Ministry of Public Health reveals additional COVID addiction at work As a result of the high-risk exposed persons not detained
On January 13, 2021 at 8:07 p.m.
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Ministry of Public Health revealed a new wave of epidemic numbers, the graph started to decline slightly But also found more infections at work Because the exposed persons were at high risk while waiting for the test results were not quarantined Introduce strong preventive measures in the organization
On January 13, 64, Dr. Jakrath Pittayawong-anon, MD. Director of the Epidemiology Division, Department of Disease Control, said during a daily news conference on the situation of the COVID-19 outbreak. New wave outbreak since mid-Dec.2020 Today, there are 157 more infected cases with 6,754 cumulative cases, 47% of Thais, 40% of Myanmar, 2% of Cambodia and 10% of others. But still can’t be trusted The trend of the outbreak must be monitored next week.
“We now have found the infection in the workplace from employees who are at high risk. Waiting for the results of the examination, not quarantined Therefore must be jointly prevented from being super spreaders by Emphasize the organization measures spacing, wearing masks, washing hands, screening and measuring staff fever. If infected persons are found, employees must be screened. And detain those exposed to high risk for 14 days, including the volunteers help supervise and follow up Which has now adjusted measures for high-risk people to detect the infection from the first day“Said Dr. Chakrat.
Dr. Wichaya Pawan, director of the Urban Disease Prevention and Control Institute, said that the new outbreak of Bangkok, the number of cases is not as high as the first wave. 49% of cases were asymptomatic, while only 29% were asymptomatic in the first wave. There were numerous reports of patients eligible for surveillance (PUI), indicating that the surveillance system in the area was intensely
In this regard, the outbreak was found as an important cluster in Bangkok, namely, in the case of Samut Sakhon connection And in the case of entertainment venues that are Pinklao, Thonburi and Bangna, but the need to be watched is Currently, the outbreak has begun in families and establishments continually. Therefore need to emphasize the strict surveillance measures in the workplace
“We now find outbreaks linked to many areas. From the fact that the group is exposed to high risk Not quarantined in many areas causing the infection to spread quickly, such as the Pattaya gambling case. Link entertainment in Bangkok and Chiang Mai Beginning with 3 patients infecting medical personnel. Employees in entertainment venues The other example is tourists who infect employees, close people, families and visitors. In the case of being linked to New Jass Plaza, 53 patients were infected with relatively few families. But it will spread to many colleagues and people who have traveled to each other, ”said Dr.
Dr. Wichai said that Bangkok has provided 69 public health service centers to monitor service visitors and alien communities. Following all high-risk exposure in Bangkok, there are currently more than 2,200 cases. The main risk point is the market that is connected with traders from Samut Sakhon. Aim to inspect all traders coming from the risky areas by checking saliva. Twelve thousand have been examined, 14 have been identified, and a further 1.8 ten thousand saliva samples are planned to cover the entire high-risk market.
As for the measures of foreign workers, the checkpoints are set not to be moved. And surveillance in factories with foreign workers will be presented BMA approved further.
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