Thailand No new infections for the first time in about two months New Coronavirus May 13 17:49

In Thailand in Southeast Asia, store bans and other measures were taken to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, and as a result, the number of newly infected people was reduced to zero for the first time in about two months on the 13th. .

In Thailand, the infection with the new coronavirus has spread rapidly since the middle of March, and the Thai government has declared an emergency and has taken measures such as banning business operations at stores and banning going out at night.

As a result, the number of newly-announced infections, which once exceeded 100 every day, began to decline from the middle of last month, and became zero for the first time in about two months since March 13th.

In addition, the number of inpatients, who had been close to 1500 at one time, was significantly reduced to 117.

In response to this situation, the Thai government has already relaxed some restrictions, such as allowing food and drinks at restaurants and barber shops, and is expected to announce additional mitigation measures in the near future.

What is the background to suppressing the spread of infection?

It has been pointed out that the activity of health volunteers rooted in the local community is behind the spread of the spread of the new coronavirus in Thailand.

The health volunteers in Thailand started in 1978 to support health administration mainly in rural areas where the medical system is not fully established. Currently, about 1 million people are active throughout the country.

One volunteer takes charge of 10 to 15 households and plays a role of daily grasp of the health condition of the residents, and in the new coronavirus countermeasures, information on the residents who continue to have fever is reported to the hospital and infected people are infected. If it is confirmed, it means that we are cooperating with the investigation of concentrated contacts.

`` In Thailand, health volunteers are as respected as doctors, and this network makes Thailand's new coronavirus countermeasures more effective, '' said Chachai Minma Lilac, an associate professor at Thammasat University in Thailand, who is familiar with infectious disease control. ”