Health Ministry Prepared for Potential COVID Wave

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BANGKOK (NNT) - Following an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases after the Songkran holidays, the Ministry of Public Health has said it is ready to accommodate potential COVID patients. The ministry has prepared healthcare measures such as medicines, medical supplies and enough hospital beds to handle the situation.

 

Patients who test positive for COVID-19 using antigen tests can register to see a doctor online, inquire about and pay for their medication, and receive free medicine deliveries. There are several applications available for this service, with the “Total Telemed” mobile app accepting all types of COVID patients and the “MorDee”, “Saluber MD”, and “Clicknic” apps accepting non-608 patients. The 608-group of patients refer to those over the age of 60, people with one or more chronic diseases, and pregnant women.

 

Officials will contact patients to confirm their identities, screen and evaluate their initial symptoms, and provide online medical advice for self-care. If necessary, officials may decide to deliver medicines to patients, with some receiving Favipiravir or Molnupiravir depending on their condition and their doctors’ diagnosis.

 

After 48 hours of care, officials will contact the patient again to ask about their symptoms and provide recommendations for self-care. If symptoms worsen during this period, their information will be forwarded to the Department of Disease Control for further treatment.

 

People with disabilities who can communicate online and are not at risk of contracting the virus can also receive care, depending on their diagnosis. This joint effort between the National Health Security Office and digital healthcare providers aims to ensure that COVID patients receive care and medication they need, with free deliveries of medication available in specific areas of Bangkok.

 

Source: https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG230419111627311

 

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[dinsdale]

Many Thai's just get the sniffles and go to hospital so they're going to be busy. Really though this is just more alarmist nonsense. 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

The most recent week-over-week increase in new COVID hospitalizations (as shown in the first chart below) was about 250%, e.g. 2-1/2 times more new COVID hospitalizations than from the prior week, averaging 62 per day... And that's not hospital visits to see a doctor, but actual hospital inpatient admissions for COVID.

 

Let's wait and see how big or small the current COVID uptick is in the next MoPH update due out at the end of this current week.

 

Right now, weekly new COVID hospitalizations in Thailand are at their highest level since late January.

 

April 9-15, 2023

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/photos

 

Edited April 19, 2023 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Looks like the famous Dr. Yong from Chula is now predicting the current COVID wave is gonna be with us for a while....

 

"Leading virologist Dr Yong Poovorawan warned on Tuesday that a new wave of Covid-19 has emerged after the Songkran festival.

 

 Yong, who heads the Centre of Excellence at Chulalongkorn University, stressed the need to curb a resurgence of Covid, adding that it may come in the form of a new and more elusive variant.

 

He said the new wave is expected to accelerate from mid-May before peaking in June and then declining in September, in line with seasonal patterns of respiratory diseases."

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/thailand/general/40026759

 

 

Curiously, he had the following prediction back in February:

 

"In his Facebook post today (Monday), he also said that COVID-19 in Thailand will subside this month, but will re-emerge from June until September, after which it will become a seasonal disease, like influenza."

 

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/top-thai-virologist-says-2023-is-game-over-for-covid-19/