The impact of COVID-19 and control measures on public health in Thailand, 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 virus has been an emerging disease causing global outbreaks for over a year. In Thailand, transmission may be controlled by strict measures that could positively and negatively impact physical health and suicidal behavior.

Methods

The incidence of COVID-19 was retrieved from the Department of Disease Control (DDC). The impact of viral diseases was retrieved from the open-source of the DDC and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital. The road accidents data were from the Thai Ministry of Transport. The suicidal behavior data were obtained from the Department of Mental Health. We compared data from the year 2019 with the pandemic COVID-19 outbreak period in 2020, before lockdown, during lockdown, easing, and new wave period using unpaired t-test and least-

SUBMITTER: Yorsaeng R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8857899 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature