On December 1, Dr. Yong Phuworawan, head of the Center for Specialization in clinical virology Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University posted on Facebook “Yong Poovorawan” stating that
Covid-19 Omikron, the trend of spreading quickly with details as follows:
There is a lot of evidence that shows that Omicron spreads quickly
1. Genetic code with additional mutations from delta, infection, and dissemination Definitely not less than a delta.
2. From the evidence of the epidemic in Africa For example, in the city of Gauteng (Gauteng) only 2 weeks have found Omicron strain patients. increase rapidly And it is also found in more than 10 countries now, even if they come from Africa, showing that in Africa they have not been tested. There may be many more.
3. From the virus test in the throat, it was found that the viral load in the patient even with mild symptoms found a large amount of virus to spread easily
If the omikron is easy to infect, it spreads more easily than the Delta species. distribution of new species It will definitely replace the Delta species.
