Public advised to be alert as new college term increases the chance of virus spreading.
PUBLISHED: 7 Perhaps 2024 at 17: 55
Following a rise in hospital admissions and deaths among at-risk groups since the Songkran holiday, the Department of Disease Control ( DDC ) predicts that the number of new Covid-19 infections will increase into the upcoming school term.
From April 28 to May 4, a full of 1, 792 persons, or 256 situations per day on average, were admitted to hospital after becoming infected with Covid- 19, according to figures published on the DDC’s website.
Of that amount, 12 patients died in the same week.
The cumulative amount of infection recorded from Jan 1 to May 4 was 13, 057, with 93 murders, the DDC said.
Even though Covid often causes severe disease now, people aged 60 and older, those with seven main conditions, and strongly pregnant women — collectively referred to as the “608 group” — are more at risk, said Dr Taweechai Wisanuyothin, chief of the department’s disease control office in Nakhon Ratchasima.
All 81 deaths recorded global between Jan 1 and April 29 were among this class, said Dr Taweechai, citing statistics published by the Ministry of Public Health.
The consumer is advised to begin the routine preventive measures of frequent hands washing, avoiding crowded areas, and wearing face masks in densely populated areas, according to Dr. Taweechai, as a new Covid outbreak is anticipated as students begin their new term of school.
Covid-19 is then spread so quickly because of confusion, he claimed. Covid testing are recommended for anyone who develops fever- like indications, he added.
According to Dr. Taweechai, the Department of Medical Sciences provided data that suggested the Omicron sublineages are primarily to blame for the current wave of Covid-19 attacks.