Bangkok (VNA) – The number of COVID-19 infectionsin Thailand has increased after Songkran celebrations as the JN.1 strainremains dominant in the country, according to the Department of Disease Control(DDC) of Thailand.
There were 1,004 new reported COVID-19 inpatients, a dailyaverage of 143 new cases, and three deaths in the week ending April 20, DDC Director-GeneralThongchai Keeratihattayakorn was quoted by local media as saying.
The deceased were in the risk group covering elderly people,those with chronic diseases, and pregnant women.
Besides many parties and gatherings during Songkranfestivities, Dr. Thongchai said COVID-19 inpatient cases rose because patientsmostly showed mild symptoms similar to flu and were unaware of their infection,and therefore did not isolate themselves.
The JN.1 subvariant of COVID-19's Omicron variant isstill the dominant strain in Thailand.
Since the first case of the JN.1 strain was confirmed inThailand late last year, there are no indicators that it will cause more severesymptoms than the Omicron variant, Dr. Thongchai said, citing Department ofMedical Sciences data.
Those infected with the JN.1 strain will have symptomssimilar to those of ordinary respiratory illnesses, such as fever, cough, sorethroat, body aches, headaches, and a runny nose, the DDC head added./.
There were 1,004 new reported COVID-19 inpatients, a dailyaverage of 143 new cases, and three deaths in the week ending April 20, DDC Director-GeneralThongchai Keeratihattayakorn was quoted by local media as saying.
The deceased were in the risk group covering elderly people,those with chronic diseases, and pregnant women.
Besides many parties and gatherings during Songkranfestivities, Dr. Thongchai said COVID-19 inpatient cases rose because patientsmostly showed mild symptoms similar to flu and were unaware of their infection,and therefore did not isolate themselves.
The JN.1 subvariant of COVID-19's Omicron variant isstill the dominant strain in Thailand.
Since the first case of the JN.1 strain was confirmed inThailand late last year, there are no indicators that it will cause more severesymptoms than the Omicron variant, Dr. Thongchai said, citing Department ofMedical Sciences data.
Those infected with the JN.1 strain will have symptomssimilar to those of ordinary respiratory illnesses, such as fever, cough, sorethroat, body aches, headaches, and a runny nose, the DDC head added./.
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