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COVID-19 Situation of 17 June 2021
Prachuap Khiri Khan province
New cases: +27
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Hua Hin: +23
- related to: fruit canning factory +20
- related to: poultry processing factory +2
Pranburi: +1
Sam Roi Yod: +3

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This disease gets more confusing and upsetting with each new story.

Woman who had recovered from Covid-19 dies of lung infection

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... -infection

PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: A senior district official who had recovered from Covid-19 in April died on Tuesday after being hospitalised with severe lung inflammation.

Wannee Khongthong, 58, deputy district chief of registration, died while receiving treatment at Prachuap Khiri Khan Hospital, Muang district chief Sarawut Jirapithakkul said on Thursday .

He said her work colleagues had donated blood to help her, to no avail.

He said Wannee had previously been infected with the coronavirus disease and been treated, diagnosed as recovered and discharged in April.

About one week after she returned to work she developed symptoms of exhaustion and shortness of breath and returned to Prachuap Khiri Khan Hospital for Covid-19 testing.

The result was negative, but an X-ray showed white spots in her lungs, Mr Sarawut said.

Before being infected with the Covid-19 virus, Wannee and other staff in the registration unit had visited villages to provide ID cards for bed-ridden patients and elderly people, the Muang district chief said.

She and two other staff members had contracted Covid-19 and sought treatment at the hospital. After they had recovered, they self-quarantined at home for 14 days before returning to work, Mr Sarawut said.

Dr Suriya Khuharat, chief of the provincial public health office, said the woman's death was an interesting medical case study. Relatives could take her body for funeral rites as normal because she had not died from Covid-19.

Wannee had suffered from hypertension and was treated for Covid-19 from April 14-30, and was discharged from hospital with no symptoms.

On May 27, she had breathing difficulties but no cough or excessive phlegm, which are common Covid-19 symptoms.

She was able to eat without vomiting, but had a fever. She tested negative for Covid-19, but had a severe lung inflammation, Dr Suriya said.

The patient was put on a respirator. The hospital found she had a blood infection, respiratory failure and acute renal failure. She died on June 15, the provincial health chief said.

Asked if it was possible her illness was caused by her previous Covid-19 infection, he said there had been no reports in Thailand of people who recovered from the virus catching the disease again.

Besides, the woman showed no symptoms indicating her lungs were damaged during her earlier infection, Dr Suriya said.

If relatives wanted further investigation, they should provide tissue samples for testing at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital and Siriraj Hospital, to find out whether her death was related to Covid-19 or not, he said.

^^ So, what was the blood infection???

PeteC wrote: ↑Thu Jun 17, 2021 4:12 pm PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: A senior district official who had recovered from Covid-19 in April died on Tuesday after being hospitalised with severe lung inflammation.

Wannee Khongthong, 58, deputy district chief of registration, died while receiving treatment at Prachuap Khiri Khan Hospital, Muang district chief Sarawut Jirapithakkul said on Thursday.

Sounds a bit like what's being termed "post-Covid syndrome."

According to a study published in the BMJ, nearly a third of individuals who were discharged from hospital after recovering from acute Covid-19 infections were readmitted, and more than 1 in 10 died, within 5 months after discharge, with these events occurring at rates four and eight times greater, respectively, than in the general population.

https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n693

Asked if it was possible her illness was caused by her previous Covid-19 infection, he said there had been no reports in Thailand of people who recovered from the virus catching the disease again.

As that BMJ study (and others) have indicated though, you don't necessarily have to get re-infected to suffer sequelae (after effects) from being sick with Covid. As what is called Long Covid shows, it's relatively common to have long-term effects from the initial Covid infection.

What the BMJ paper also reveals is that the systemic effects within the body, even months later can be surprisingly serious, or indeed fatal.

Big Boy wrote: ↑Tue Jun 15, 2021 10:37 am Absolutely brilliant. This has been a long time coming. Here's hoping for many more 0's.

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Call me Capt. Hindsight, but your comment was a tad off the mark

The first 2 elements were spot on. Whilst the 3rd was a tad off at the moment, we have to have hope

COVID-19 situation in PKK province update on 18th June posted by ฮันตุ่นเฮ้ว on the Facebook page "Hua Hin COVID-19 Community Support"
New cases: + 50
Hua Hin : +  +48
- cluster: fruit canning factory +33
- cluster: poultry processing factory +1
Kuiburi: +1
Bang Saphan: +1

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That’s the biggest number of cases outside the two processing plants for some considerable time!!


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Dannie Boy wrote: ↑Fri Jun 18, 2021 1:01 pm That’s the biggest number of cases outside the two processing plants for some considerable time!

Agreed. It's a pity no info is apparently provided about the other 14 - area(s) in HH affected, one group or family? A small workplace cluster, from a Mall and so on. Which might allay concerns somewhat.

caller wrote: ↑Fri Jun 18, 2021 3:33 pm

Dannie Boy wrote: ↑Fri Jun 18, 2021 1:01 pm That’s the biggest number of cases outside the two processing plants for some considerable time!

Agreed. It's a pity no info is apparently provided about the other 14 - area(s) in HH affected, one group or family? A small workplace cluster, from a Mall and so on. Which might allay concerns somewhat.

There's a small cluster been simmering around Chatchai Market / Night Market area (though the people involved live elsewhere in HH), including the newspaper shop on the main road. I'm not going to go through the various timelines, but in the main it's a family cluster. The diagram shows it in bottom right. Their have been one or two of these micro clusters over the last few weeks though none this big, though top middle right shows promise.

COVID-19 situation in PKK province update on 19th June posted by ฮันตุ่นเฮ้ว on the Facebook page "Hua Hin COVID-19 Community Support"
New cases: + 45
Hua Hin : +  +40
- cluster: fruit canning factory +38
- cluster: poultry processing factory +2
Pranburi: +2
Bang Saphan: +3

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