Abstract. Since late December 2019, the world has been challenged with an outbreak of COVID-19. In Thailand, an upper middle–income country with a limited healthcare infrastructure and restricted human resources, nearly 3,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases have been reported as of early May 2020. Public health policies aimed at preventing new COVID-19 cases were very effective in halting the pandemic in Thailand. Case fatality in Thailand has been low (1.7%), at least in part due to early stratification according to risk of disease severity and timely initiation of supportive care with affordable measures. We present our initial experience with COVID-19 in Thailand, focusing on several aspects that may have played a crucial role in curtailment of the pandemic, and elements of care for severely ill COVID-19 patients, including stratification, isolation, and affordable diagnostic approaches and supportive care measures. We also discuss local considerations concerning some proposed experimental treatments.
【초록키워드】 COVID-19, Stratification, pandemic, disease severity, diagnostic, risk, Local, Health, Measures, outbreak, healthcare, Isolation, Care, COVID-19 patients, fatality, supportive care, COVID-19 case, element, confirmed COVID-19 case, resources, Public, approach, country, effective, initial, reported, concerning, with COVID-19, 【제목키워드】 experience,