Worried student cluster

Few symptoms are severely ill.

Thai Rath Edition

3 Aug. 2022 6:45 a.m.

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The new wave of Covid-19 outbreak "Omicron subspecies BA.5 in Thailand" is still an uptrend with high numbers of infected people continuously.

Especially school clusters that tend to spread the infection to family members quickly.

spread to the community as a wide area, making the month

Jun.-Jul. Outbreak of Omicron BA.4-BA.5 infects tens of thousands of people per day.

This was followed by a gradual increase in the number of severely ill patients nearing a thousand.

lead to high death tolls

All this indicates

The original "new wave of crisis" in July will enter the transition to endemic disease, it has to be postponed to the end of August. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Chisanu Phancharoen, pediatrician at Chulalongkorn Hospital, the Thai Red Cross Society say

Since the beginning of the semester on-site, omikron infections have been seen in a small group of students.

But after a while, more infected people were found in

"Elementary and high school children" became a cluster in many schools to announce temporary closures.

As a result, "children carry the infection to the family" who are all at risk of severe symptoms including parents, grandparents, and grandparents. It turns out that students are spreading the new wave of Omicron.

and spreading to the community more now

Fortunately, “Omicron infections in students are less common”, but they can spread more quickly compared to “

” because omikron is in the bronchial cells, not in the lungs.

Which is the reason for the spread from infected to another is easier. Therefore, no matter how far Omikron mutates

In the end, it is also a mild strain of omikron, using a curative drug or an mRNA vaccine.

But what happened, people were worried about favipiravir.

including scrambling to the hospital

"Make the strong man fully occupy the bed", even though the group took the medication accordingly, the symptoms disappeared.

It has become "inappropriately wasting medical resources", causing the 608 at-risk groups who are in need of hospitalization to stay in bed waiting a lot.

If we look back at the "Omicron Prevention in Schools", we see that each place has very strict measures.

From the screening of people entering and leaving the school

In the classroom, distance

Everyone must wear a mask.

and there is a hand washing point at all times

Therefore, during this study period, there should not be any concern about the spread of Omicron.

The problem is that

“High risk of spreading infection” often occurs when leaving the classroom.

especially during lunch break

"It's time to take off the mask to eat." With so many students, they couldn't keep their distance.

They also sit and huddle around, chatting and joking with each other.

become a vulnerability to spread the infection more easily

similar to the previous outbreak, as was the case

The “doctors and nurses” that are infected with a large number of infections are not directly infected by patients.

But he became infected while entering the room, thinking that he was "sterile", causing saggy prevention measures by opening the mask to sit and eat together at close range.

and produce droplets of secretions to those near

the last factor

Therefore, at-risk schools often design cafeterias with a space to divide the dining table for students to sit in each compartment, reducing congestion and preventing the spread of the coronavirus in schools.

I would like to emphasize that the "government" should help remind people to

"Wear a mask even at home." If you need to remove it, keep a distance.

because most people are still out of the house

This makes it possible to risk getting the infection to spread to people in the house at all times.

And when people enter the house, they often don't care to wear masks.

They both sat down to eat at the table without even keeping a distance from each other.

As it is well understood that "Covid" spreads through droplets into the respiratory system, so "wearing a mask" helps prevent droplets.

And reducing direct contact with the face can reduce the best infection.

In the past, the "government" emphasized ordering people to follow rather than teaching them how to think of ways to protect themselves.

Observing from public relations in the media, people often order to wear masks, keep distance, wash their hands, in the end, people can't really change their protective behavior.

The part that agreed to do so was afraid of being prosecuted for violating the law.

Emergency Decree

And sometimes "cannot listen to the advice of the government", for example, in the case of having a child with mild symptoms of coronavirus take the exam.

or come to study in the room normally

even under strict protection

would certainly not be accepted by the parents

subsequent preventive measures

“Students must be vaccinated with mRNA type.” As far as education personnel know,

And students have been vaccinated quite high, but "family members" may need to vaccinate everyone as well.

To prevent infection to students that will be spread in schools again.

Now reiterating that "

best", but because it is the first vaccine produced from genetic transcription of the original Wuhan virus.

If infection occurs, the original strain will help prevent both infection and reduce the severity of the disease well.

But now the covids are mutated to spread more easily.

and dodge better immunity respectively

As a result, "vaccination-induced immunity" in defense against mutant strains has declined. However, "mRNA vaccines are now better than inactivated vaccines", so people receive the first dose of the sinovaccination vaccine or sinofarm. and the second needle is that Astrazeneca

It must be boosted with the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine only.

Because it can prevent a certain level of omikron and reduce the severity of severe to light well, so vaccines are still needed.

Parents shouldn't be so anxious to decide not to vaccinate just by consuming drama news without checking the source.

Emphasizes cases of "people in the house infected with omikron". Most of the time, when the infection enters the body, it usually starts with a runny nose and then gradually goes down the throat, often showing a sore throat.

If into the larynx will cause a hoarse voice.

Finally, if going into the lungs, there will be heavy coughing, shortness of breath, and low blood oxygen levels.

Therefore, in practice, 1. Quarantine for 5-10 days. During the first 5 days, there will be a lot of germs and will gradually decrease. After 10 days, there is usually no infection that can spread. There is no need to repeat ATK testing. 2. Take medicine according to symptoms. Need to eat andrographis paniculata

Favipiravir

Molnupiravir and 3. Follow up with a focus on exhaustion.

and low blood oxygen

Because it is a sign that "

", if you have the symptoms mentioned, you need to go to the hospital.

But what I want to leave is

"Covid patients" can live with family members without separating rooms, but "non-infected people" must protect, wear masks all the time, wash their hands regularly. When recovered, there is no need to spray disinfectants throughout the house, focusing on the risk areas. that's enough

Nowadays, “there are many children infected with omikron”, making the pediatric bed insufficient to accommodate the need to manage the bed for

As for the "at-risk children", the official cases cannot be said clearly.

Because the numbers coming out of the government are relatively less reliable.

For example, there are now over 3,000 new cases reported, but the reality is 10 times more.

what followed though

"Children are infected with omicron with few symptoms," but after recovering, many children have developed a multisystem inflammation called "Missy" (MIS-C), which is characterized by inflammation in various organs throughout the body.

which is an abnormally volatile immune system

“Can be so severe that complications can be fatal.” This is prevented by mRNA vaccination.

Finally, in the midst of the mutation of Omikron

“But our lives still have to go on.” Therefore, vaccination measures

Wear masks both indoors and outdoors.

stop eating together

and wash your hands constantly

All of this is to prevent and reduce the chance of getting infected so that we can survive in the best way.

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