Chapter 46 Unknown Virus
In the receiver, Captain Neil finished conveying the message, coughed twice, and suddenly vomited heavily.
Gu Ji suddenly stopped his hands and asked hurriedly: "Captain Neil, are you also infected?"
"Hmm... I don't know. I just feel like my head hurts a lot, my face feels a little hot, and my stomach feels bad, like a cold."
Captain Neil answered truthfully.
Already sick!
This was something he had not expected. In theory, the cruise ship's cab was strictly controlled and ordinary people were not allowed to enter or exit. The man in the brown hat had no chance to get close to the captain, so how could he be infected?
Gu Ji frowned.
There are only two possibilities:
1. The source of the virus is not the man in the brown hat;
2. The virus spread into the cruise ship cab through other transmission methods, such as airborne transmission!
He looked up at the air conditioning outlet on the ceiling of the room, feeling increasingly solemn.
Originally, Gu Ji asked Captain Neal to turn off the central air-conditioning system just to prevent problems in the bud.
Because severe hemorrhagic fever-like diseases, such as Marburg and Ebola from the Filoviridae family; such as dengue fever and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever caused by arboviruses, most of them are not respiratory viruses and are difficult to be compared with influenza viruses. Generally spread through the air.
There are exceptions.
For example, epidemic hemorrhagic fever, also known as hantavirus, has been shown to be transmitted through the respiratory tract.
However, the severe fatality rate of hantavirus is only 1% to 5%. It mainly damages the kidneys and is far less serious than other hemorrhagic fevers. The corpse of the dead white-haired old man had extremely horrific symptoms; most importantly, hantavirus It cannot be transmitted from person to person and can only be transmitted by small rodents.
Among the remaining virulent viruses, Marburg virus has been reported to infect experimental animals through aerosol, but the relevant human infection cases have not been proven in the laboratory.
"Captain Neal, please keep other people in the cab away from you immediately. Medical and cleaning staff should pay attention. Prioritize disinfection of the cab and engine room. Check the fever of all pilots, helmsmen, and engineers. Hurry!"
Gu Ji's tone was obviously more urgent than the moment when the virus broke out.
To know.
Once the driving and power departments of the cruise ship collapse, the ship will be completely reduced to an island on the sea, isolated from the world, and everyone will have no choice but to wait to die!
"I am the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Tamura Katsunobu. Is your Xiangzhou Medical and Health Bureau prepared for an emergency response to this incident? Can you help me contact your leaders?"
Hearing that the virus had penetrated into the cab, the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare finally couldn't hold it any longer and spoke first, with a deep voice.
It is reasonable and reasonable for the top leader of a country's health system to request direct dialogue with Gu Ji's immediate boss.
But the problem is, he doesn't have any leadership.
He made up all his identities.
Gu Ji's eyelids were half raised, and his brain was thinking rapidly:
"Sorry, we are only in the early stages of exploration. Currently, there are two known cases of infection; the first patient is a 41-year-old male with a history of hyperuricemia and hyperlipidemia. He was already seriously ill when his family found out. He died of excessive bleeding 16 hours after admission."
"The second patient is a 38-year-old healthy male. In addition to acute fever and body pain, he also had red papules on his face and limbs when he was admitted to the hospital. The doctor suspected he was infected with hemorrhagic fever. Laboratory tests showed leukopenia and lymphopenia. He is currently undergoing treatment. treat."
"Through tracing the source, we learned that both patients had taken the Platinum Star cruise ship one after another. The laboratory found an unknown virus in their blood samples, which are being sent to the Xia Guo Jiangzhou Institute of Virology for testing. Therefore, Xiang The state CHP will never know more than I do on the scene!"
These words were spoken by him after logical reasoning and careful consideration.
Gu Jixian used examples to demonstrate his legal identity in investigating the virus using cases. These cases were all half-truths and half-falsehoods he had obtained from his previous observations of infected people on the ship.
Then they used one death and one injury to raise the mortality rate, increase the urgency, and emphasize that the virus was on the road, there was no laboratory conclusion, and the leaders knew nothing.
Therefore, if you want to save the cruise ship as soon as possible, you can only cooperate with him.
really.
Tamura Katsunobu was silent for a long time, seemingly acknowledging the professionalism of his two oral statements, "Ms. Jiang, what do you think of the current situation on the cruise ship?"
"It's very serious, with 1 person dead, 3 people in serious condition, more than 60 people with mild symptoms, and close contacts cannot be counted. Moreover, there are a huge number of people on the ship, prevention and control is difficult, and medical resources are extremely limited. I'm afraid we won't be able to hold on for long. In the end, The key is."
Speaking of this, Gu Ji paused for a moment, glanced at Mio Ito next to him, and pursed his lips: "I haven't determined the source of the virus and the specific mode of transmission. If the virus can be transmitted through the air, then..."
He didn't say the second half, but Tamura Katsunobu, who was in the health system, also understood.
Infectious diseases are transmitted through food, water, air, direct contact, blood, body fluids, etc...
Among them, blood and body fluid transmission have certain limitations. Food, water sources, and direct contact are relatively easy to control. Airborne transmission is the most difficult to prevent. The gas exhaled by each person then enters the body of other people, and the cycle repeats. Not to mention that there are Droplets caused by coughing and sneezing.
If timely measures are not taken, pathogens will spread very quickly. Several major epidemics in history were basically respiratory viruses.
This means that if the virus can really spread through the air.
Gu Ji was completely out of control.
"I am currently on my way to the temporary emergency management investigation team. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is discussing to redirect the cruise ship to the nearest port of Jeju Island, South Korea. The specific situation will wait for communication between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and South Korea."
Tamura Katsunobu seemed to be in the car and spoke again, his tone a little more anxious.
He is worthy of being the leader of the health system.
The key to this public health incident can be seen at a glance: personnel prevention and control!
The limitations of people and supplies on the cruise ship are too great. Even if Gu Ji Kong has a brain, he is just an ordinary person. He cannot conjure people and things out of thin air. Only when the ship enters the port and reaches land can the government play its role and send out medical personnel and police troops. , carry out strong control, and then extract and compare virus tests to formulate effective treatment plans.
“Jeju Island…”
While Gu Ji was muttering to himself, a map of the East Asian waters also appeared in his mind.
They departed from Kagoshima yesterday evening. Kagoshima is at the southwest end of Japan. Their next destination is Xiangzhou, so the cruise ship sailed in a southwesterly direction.
Jeju Island is just in the southwest corner of South Korea, between the waters of Japan and Xia.
Although it is not necessarily the closest land port to the cruise ship, it is definitely a more suitable choice than returning to Kagoshima or heading straight to Natsu Country.
because.
In addition to being a tourist destination, Jeju Island also has a Korean naval base on it!