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Kemenkes Thailand bantah isu wabah COVID-19 dengan gejala parah
19 dengan gejala parah yang beredar di media sosial, setelah media Rusia melaporkan adanya wabah di kalangan warga Rusia di Phuket yang disertai demam tinggi dan nyeri badan. Data Kementerian menunjukkan 99.691 kasus COVID-19 sepanjang Januari-Agustus 2026 dengan tingkat kematian hanya 0,02 persen, jauh lebih rendah dari tahun-tahun sebelumnya. Varian Omicron NB.1.8.1 yang mendominasi tidak menyebabkan gejala parah, dan peningkatan kasus saat ini masih tergolong rendah dibanding data 2023-2025 karena musim hujan biasanya memicu lonjakan infeksi saluran pernapasan.
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- Thailand's Health Ministry on September 10 denied rumors of an unusual COVID-19 outbreak with severe symptoms.
- Russian media reported a COVID-19 outbreak among Russians visiting Phuket island.
- The reported illness featured high fever, severe headache, and body aches.
- Unusual infection information spread on Thai social media since late August.
- Thailand recorded 99,691 COVID-19 cases from January 1 to August 31, 2026.
- The case fatality rate for that period was 0.02 percent with 15 deaths.
- Annual COVID-19 cases in previous years ranged from 600,000 to 700,000.
- In 2025, Thailand had 614,601 cases with 274 deaths (0.04 percent fatality rate).
- In 2024, Thailand recorded 777,730 cases with 219 deaths (0.03 percent fatality rate).
- In 2023, Thailand documented 618,793 cases with 852 deaths (0.14 percent fatality rate).
- Omicron NB.1.8.1 remains the dominant COVID-19 variant in Thailand as of September.
- This variant does not typically cause severe symptoms such as acute pulmonary edema.
- Most Omicron NB.1.8.1 cases do not require ventilator support.
- COVID-19 cases increase annually during Thailand's rainy season.
- Health Ministry spokesperson Jurai Wongsawat said current cases remain lower than 2023, 2024, and 2025 levels.
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