Covid alert as 6 die last week

PUBLISHED: 13 May 2025 at 04: 25

A boy tries to put a mask on a fellow student on the first day of term at Ban Bang Kapi School in Bangkok in May 2023. Anti-Covid 19 measures were rolled out at schools nationwide at that time amid fears of an upsurge in infections. VARUTH HIRUAYATHEB — In May 2023, a child attempts to put a face on a fellow scholar on the first day of expression at Bangkok’s Ban Bang Kapi School. In response to concerns about an uptick in infection, anti-Covid 19 measures were implemented in schools across the country at the time. HIRUTH HIRUAYATHEB

Following the six incidents of last week, six people died, and Thais are being warned about a fall in Covid-19 diseases.

According to information from the Department of Disease Control ( DDC ), Dr. Thira Woratanarat of the Chulalongkorn University, Dr. Woratanarat of the Faculty of Medicine, posted on his Facebook page on Monday.

According to Dr. Thira, according to the DDC’s statement from last week, there were 16, 607 persons apparently infected between May 4 and May 10, compared to 14, 680 the past year.

Six of those reported to have died last year, more than the equivalent of the range the previous week.

According to Dr. Thira’s post,” The DDC statement showed an increasing spread of the disease, which was contrary to the assertion that the Public Health Ministry had previously stated.

In addition, Dr. Yong Poovorawan, a microbiologist in the Paediatrics Department of Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Medicine, posted a message on Facebook claiming that the most recent Covid-19 subvariants are reported to be transmitted more quickly, have lighter symptoms, and can be treated identically to various respiratory illnesses.

Dr. Yong’s article confirmed the Public Health Ministry’s report on Saturday, which stated that although case numbers are still great, the virus typically has mild symptoms.

According to Dr. Yong, the study found that the Covid-19 virus subvariants mutate more swiftly, making them more different strains. The early strains is also spread rapidly, albeit with less severe symptoms.

Due to the “immune imprinting” process, the more recent Covid-19 strains cannot be immediately prevented by vaccination.

Immune etching occurs when the body produces antibodies and memory cells that contain information about vaccinations or viruses to which it has recently been exposed.

Due to the product’s ability to only protect against older Covid-19 strains, younger strains do not respond to typical vaccination. The document has reduced the hospital’s Covid-19 vaccine purchasing.

People with Covid-19 were reported to be already being treated’likely’ as those with other respiratory diseases, with no quarantine time specifically designated, despite the large number reported recently,” said Dr. Yong.