AN EMINENT professor is concerned about the spread of Covid-19 in Thailand as he estimates that currently there are nearly 10,000 cases a day, Amarin TV said this afternoon (Apr. 22).
Assoc. Prof. Teera Worathanarat of Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Medicine said in a Facebook post that last week, Apr. 14-20, 2024, 1,004 Covid patients were hospitalised, three died, 292 had pneumonia and 101 were intubated.
It was found that patients requiring hospital treatment increased by 18.26%, with this having risen continuously for six weeks in a row.
The number of pneumonia cases increased by 20.66% while intubation rose by 17.44%.
Assoc. Prof. Teera estimates that total newly infected people per day is at least 7,172-9,961. However, the actual number of those catching Covid is likely to be higher.
In comparing this year to last year, he found that infection, illness and severe illness have increased in the same way. Yet the baseline for the same period differs with the number of patients before the Songkran festival this year many times higher than last year.
Last year’s Covid outbreak that led to a jump in infection, illness and death continued till early June and it is worrisome how the situation will pan out this year, he said, while urging the public to protect themselves in daily life.
He added that Covid-19 is not like an ordinary cold, each time a person gets infected, in addition to the risk of getting sick, severely sick or dying, there is also the risk of suffering from Long Covid which impairs the quality of life in the long term.
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Top: A representative image of Covid-19. Credit: Hindustan Times
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