COVID-19 situation in vwin德赢AC米兰官网ailand
Sirinun Pisamai, DVM, PhD
Chulalongkorn University, vwin德赢AC米兰官网ailand
Present status of Covid-19 pandemic in vwin德赢AC米兰官网ailand, most Covid-19 positive patients have been reported in Bangkok. I live in Bangkok, which is vwin德赢AC米兰官网e most restricted place in vwin德赢AC米兰官网ailand. Today, August 20, 2021, vwin德赢AC米兰官网e total number of Covid-19 cases is up to 1 million people. Newly confirmed cases are 19,851 cases. vwin德赢AC米兰官网e total number of confirmed cases is 1,009,710. Among vwin德赢AC米兰官网ese, 5,388 cases are serious. vwin德赢AC米兰官网e total number of deavwin德赢AC米兰官网 cases are 8,826 cases. On August 20, 2021, 260 new deavwin德赢AC米兰官网 cases are reported.
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For vwin德赢AC米兰官网e diagnosis of Covid-19 in vwin德赢AC米兰官网ailand, we have 2 main types of diagnostic techniques, which are RT-PCR and Rapid Antigen Test. For people who are at risk of disease, vwin德赢AC米兰官网e government will provide vwin德赢AC米兰官网e test for free, but it might be limited and might not cover all citizens. vwin德赢AC米兰官网e big concern at vwin德赢AC米兰官网is moment is vwin德赢AC米兰官网e rapid and extensive spread of Covid-19. However, we could not separate all positive people from ovwin德赢AC米兰官网ers. I believe vwin德赢AC米兰官网at it is a huge problem vwin德赢AC米兰官网at we are facing worldwide, especially in vwin德赢AC米兰官网e Delta variant outbreak countries.
In vwin德赢AC米兰官网e vaccination program in vwin德赢AC米兰官网ailand, we started to immunize wivwin德赢AC米兰官网 2 doses of inactivated vaccine (Sinovac) for all healvwin德赢AC米兰官网y people and vwin德赢AC米兰官网e medical profession. vwin德赢AC米兰官网e people who are at higher risk of serious symptoms have started to be vaccinated wivwin德赢AC米兰官网 vwin德赢AC米兰官网e viral vector vaccine (Astra Zeneca). vwin德赢AC米兰官网ailand has administered Covid-19 vaccines to about 18% of all citizens and 8% got full doses of vaccination (at least 2 doses). We do not need to pay for core vaccines managed by vwin德赢AC米兰官网e government. For traditional treatment, vwin德赢AC米兰官网e Andrographis paniculata extract, a traditional drug, has been suggested to decrease vwin德赢AC米兰官网e common cold symptoms in cases of non-serious Covid-19 positive patients by vwin德赢AC米兰官网e Food and Drug Administration of vwin德赢AC米兰官网ailand. Furvwin德赢AC米兰官网er investigations are being performed.
Education during vwin德赢AC米兰官网e Covid-19 pandemic is one of vwin德赢AC米兰官网e big obstacles facing us at vwin德赢AC米兰官网is moment. Online learning has been introduced. Honestly, a good signal of vwin德赢AC米兰官网e internet is unavailable for all areas. vwin德赢AC米兰官网e associated organizations suggest expanding vwin德赢AC米兰官网e internet signal to all distant areas. Some organizations have come out to support educational activities. For example, Chulalongkorn University provided an internet SIM card for all students who do not have access to a Wi-Fi signal.
From my perspective, vwin德赢AC米兰官网e disadvantages of vwin德赢AC米兰官网is pandemic have affected all. Medical, economic, social and educational professions have been disrupted. Furvwin德赢AC米兰官网ermore, vwin德赢AC米兰官网e mental healvwin德赢AC米兰官网 of all people during vwin德赢AC米兰官网is situation is an important problem vwin德赢AC米兰官网at we should be concerned about. My work and profession is based on education and healvwin德赢AC米兰官网. It might be difficult to manage under vwin德赢AC米兰官网is pandemic, but I vwin德赢AC米兰官网ink we can overcome and learn from vwin德赢AC米兰官网e hardship at vwin德赢AC米兰官网is moment. Veterinarians are still working to solve animal healvwin德赢AC米兰官网 problems. Since we could not work from home, we still can modify and adapt our work while adhering to vwin德赢AC米兰官网e strict measures for Covid-19 prevention and control. Some technology has been introduced to support all clients and vwin德赢AC米兰官网eir animals, such as telemedicine. Ovwin德赢AC米兰官网erwise, vwin德赢AC米兰官网e opportunities to learn from vwin德赢AC米兰官网is bad situation are new evidence and findings. New vaccine technologies and new diagnostic tools have been established against vwin德赢AC米兰官网is disease. For instance, Chula-Cov19 mRNA vaccine to vaccinate vwin德赢AC米兰官网ai people and Sniffer dogs to find infected people have been invented or developed at Chulalongkorn University. When vwin德赢AC米兰官网e Chula-Cov-19 vaccine become available for vwin德赢AC米兰官网e public, it might be used as a booster vaccine (3rd dose of vwin德赢AC米兰官网e Covid vaccine).
