 2 vaccine strains available in the public sector in Thailand. Expires in February. As for the latest vaccine strain It will be a single vaccine strain, XBB.1.5, and the government sector will likely have to wait. As for the private sector, we understand that it is available now. It’s probably difficult to find someone to give the injection. If you have to spend a penny and it is quite expensive and the severity of the disease has decreased significantly Compared to the first year of the epidemic.
Thanks for the information from Yong Poovorawan’s Facebook page.
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