The vaccination plan increased
PUBLISHED: 17 Feb 2025 at 12: 53
The Public Health Ministry has been in the news that the flu is quickly spreading, with four counties in the east suffering the most from the worst effects.
There has been a significant increase in attacks this quarter, according to Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsutin. Health officials were accelerating the delivery of vaccines to delicate groups, especially seniors and children.
As of January 25, there were 7, 819 instances of flu this year. But, by Saturday, Feb 15, full infection this year had leapt to 99, 057, with nine casualties.
Most situations were found at colleges, and toddlers aged 5-9 yars were the most vulnerable party, according to the government. Nakhon Ratchasima, Surin, Buri Ram and Chaiyaphum were the worst affected, with about 6, 938 people combined.
According to Mr. Somsak, those who exhibit signs that could be the fever may stay at home to avoid the virus spreading.
The severity of flu in Thailand has risen gradually from about 472, 000 cases in 2023 to 668, 000 last month, according to the Department of Disease Control.
The current pattern suggests that this year’s numbers will exceed previous year’s, when about 100 000 cases were reported from January 1 through February 3 compared to about 100 000 situations so far this year.
H1N1 is the main disease burden engaged in Thailand at current, according to the health department.
On February 9, Yong Poovorawan, a virologist at Chulalongkorn University’s faculty of medicine, posted a warning on Instagram saying visitors to nations in the northern hemisphere really get a flu shot at least twice before traveling overseas.
He has called for caution, claiming that the virus is annual and that Thailand does not have the same strain that is affecting Japan.
” Influenza is cyclical. It spreads in the warm winter in the northern and southern hemispheres”, Dr Yong wrote.
When popular Japanese celebrity Barbie” Big S” Hsu died while visiting Japan, the position in Thailand caught the attention of the public. She was famous in Thailand for her part in , Meteor Garden, a romantic line.