XBB Covid Variant Spreading In India Will Soon Reach Thailand: Expert

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Dr. Manoon Leechawengwong. Photo: Thai Rath

 

by TNR Staff

 

A PULMONARY disease expert said in a Facebook post this morning (Dec. 12) that Thailand has to watch what Covid-19 strain is spreading in India because the same variant usually comes here with the one currently taking hold there being XBB, Sanook.com said.

 

Dr. Manoon Leechawengwong, who is based at Vichaiyut Hospital, said the Delta variant was first discovered in India late 2020 after which it spread globally with Thailand suffering from a big Delta wave in the middle of 2021.

 

In June this year India was among the countries where the BA.2.75 Covid subspecies was first identified and it then replaced BA.5 as the dominant strain there. After that this strain spread to many countries including Thailand where it set off a new Covid wave.

 

Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2022/12/12/xbb-covid-variant-spreading-in-india-will-soon-reach-thailand-expert/

 

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[steven100]

Everyone should continue to take precautions and preventative measures including wearing face mask in public areas which are populated and wash and spray hands continiously.

 

From recent deaths in Korat,  the COVID-19 virus is still prevelant and can kill anyone who may be susceptible.

To think otherwise is very fool hardy and irresponsible.   imo

 

[stoner]

1 hour ago, steven100 said:

the COVID-19 virus is still prevelant

no it's really not. 

[daveAustin]

1 hour ago, steven100 said:

Everyone should continue to take precautions and preventative measures including wearing face mask in public areas which are populated and wash and spray hands continiously.

 

From recent deaths in Korat,  the COVID-19 virus is still prevelant and can kill anyone who may be susceptible.

To think otherwise is very fool hardy and irresponsible.   imo

 

Or you could just see it for what it is and live your life. Each to their own. 

[zzaa09]

Lockdowns imminent.

It's what they live for.

[RichardColeman]

3 hours ago, steven100 said:

From recent deaths in Korat,  the COVID-19 virus is still prevelant and can kill anyone who may be susceptible.

To think otherwise is very fool hardy and irresponsible.   imo

OK, so let those susceptible to it stay in and the world get on with life - either that or destroy it again as masks and washing hands did not work well

[nobodysfriend]

To save the planet from it's selfish and destructive dominant species the virus needs to become much more lethal .

( I do not expect any " likes " for this )

[stoner]

1 hour ago, nobodysfriend said:

To save the planet from it's selfish and destructive dominant species the virus needs to become much more lethal .

( I do not expect any " likes " for this )

80 percent would be a good start. 

[spidermike007]

Hopefully this new variant will be just as weak and pathetic as Omicron. The subsequent variants seem to be getting less lethal and that is a good thing. May this trend continue. 

[vandeventer]

6 hours ago, steven100 said:

Everyone should continue to take precautions and preventative measures including wearing face mask in public areas which are populated and wash and spray hands continiously.

 

From recent deaths in Korat,  the COVID-19 virus is still prevelant and can kill anyone who may be susceptible.

To think otherwise is very fool hardy and irresponsible.   imo

 

I wonder if this new strain is in Thailand already? Some in my area are throwing -up and this is new.

[garrya]

[steven100]

9 minutes ago, vandeventer said:

I wonder if this new strain is in Thailand already? Some in my area are throwing -up and this is new.

aha ....  that doesn't sound good.   I suspect the new strain is here already, I mean Indians have been coming here week in week out now so there's nothing to say it's not here.

Need to continue caution .. imo

[ozimoron]

So many brain dead, science denying, mindless lemmings here just want to kill people in the name of their religious and political affiliations. Disgusting.

Edited December 13, 2022 by ozimoron

[redwood1]

Folks if you want to kill the virus dead in its tracks.......

 

First turn off the T.V.......Never wear a mask, don't check your temperature, and no spraying your hands, and don't listen to any media fear mongering nonsense...

 

This will 100% kill any virus on the spot....

[ozimoron]

7 minutes ago, redwood1 said:

Folks if you want to kill the virus dead in its tracks.......

 

First turn off the T.V.......Never wear a mask, don't check your temperature, and no spraying your hands, and don't listen to any media fear mongering nonsense...

 

This will 100% kill any virus on the spot....

and burn any books about covid research. Guaranteed to work.

[garrya]

32 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

and burn any books about covid research. Guaranteed to work.

Covid research? 

????????????????????????

[ozimoron]

1 minute ago, garrya said:

Covid research? 

????????????????????????

I rest my case

[Partenavia]

At some stage Thailand needs to learn to live with COVID in all it's forms. Europe and America have done so already. If you have a cold, then wear a mask, if you haven't got one why would you want to. 

I fail to comprehend why outside Thais are wondering around with masks on.

[ozimoron]

1 minute ago, Partenavia said:

At some stage Thailand needs to learn to live with COVID in all it's forms. Europe and America have done so already. If you have a cold, then wear a mask, if you haven't got one why would you want to. 

I fail to comprehend why outside Thais are wondering around with masks on.

Hospitals in the west are reeling from increased covid infections.

[zzaa09]

4 hours ago, nobodysfriend said:

To save the planet from it's selfish and destructive dominant species the virus needs to become much more lethal .

( I do not expect any " likes " for this )

Nature is working on her own systematic cleansing extermination eras.....give it time, it'll come about.

And certainly well deserved.

[nobodysfriend]

Just now, zzaa09 said:

Nature is working on her own systematic cleansing extermination eras

Yes .

But a more lethal version of the virus would eliminate the main threat to Nature without further damaging the ecosystems ...

 

 

 

[Highend Expat]

The Thai Chinese and other Chinese derivatives across Southeast Asia (even here in Singapore) love blaming anyone other than their own. They'll have nothing to say of the continuous wild spread in China, the deliberate China State cover-ups and dangers this poses. But, they are quick to jump at any opportunity to blame cast concern over India or Farang. 

[Highend Expat]

9 minutes ago, zzaa09 said:

Nature is working on her own systematic cleansing extermination eras.....give it time, it'll come about.

And certainly well deserved.

If Nature is the Chinese military/State who created this gift (with help from the USA) then, I this might be correct. 

[nobodysfriend]

19 minutes ago, zzaa09 said:

Nature is working on her own systematic cleansing extermination eras.....give it time, it'll come about.

And certainly well deserved.

Antonio Gutteres put it right ... we are on the highway to ( climate ) hell with the foot pressed on the accelerator ... a more lethal form of the virus might save our species ( and the remaining intact natural ecosystems ) from extinction  . Human overpopulation kills the planet .

 

Edited December 13, 2022 by nobodysfriend

[nobodysfriend]

12 minutes ago, Highend Expat said:

If Nature is the Chinese military/State who created this gift (with help from the USA) then, I this might be correct. 

The virus originated of a zoonotic transmission and not in a lab .

[ozimoron]

2 minutes ago, nobodysfriend said:

Antonio Gutteres put it right ... we are on the highway to ( climate ) hell with the foot pressed on the accelerator ... a more lethal form of the virus might save our species ( and the remaining intact natural ecosystems ) from extinction  . Human overpopulation kills the planet .

Covid has killed millions ut still a tiny fraction of the planet's population. Your comment is self evidently wrong. A version so lethal as to kill half the population would end economic life as we know it.

[BangkokHank]

4 hours ago, nobodysfriend said:

To save the planet from it's selfish and destructive dominant species the virus needs to become much more lethal .

( I do not expect any " likes " for this )

If that's how you feel about your fellow human beings, you could always kill yourself. That would be one small step in the right direction.

[BangkokHank]

1 minute ago, nobodysfriend said:

The virus originated of a zoonotic transmission and not in a lab .

You don't happen to work for the Chinese Communist Party, or Anthony Fauci, do you?

[nobodysfriend]

Just now, ozimoron said:

Covid has killed millions ut still a tiny fraction of the planet's population. Your comment is self evidently wrong. A version so lethal as to kill half the population would end economic life as we know it.

Economic life as we define it is the main factor of biospherical degradation .

[ozimoron]

2 minutes ago, nobodysfriend said:

Economic life as we define it is the main factor of biospherical degradation .

It's the only economy we have.