On December 25, 2022, Assoc. Chulalongkorn University Facebook post about the issue “COVID-19” indicates that
25 December 2022… Merry Christmas…
Yesterday, worldwide, there were 364,266 more people, 676 more deaths, a total of 661,400,788 people, a total of 6,685,008 deaths.
The top 5 most infected with COVID-19 are:
- Japan
- South Korea
- France
- Hong Kong
- Taiwan
As of yesterday, in the number of new infections, countries from Europe and Asia occupied eight of the top 10 and 17 of the top 20 globally.
The number of new infections per day worldwide is currently from Asia and Europe Together, accounting for 95.92 percent of the world, while the number of deaths accounts for 89.94 percent.
A subspecies to watch in New York
It is well known that Omicron This is the species that dominates all cases in the United States.
by now BQ.1.x (BQ.1 and BQ.1.1) has the highest detection rate of 81%.
But now that many people are looking at each other, their eyes don’t blink at all, ie subspecies XBB.1.5 which is a descendant of the mutated XBB in many more positions One of the additional mutants, F486P, was evaluated by Bloom Lab and Ryan Hisner to further increase the immune resistance of the virus. as well as the ability to bind more tightly to ACE2 receptors on the cell surface Although from the beginning, XBB is the one that has been evaluated from various research. This is the most immune resistant subspecies ever seen.
The problem being noticed is XBB.1.5 This is very common in New York. and expand more and more
The estimated expansion efficiency of the cases of XBB.1.5 was found to be 144% higher than BQ.1.1.
If you evaluate it, you will see that this signal is not very good. It reflects that the current wave of countries around the world is a soup of variation with a wide variety of subspecies. Especially in the winter, in the festive season, there is a lot of traveling, meeting and traveling. There is a chance that it will become a ripple that is longer than the previous ripple. that the cases are usually dominated by only one species
We have both BQ.1.1 in Europe and America, XBB in Asia, XBB.1.5 in America, BF.7 in China and India, and BA.2.75.x which are distributed in many places including Thailand.
The bet that determines the nature of each country’s cases is its acceptance rate.booster vaccinecomplete and keep up with the epidemic situation in the country and the self-defensive behavior of the population in each country
A short route or a long journey, it depends on these two things. Because not much can depend on the policy level. Due to competing economic factors between countries it is difficult to return to the mainstream.
Losses arising from sickness, death, and Long COVID How much will it be? inevitably results from the two factors above together with the standard of care The medicines and vaccines used in that country are of good quality and sufficient. Is it accessible?
Therefore, it is emphasized that Cases in Thailand, we still have many infections every day.
Should live a conscious life, not careless, always protect yourself.
Avoid using services that eat and drink in crowded places. poor ventilation or armed forces personnel are not well protected
get upbooster vaccineto be completed as scheduled
most importantly wear a mask correctly Close your mouth and nose well. It will greatly reduce the risk.
Merry Christmas And remember to look after yourself and your family members to be safe together.
refer
Topol E. New variant alert: The XBB.1.5 variant is on a growth spurt in the United States. 22 December 2022.
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