Chapter 551: Let time test
Nile River Province.
Lovinaard Village.
A group of people in white coats gathered in front of several houses in Rowenad Village. Many people wanted to watch, but were driven far away by the city police.
A long cordon surrounded the house marked with red paint. People in white coats were fully armed, wearing masks and gloves, holding pliers in their hands, picking and picking.
The policemen in military green loudly shouted to the villagers of Rowenad Village in front of them: "Don't come close. It's best not to come close to these houses within this week. Down below, we are going to burn these houses, so It’s best not to watch the excitement and be careful of accidental injuries.”
At this time. Then another policeman said: "Also, I want to ask you one last time, do any people in the village hide the infected person's personal belongings? You'd better think about it carefully and don't take advantage of it. I want to remind you that the virus is contagious, but We’re not sure how he was infected, so it’s best to be sure.”
At this time, the villagers loudly said: "Don't worry, officer, we know how to deal with the plague. We don't dare to take the belongings of dead people. Who would risk their lives for a small gain?"
"Very good, it would be better not to have any."
Actually this This is a small village in the western part of the Nile Province. It is impossible to have anything valuable worth coveting. Moreover, most of the items belonging to the immigrants are distributed in East Africa. , I ask this just to make sure nothing goes wrong, this is a necessary procedure.
Facing the sudden plague, some villagers were more panicked, while some old immigrants were more calm and at ease. They had experienced this kind of thing a lot and had experience. Rowenad Village was a new immigrant village, so there were very few old immigrants involved. Immigrants serve as leaders to help new immigrants adapt to the East African environment as quickly as possible.
Of course, it is an exaggeration to say that we are completely calm. Not to mention these old immigrants, even the employees of the disease center who work all year round cannot have some ideas. But things have happened, and everyone can only maintain their mentality tacitly. Stability, after all, panic cannot solve the problem.
There are also ruthless people who are truly not afraid of death, or people who have long been numb, that is, some policemen and Claire from the Grusegen City Disease Center. Most of the police in East Africa are military professionals, so the dead are This kind of thing is nothing to them, Claire has simply seen too much.
"Mr. Claire, all the belongings of the infected have been collected, and we have filled the house with firewood, straw and other flammable materials."
"Set it on fire!" See Claire, who was used to farewells of life and death, said ruthlessly, paying no attention to the people behind her who were in low mood.
Soon one house after another was devoured by fire, thick smoke stained the sky, and there seemed to be a ghostly wail under the firelight.
"Director Claire, the source of this illness is most likely caused by eating raw wild animals. According to our investigation, it is likely to be monkeys."
"Are there any relevant clues?"
"Mainly relying on the villagers' retellings. They said that a villager named Tie Li secretly hunted monkeys in the eastern forest in order to satisfy his greed."
"Monkey? This person is talking about it. There is no need to stare at the monkeys, right? There are so many wild animals, lions, leopards, wildebeests, zebras..." Claire counted them all, "There are so many animals, but I chose the monkeys."
"This may be related to a legendary food in the Far East, that is, monkey brains. However, this Li obviously does not know how to handle this kind of food, which led to this accident. Of course, this is just our speculation. Whether it was specifically due to hunting and killing Eating wild animals is not necessarily the case. "Many infectious diseases in East Africa can be said to appear without head or tail, and it is difficult to determine the source. Malaria is easy to determine, and 90% of it is caused by mosquito bites.
"Monkey brain?" This made Claire feel a little speechless, but if it were other animals or the ingredients were cooked, this kind of thing would probably not happen.
In the early days of the development of East Africa, when solving food problems, it was inevitable to deal with East African wild animals. However, most of the animals selected in East Africa were zebras and wildebeests, and many inexplicable wild animals were taboo.
Claire said to the villagers: "The source of the unknown infection this time is most likely that your villagers violated the regulations and hunted wild monkeys for food, and they have not been cleaned up. And I want to know about the things with blood. How did he get it in his mouth? It's not like you can't eat meat, so Li's death was not unjust at all. It would have been fine if he had died himself, but his five neighbors became the unlucky ones. ”
He turned to his assistant and said: "Have you dealt with the people who have been in contact with the deceased in the past few days?"
"They have been isolated, and no situation has been found so far."
"Very good, definitely They should be locked up. If there are no symptoms within a week, it will be fine. As for Rowenad Village, it is better not to have direct contact with the outside for this month."
"Municipal administration. The government has previously decided to send daily necessities to a flat area two miles away from the village. We can just pick them up every three days, and we won’t have to worry about food and drink here.”
“Well, this is it. Our disease center has negotiated with the city before, so you young people should not worry too much. You have seen many strong winds and waves, and you will get used to them in the future," Claire said to comfort her team members.
He often walks by the river without getting his shoes wet. Claire has experienced life and death many times, but he is luckier than many people and has survived until now.
“In fact, disease is not that scary. It is like drawing lots, and the probability of winning is very low. I have not heard of large-scale disease outbreaks in the past few years, so you should not worry about your future. I believe you will have a more comfortable life than me in the future."
"Director Claire, have you ever experienced an infectious disease outbreak?"
"I only experienced it once, that year. Kampala City, as for the others, I have only heard of it. There were indeed many such cases in East Africa in the past, but many of them did not lead to major disasters due to timely control. The scale is not very eye-catching in Europe, such as the last time the Vienna plague happened. This level of infectious disease has not occurred in East Africa so far, or there is no chance of it happening.”
“Director Claire, we have only been in East Africa for a few years, but East Africa is indeed very different from what is described in Europe. , even this is the most unique place in East Africa. Other regions in Africa and East Africa can be said to be completely different worlds. Do you know the specific reason? ”
Claire shook her head and said: "I don't know, but I personally think that East Africa has become the safest place in Africa. One of the important reasons is that hygienic habits are enforced, such as filtering water sources, boiling water, cooking food, and cleaning. , cleaning clothes and taking baths, etc., details large and small have well protected the safety of citizens in East Africa. Although there are many rules, after testing, these measures are likely to be effective.”
“Nor. Knowing the principle, measures such as expelling mosquitoes seem to have greatly reduced the number of malaria in East Africa, which is even lower than that in some temperate regions and countries."
"These are not us. I can think of it, but hygiene can really improve the quality of life, maybe some lazy people don’t like it.”
Claire chatted with her team members, and they will stay for the next two or three weeks. In Rowenad Village, because after they entered the village, they were also among those who could be infected. After all, there was no inspection equipment, so they could only rely on time to check whether it was safe, and they could only leave it to time.
(End of this chapter)