Chapter 264: Infection Outbreak (5200 words, please vote for me)

Chapter 264: Infection Outbreak (5200 words, please vote for me)

"Set up an investigation team?"

"Yes, I need a professional investigation team that can establish contact with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization. They will be responsible for collecting and reporting the daily MERS infection situation in major cities, ports, and airports in the country, the number of patients in close contact, the emotional state of civilians, and the flow of the population, etc. wait."

Gu Ji just finished speaking.

The doctors and experts attending the meeting began to lower their heads and discuss in low voices.

"This is the first time I've seen this kind of investigation team."

"The investigation is too difficult. Is this necessary? From the time MERS was discovered to now, a total of only three people have been infected!"

Gu Ji glanced at him, his face expressionless.

He has now completely treated this national public health crisis as a game.

Then "game data" is the most important.

This is actually the same as the principle of counter-terrorism.

Data equals information intelligence.

Only by keeping abreast of the country's infection situation can he formulate a reasonable solution strategy for a certain region, instead of just running around and focusing on the immediate future as before.

"AM Medical has branches in important cities in China and has close cooperation with the local CDC. We will try our best to implement this suggestion you made, but..."

Jiang Youzhen crossed his hands, his two green index fingers slightly entwined, and changed the subject.

"Initiating response measures is difficult to implement without the help of government forces and relying on our hospitals alone. People generally will not cooperate easily. This requires a lot of manpower, funds, and especially the endorsement of Cheong Wa Dae."

“I know that we can take the initiative to station people at airports, important ports and other places to provide temperature measurement and registration for tourists, and distribute free masks and disinfectant wipes. In view of the current infections, hospitals in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province can Establish a special channel for fever and respiratory diseases, separate and isolate them from ordinary patients, and check the epidemiological history of the patients."

While talking, Gu Ji took out his mobile phone, and on the screen was Lin Renna's resume information.

"This is Reporter Lin. I will ask her to start promoting AM Medical online from now on. You can send several experts to perform live broadcasts in shifts every day, mainly to promote personal protection and self-isolation, to enhance public awareness, and to provide free protective kits every day to attract flow."

Originally, everyone had a lot of complaints about the "investigation team".

As soon as I heard about it, I had to find people to station at the airport for free, live broadcast live, and deliver masks, disinfectants, and protective suits to civilians for free. How much manpower and money would be wasted?

"I don't agree. This is a waste of hospital resources!"

"I also disagree. Judging from the several MERS incidents announced by the World Health Organization in the past, the number of generally infected people did not exceed 4. I think this domestic incident will end soon, and there is no need to go to war like this."

"Prosecutor Jin, before formulating a strategy, have you calculated the investment ratio in detail? Do you know how much money it will cost just to prepare these masks and disinfectants!"

For a while.

Many experts pointed their fingers at Gu Ji, and some even slapped the table on the spot.

Gu Ji did not argue with them, but said calmly.

"Of course I know this will be a big expense, so I suggest you build your own factory production line, which can reduce costs. The traffic diverted through free distribution in the early stage will sooner or later be fed back to AM Hospital in the middle and later stages."

"Build a production line?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned.

A production line often costs hundreds of millions or even billions of won. With such a huge investment, is this person crazy?

Jiang Youzhen realized the hidden meaning of Gu Ji's words.

"Prosecutor Kim, are you saying that MERS will not end easily?"

"What do you think? Since the Ministry of Disease Control and Prevention announced the first case on the 20th, within 3 days, the number of infected people has increased to 3, and all of them were from hospital-treated infections. Once the virus mutates and has the ability to continue to be transmitted from person to person, what do you think? With the hospital's current handling methods, can it stop the virus from spreading?"

Gu Ji's words were like thunder on the ground, waking up everyone.

Whether it is the Korean government or hospital experts, everyone is based on the current information survey and summary of MERS by the World Health Organization, thus ignoring the important feature of the virus that easily mutates.

If the situation develops according to Gu Ji's prediction.

Then South Korea will surely face an international public health emergency, and people across the country will need a large number of masks, disinfectant alcohol, gloves and other medical protective items.

Jiang Youzhen seems to have seen an excellent opportunity for AM Medical to rise.

Her gaze moved from far to near, with determination in her eyes, "Okay, let's do what Prosecutor Jin wants!"

"Director Jiang, is it too risky to make a decision now..."

"I have decided."

Jiang Youzhen directly interrupted the hospital representative, then turned to look at Gu Ji, "I didn't expect Prosecutor Jin to have so much experience in the field of public health. I hope we can have a happy cooperation!"

"Without further ado, I'll ask Reporter Lin to come over now!"

Gu Ji called Lin Renna directly.

"Okay, I have a younger brother who likes photography and journalism very much, so I asked him to connect with Reporter Lin."

Although Jiang Youzhen looks very young, he was born in a chaebol family and has been influenced by it since childhood. In addition, he graduated from a prestigious American school and has extremely strong execution ability.

She quickly arranged for the establishment of a national MERS investigation team within the group and sent medical teams to airports and ports.

In order to better promote AM Medical.

Jiang Youzhen even found a special room for the construction team to renovate and use it as a live broadcast room for experts to broadcast daily.

Lin Renna and her brother also rushed to the scene in the afternoon.

Jiang Youzhen's younger brother is younger and looks exactly like a recent college graduate. He has wheat-colored skin, thick eyebrows, and long hair tied back, full of literary atmosphere.

But Gu Ji always felt that this face seemed familiar.

"Let me introduce, this is my younger brother, Jiang Songyuan."

What! ?

The moment he heard Jiang Youzhen pronounce his name, the muscles on Gu Ji's face tensed up instantly.

It was unbelievable that he could see "Jiang Songyuan" again.

Only then did Gu Ji react.

When I first read the news, it was indeed mentioned that this guy came from a chaebol family of South Korea's AM Electronics Group. I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence.

"Hello, Prosecutor Kim."

When he was young, Jiang Songyuan looked very polite and took the initiative to extend his hand to say hello to Gu Ji.

I don’t know if he would change history if he spoke now to dissuade this kid from going to Ethiopia in the future or remind him to keep a low profile.

But Gu Ji didn't do that.

After all, if someone you just met tells you what will happen ten years from now, no one will believe it, not to mention he doesn't owe Jiang Songyuan anything.

After several people got to know each other, they sat down together to discuss specific publicity strategies.

A few days passed.

According to data provided by the MERS investigation team, there are currently 18 infected people and 715 close contacts in South Korea. The first death has occurred, and the number of infected areas has expanded to 5.

They are Seoul Special City, Gyeonggi Province, Daejeon Metropolitan City, Chungcheongnam Province and Hyangju.

Yes, in the second week, Gu Ji still failed to prevent South Korean infected people from being imported into the country.

The main reason is that the Korean government is too lagging behind.

After the son of the third confirmed MERS patient went to the hospital with symptoms of high fever, not only was he not included in the quarantine list, the hospital did not even report the situation to the health authorities.

In the end, the MERS investigation team established by Gu Ji found out, but by then the patient had already flown abroad to Xiangzhou with a high fever.

Even so, the Ministry of Health and Welfare still does not disclose the list of hospitals.

It just posted a "MERS Prevention Tips" on Facebook, reminding Korean people to be careful with camels, warning everyone to avoid close contact with camels, and not to consume unsterilized camel milk and undercooked camel meat, because in the Middle East, regions, camels are the source of MERS infection.

In fact, camels are rarely seen in Korea except in places like zoos.

Saying it means not saying it.

Fortunately, Gu Ji organized response measures in advance and began to issue early warnings to several large private hospitals in Gyeonggi Province and Seoul, reminding the public to avoid going to crowded places and give priority to the free medical stations established by AM for PCR tests.

Once diagnosed, you can go directly to the AM Hospital’s dedicated fever and respiratory disease channel for treatment.

After all, the number of infected patients is not rising as fast as last week.

On the morning of June 2, Gu Jiben planned to go to the laboratory to take a PCR test to see if he was infected with MERS. This has become something he must do every day.

As a result, I was just about to enter the outpatient clinic.

He saw four or five men in suits and leather shoes running toward him, and the leader was his direct boss: Sun Jae-suk.

"Jin Zhijiu! What on earth do you want to do? You have been missing for more than ten days in a row. You don't answer calls and text messages..."

While Sun Zaixi scolded loudly, he also wanted to reach out to grab Gu Ji's collar, but he stepped back and avoided it, causing his dead fish eyes to almost pop out of his sockets, "Ah! Jin Jijiu! Don't you want to do it anymore?" "

"Sorry prosecutor, I've been busy with cases these days."

"Busy with a case? You still have the nerve to say that! It's you who spread the rumors of 'anthrax attack' in Sansang Hospital, right? Jin Jijiu, is your brain rusty? Do you dare to say such things casually? Do you know how many people there are? The complaint call came to me!”

The calmer Gu Ji acted, the angrier Sun Zaixi became.

The secretaries and prosecutors nearby also echoed.

"Yes, Prosecutor Jin, haven't you been pursuing the case at Osan Base? Why did you suddenly start investigating MERS patients instead? I see that you have been moving between the hospital and the CDC these days."

"The anthrax incident that you fabricated has had a very bad impact on our Central District Prosecutor's Office. You'd better go back and write a review!"

"Who said I was fabricating it? Didn't the United States just reveal that it was transporting weapons-grade anthrax into the country half a month ago?"

Facing the difficulties of several people, Gu Ji had already prepared his excuse, "I investigated it because there has always been a US military biochemical laboratory at the Wushan base, secretly researching biological weapons."

"What? Where did you get the news!"

Sun Jae-seok was surprised when he heard the news.

"Cough cough cough..." At this time, a fat prosecutor behind him coughed twice subconsciously.

The accompanying secretary patted him on the shoulder. He wanted to show concern, but he didn't expect that the moment the investigator turned around, the droplets from his mouth fell on the secretary's neck and chest at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Ahem, I'm fine."

The fat prosecutor coughed uncontrollably, and small transparent oral droplets splashed into the air, scattering around Sun Jae-seok and the group. Some of them fell on the clothes, some of them fell on the skin of the back of his hands, and some of the tiny droplets The particles swayed in the air and were eventually inhaled into the lungs of several people.

Seeing this, Gu Ji raised his eyebrows.

"When did you start coughing? Where have you been in the past 14 days?"

"What's the cough? Oh, I just caught a cold recently and my throat feels a little uncomfortable. Nothing's wrong, cough!" The fat prosecutor waved his hand casually and couldn't help but cough twice on the way.

But then he came to his senses, "Ah! I said Prosecutor Jin, just take care of yourself. You really think you are a disease control doctor! You are a prosecutor, and your duty is to investigate..."

"I'll ask you one last time, where have you been!"

Gu Ji suddenly opened his eyelids and stared at the other person with eyes that could kill someone.

Especially the rough facial lines of "Jin Zhijiu" made the fat prosecutor feel the blood and violence rushing towards his face, "I, I went to Sansang Hospital with my wife before."

It’s mulberry again.

"Go to the laboratory of AM Hospital immediately and take a PCR test..."

"Kim Ji Goo!!"

Sun Zaixi suddenly roared and glared at Gu Ji angrily with his dead fish eyes, "I order you to immediately investigate the affairs of the Wushan Base Biochemical Laboratory. Tomorrow morning, I want to see the report appear on my desk, otherwise you Just suspend him from work and undergo inspection!”

After speaking, without waiting for Gu Ji's reply, he left the door of the clinic without looking back.

Other prosecutors and secretaries hurriedly followed Sun Jae-seok and opened the car door for him.

Gu Ji took out his phone and prepared to contact Jiang Youzhen and ask her to find a way to force the Ministry of Welfare and Health to carry out emergency response measures. At the same time, he watched the two cars of Sun Jae-seok's group slowly leaving the hospital.

"Chichichichi——!"

"Boom!"

But not long after the motorcade turned out of the hospital gate, there was a sudden series of harsh friction, followed by a loud crash.

Gu Ji's pupils dilated and he hurriedly put down the phone and ran outside.

On the way, all the hospital patients stood there and looked out the door curiously.

At the intersection in front of AM Hospital, two cars collided on the street. In order to avoid the accident, another car hurriedly hit the steering wheel, turned into the sidewalk, smashed the glass door of the shop, and rushed into the house.

"ah--!"

"Run!"

"Wow, please help me!"

The streets were in chaos, with shards of glass and broken car doors scattered on the ground, exuding a strong smell of gasoline. Passers-by crowded together and looked at everything in front of them in panic. Some people were so frightened that they stood still. , at a loss.

"Everyone leave the scene immediately! Notify the traffic police and fire department immediately! Hurry!!"

Gu Ji waved his arms and loudly reminded the crowd.

When I ran to the center of the car accident, I didn't expect that the vehicle that was hit was none other than Sun Jae-seok's group who had just left the hospital!

The scene inside the car was extremely bloody.

The fat prosecutor in charge of driving hit his head on the side window. Blood flowed from the airbag and glass cracks, staining the black paint of the door panel red. The co-pilot, Sun Jae-suk and others in the back seat also had their foreheads covered with blood. Cut out strips of blood.

"Chief Prosecutor! Chief Prosecutor!"

"Uh-huh..."

Gu Ji slapped the car window desperately and woke up the unconscious Sun Zaixi inside.

He groaned twice and tried to open his eyes a little. He finally realized that he had been in a car accident, so he hurriedly pulled the door handle, but he couldn't open the door at all. "Jin Zhijiu! Get me out! Hurry!"

Gu Ji pulled it from the outside, but it didn't move at all. The car door frame must have been deformed due to the car accident.

So I reminded him, "Go back quickly and protect your face with your arms!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Ji's eyes narrowed, his legs kicked up and down, and in a blink of an eye, he rushed up. His right arm clamped his elbow in mid-air like a gun, and thrust towards the corner of the car window.

"Wow!"

The glass was smashed with an elbow, and a large amount of glass shards scattered on Sun Zaixi, making him scream in fright.

"Stop shouting! Give me your hand and I'll pull you out!"

Gu Ji grabbed the wrist and pulled Sun Zaixi's upper body out of the side window.

Then one after another was pulled out, except for the fat prosecutor.

Because the cab was the most deformed due to squeezing, and because he was fat, he was stuck by the airbag and seat belt and couldn't be pulled at all.

Fortunately, the traffic police on patrol arrived at the scene quickly and were ready to use tools to force open the door.

Gu Ji handed over the scene to professionals, returned to Sun Jae-suk, and asked, "Why did the car accident suddenly happen?"

"I don't know, it seems that Min Zhe suddenly ran out of breath and fell onto the steering wheel, and then..."

The "Min Zhe" in Sun Jae-seok's mouth is the fat prosecutor.

Gu Ji muttered the symptoms, "Fever, cough, severe difficulty breathing...Does Min Zhe have any medical history?"

"He has never been in good health. He has high blood pressure and high blood lipids, as well as moderate fatty liver disease."

The accompanying secretary covered his bleeding head and said in pain.

"No wonder he became seriously ill so quickly. It turns out he has underlying diseases. You two should go to the hospital with me for isolation and observation first and do a PCR test."

"Isolation? Jin Zhijiu, we just suffered some trauma, we don't need to be hospitalized for observation, right?"

"Were you knocked unconscious by a car accident? I'm talking about isolation! Min Zhe has been infected with MERS. Do you want to be like him?"

After hearing Gu Ji mention "MERS", Sun Zaixi and others reacted.

It happened that at this time, a bystander also started to cover his mouth and cough.

I originally thought that this thing was just like the new type of influenza, not worth mentioning, but after experiencing this car accident, several people suddenly felt a chill down their spines.

"Jin Zhijiu, do you think we may also be infected with MERS?"

"Oh my god, we won't die!"

"Stop talking so much, get up quickly and follow me to the hospital!" While Gu Ji was urging a few people, his cell phone in his trouser pocket suddenly vibrated. It was the call from Jiang Youzhen, "Hello? What's wrong!"

"Bad news! The investigation team has just received data reports from KCDC and the World Health Organization. The number of domestic infections today has increased to 25, and the number of deaths has increased to 2. One of the infected patients is from Osan Air Force Base and is from South Korea. The first case of MERS infection in the military. The scariest thing is that what you said may be true!"

Speaking of this, Jiang Youzhen, who was born in a chaebol and had seen big scenes, his tone trembled:

"There is news from within Sansang Hospital that hospital patients who live in a separate ward 10 meters away from the first MERS patient have also been diagnosed with MERS, breaking the claim of the World Health Organization and the Ministry of Welfare and Health that 'it cannot be transmitted through the air' , experts now estimate that the MERS virus circulating in South Korea is likely to have mutated and can be transmitted through the air or be infected three times. If this is the case..."

"If that's the case." Gu Ji repeated, interrupting Jiang Youzhen, and looked at the fat prosecutor who had just been rescued by the traffic police.

"The real outbreak of infection is coming!"