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Ministry of Public Health does not reveal COVID cases after 5 medical personnel
Date Dec 09, 2020 at 4:02 pm
The Department of Disease Control clarified that it could not be found. Follow close contact with COVID-19 If medical staff working at ASQ are infected
On December 9, 2020, Dr. Sophon Iamsirithaworn The Director of the Division of General Communicable Diseases of the Department of Disease Control analyzes the cases of infection in the country. Who is medical personnel and worked in Alternative State Quarantine (ASQ), the 5 cases that the investigation summary is that 1 medical personnel has been infected from work in ASQ and then transmitted the infection to their colleagues after working hours. (By eating together), resulting in a total of 5 infected medical staff
The results of the investigation of the hospital branch, where samples were collected from another 31 people, were not infected. In the same room, 6 people did not detect the infection. And interview rooms in 7 state hospitals The results were not detected. Including 7 other family members, no results were found either.
“In this case, there were 229 low-risk people, 195 of whom were in private hospitals, not all infections were detected. And working on both ASQs, a total of 34 people did not detect the infection. Summary of 51 high-risk and 229 low-risk subjects, 280 in total, no infection was detected. And examining staff in other 465-person departments, including the 745-person hospital, not all infections were detected.
To sum up this incident, the outbreak was caused by a person infected with ASQ while working. And it spreads the infection even if 4 colleagues outside working hours, while working in the main hospital, no one has additional infections, ”said Dr. Sophon.
To obtain information from the government-designated quarantine facilities, both central and provincial (Quarantine Facilities) since the opening of the service from April 9 to December 9, there have been 1,164 confirmed cases out of 172,544 people detained. Out of 85 countries, or only 0.67% of cases in the quarantine group
For infection in Thailand, the case of a 51-year-old Thai woman living in Singburi province and returning from Chiang Rai From a follow-up of 55 exposed patients with 37 high-risk contacts, the results were not detected. Therefore, those involved with this patient can rest assured. The 18 low-risk patients remained in the process of observing symptoms for the full 14 days since their last encounter with Singburi.
While people traveling by plane, the same flight as a Thai woman in Singburi province, both the exposed risk AND those exposed to low risk The results were not found to be infected.
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