Chapter 268 Infected Persons in the Military Region

Chapter 268 Infected Persons in the Military Region

"Wushan Base?"

Gu Ji raised his eyebrows and suddenly recalled that Jiang Youzhen seemed to have mentioned to him before that the infection data on June 2 included an infected patient from Osan Air Force Base, who was also the first MERS infection in the South Korean military.

Could it be this Jin Canyu?

"Where is he now?"

"Of course it's at the Wushan base."

Faced with Gu Ji's questioning, Li Minfu stumbled a little. He didn't know whether he was nervous or was hiding something. "Jin Canyu first felt uncomfortable at the base. He went to our hospital for examination and was diagnosed with MERS. He was taken away the same day and transferred to another hospital." Arriving at a military medical facility."

"He only stayed at Sansang Hospital for less than a day and infected five patients?"

Gu Ji was slightly startled, "How can you let such a super patient with such a strong contagiousness go casually? What if he goes back and causes an infection within the military region?"

"There's nothing we can do about this. The other party is a soldier and is not under our jurisdiction."

Li Minfu waved his hand and began to shirk responsibility.

Gu Ji knew very well that he could not count on Shansang at all. After taking the information of "Jin Canyu", he personally found several people for questioning based on the information of the three generations of infected patients.

Among the five people, three were medical staff, and they were accidentally infected with MERS during the diagnosis process. The remaining two were passers-by who had close contact with Jin Canyu during his medical treatment, and their transmission ability was second only. For the "most infectious person in South Korea".

It just so happened that "Jin Jijiu" was still carrying the case of the explosion in the Osan base laboratory.

You can take this opportunity to investigate together.

So, after he quickly confirmed the identities of the two super patients in the hospital, he asked Zhang Shiyun to notify the Disease Management Headquarters to come over and transfer the patients to a special negative pressure ward for focused isolation.

Among them, the white-haired uncle who was the first-generation infected person has now entered the advanced stage of severe disease and relies entirely on a ventilator to survive. After expert evaluation, he believed that the risk of transfer to the hospital was extremely high, and his family members did not agree.

In the end, the CDC decided to assign three medical staff to be responsible for his intensive care unit.

So busy all afternoon.

The progress of the side quest in the lower left corner of Gu Ji was finally refreshed to "2/5".

Unfortunately, real-time monitoring of infectious disease data shows that the number of MERS infections and confirmed deaths have increased by 16 and 1 respectively. Nearly 2,000 schools have been closed. The level of people's rebellion once approached 40%, and a resistance movement is about to break out.

In order to prevent Seoul from continuing to be chaotic.

In the evening, he called Lee Hyun-jung, the Blue House secretary-general, hoping that the Blue House would issue an announcement that Seoul would not be closed down and allocate food and necessities from other regions to ensure the normal life of the people of Seoul.

"We are already sending people to implement the suggestions you made."

"That's great." Gu Ji changed the subject and began to report the results of the search for the "super patient" in the afternoon. "According to the dean on duty at Shansang, Jin Canyu was forced to leave by people at the military base. I want to investigate. Does he need to notify Wushan Base first?"

"Wushan Base..."

Li Xuanzhen hesitated in his words. It seemed that this matter was a bit troublesome even for a secretary general like him. "Well, I will be responsible for negotiating the issue of the joint military region. You can investigate other super-infected people for the time being. Wait. I'll let you know when I have news."

"good."

The phone hangs up.

Gu Ji picked up the diagnosis information of "Jin Canyu" again.

It said that he had been treated at Sansang Medical Institution many times for fractures. During this period, he had close contact with the first-generation MERS patients. Shortly after returning to the base, he developed symptoms such as fever, chills, and muscle aches.

But Gu Ji always felt that something was not quite right.

Since the army required him to be transferred to a military medical facility for isolation, why did Jin Canyu not go to the military hospital for diagnosis at the beginning instead of coming to Sansang for medical treatment?

After thinking for a long time, Gu Ji couldn't figure it out.

Decided to wait for news from Lee Hyun Jung.

in the following time.

He has been visiting the list of 23 hospitals with confirmed patients announced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Because at present, except for the two people he reported and Jin Canyu, the remaining "super patients" have not yet begun to reveal themselves.

Fortunately, the solution provided by Gu Ji before was very effective.

With the establishment of South Korea's Central MERS Management Countermeasures Headquarters and the government's control in important areas such as airports and ports, although it has had a great impact on the city's economy and tourism industry, the number of new patients has begun to gradually decrease in the past few days.

As of June 24, 67 of the 179 confirmed patients have recovered and been discharged.

However, the total number of deaths from MERS has reached 27.

There are still 9 left before the ultimate goal is defeated.

"There were 6 new cases in one day on the 24th. Were four of them infected at Pyeongtaek Mary Hospital? First, temporarily seal the ward and prohibit people from entering and exiting. I will rush there immediately."

Gu Jigang discovered an anomaly in the infection monitoring information above his field of vision, and then received a call from the investigation team. He hurriedly grabbed his briefcase and said, "Jang Shiyun, follow me to Pyeongtaek."

"Okay senior!"

The two drove quickly to Queen Mary Hospital.

As the largest source of MERS incidents in South Korea, the management of Pyeongtaek Marie Hospital had serious oversights, and changes were made only after an investigation.

When they arrived at the hospital, based on the information on infected patients, Gu Ji quickly identified the fourth super patient and arranged for the CDC to transfer him.

Now only "Jin Chanyu" is the last one left.

But more than a week has passed, and the investigation still cannot be launched, because Jin Canyu is a first-class sergeant major of the Air Force, with a very high sergeant rank. He is the oldest non-commissioned officer in Osan Base. In addition, Osan Base is a joint military base between the United States and South Korea. There were a lot of secrets involved, so Li Xuanzhen never negotiated well.

After dealing with Pyeongtaek Mary Hospital, Gu Ji prepared to return to Seoul city.

But halfway through opening the car door, he stopped where he was.

The reason was that the number of infected people above the field of vision suddenly increased by two more, and according to the distribution of red dots on the map, they all appeared at the same point, not far away.

Gu Ji originally thought that another hospital in Pingtaek area had a nosocomial infection.

But when he zoomed in on the map location, his eyelids twitched.

It turned out to be Osan Air Force Base!

In the evening, the CDC and the MERS investigation team did not collect the confirmed information of the two patients, which illustrates a problem: the military region is deliberately concealing it!

Not to mention that "Jin Canyu" is one of the side goals.

If we just leave the Wushan base alone, if a large-scale infection breaks out in the military area, or one or two people die, even the ultimate goal will be affected!

So early the next morning, Gu Ji couldn't hold it in any longer.

"Jang Shiyun, come with me to Osan Base!"

"Okay, senior."

Jang Se-yun was a little surprised. After all, the Blue House had not yet negotiated and communicated well with the Osan US-ROK Military Region.

Although the Osan base is named "Osan City", it is actually located in a plain suburb north of Pyeongtaek City, about 60 kilometers south of Seoul, and is guarded by army troops stationed around it.

The base has a wide area and is divided into two major areas: the airport area and the camp area.

The area near the airport is basically farmland and hills, while the area near the camp is much more prosperous. In addition to basic facilities such as soldier barracks, residences for military dependents, and canteens, there are also supermarkets, schools, hospitals, etc.

Because there are a large number of American and Korean Army, Air Force soldiers and their families and children stationed here, there are many shopping malls, bars and clubs outside the camp. But behind the seemingly lively scene, a sudden explosion exposed the secret experiments of the United States and South Korea. The location of the room is within the U.S. Air Force Camp at Fordham.

Gu Ji asked Zhang Shiyun to park the car on the street outside the base camp wall.

He picked up the telescope and observed the situation inside through the iron fence.

The laboratory in the Forhan Air Force has long been isolated by the US military with green construction geotextile shelves on the pretext of cleaning up the site and rebuilding it. Outsiders cannot see inside at all. They can only see the muck trucks coming from inside and behind. The bucket was also covered tightly with canvas, so I didn't know what was being transported.

However, the main purpose of his visit this time was for "Jin Canyu", so he began to focus on observing the hospital building in the camp.

It's a pity that there are no high-rise buildings near the Wushan base, so it is impossible to get a bird's-eye view.

"Senior, someone is coming out."

Zhang Shiyun suddenly reminded him.

Since the prosecutors and the military have two different systems, they cannot get a license to enter the base to investigate the case. Therefore, in the past, when investigating the explosion in the laboratory, they could only operate outside the base walls, or take advantage of the family members of American soldiers to come out to play and make insidious remarks. ask.

Following his reminder, Gu Ji saw a middle-aged white woman with blond hair and blue eyes leading a seven or eight-year-old child out of the base gate, seemingly preparing to visit a nearby shopping mall.

"Bring some medical protective equipment."

Gu Ji noticed that although they all wore masks, there were obvious signs of wearing them many times. After all, the whole of South Korea is in urgent need of medical protective equipment due to MERS, especially in Seoul and Pyeongtaek, which are the hardest-hit areas. Masks are hard to come by. beg.

He opened the car door with a mask, chased after her, and shouted in English: "Hello, excuse me."

The blond woman stopped and looked at Gu Ji with some confusion.

"Do you have any questions?"

"That's right, I'm a prosecutor from the Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office. I see that you and your child just came out of Osan Base..."

I don’t know if it’s because of the wariness of military families or for other reasons.

As soon as Gu Ji revealed his identity, the blond woman's eyes clearly flashed with disgust, and she waved her hand and refused: "I'm sorry, I don't know anything."

"Wait a minute, I'm not asking about military issues. I'm responsible for tracing the origins of MERS-infected people. I just want to know the real situation at the base hospital. This is also for your safety."

With that said, Gu Ji glanced at Zhang Shiyun.

The latter understood the situation and took out a few masks and a bottle of disinfectant alcohol from his briefcase, and handed them to the blonde woman, "Madam, these are as a thank you for providing information."

The blonde woman's eyes were instantly attracted to the thing in his hand.

In addition, Gu Ji mentioned the words "MERS" and "safety". She looked down at her child and finally took the mask and alcohol, "What do you want to ask?"

"Thank you for your cooperation."

After Gu said politely, he went directly to the topic, "Among the patients we traced, there was an Air Force first-class non-commissioned officer named Jin Canyu who was taken back to the military hospital. Do you have any impressions?"

"Korean? I don't seem to have any impression. I mainly live in the US military camp."

"Please carefully recall that this patient is a super spreader and is very important to us."

"What did you say? What is a super spreader!"

When the blonde woman heard this, she immediately raised her voice and asked.

Zhang Shiyun also looked surprised. He did not expect that Gu Ji would directly expose the name information and identity of the super patient.

Theoretically, in order to protect patient privacy, they will all use the diagnosis order code instead.

For example, the white-haired uncle is patient No. 1, the strongest communicator in South Korea is No. 14, etc...

Gu Ji briefly explained the meaning of super patient.

Sure enough, after hearing the explanation, the blonde woman's expression was shocked and angry.

This had long been expected by him.

To be honest, he had no intention of getting any valuable information out of these military family members. The reason why he bothered to contact them was just to spread the information that there was a super communicator in the military hospital through the mouths of the military family members.

Everyone is afraid of death, for the safety of themselves, especially their children.

These military relatives will definitely force the hospital to transfer Jin Canyu, or let the CDC take over and take professional and strict prevention, control and isolation measures.

No matter which plan is implemented, it will ultimately help Gu Ji successfully complete the task.

Although this is somewhat "inauthentic".

But the military region concealed the patients first. If he hadn't had the monitor in his hand as a reward for the game, another heavily infected area would have been born without even realizing it.

"Damn it! Why didn't the hospital notify us about such a big thing?"

The blonde woman's face turned red with anger, and she was about to continue saying something.

Suddenly, a shout came from behind.

"What are you doing!"

Turning around, Gu Ji saw a black police patrol car parked behind him, and two men of different clothes and races got out of it. One of them was clearly dressed as a Korean policeman, while the other was a training officer in black. A middle-aged white American with a brown mustache.

Judging from this combination, it should be a US-ROK joint patrol.

It was formed by the 51st Guard Squadron of the U.S. Air Force, which is responsible for military police services, in cooperation with the South Korean Police Department. It is responsible for security patrols near the Osan base to ensure the safety of soldiers and prevent espionage activities.

"Please show your ID!"

The white man with the mustache spoke arrogantly, and his suspicious and vigilant eyes moved back and forth between Gu Ji and Zhang Shiyun unabashedly.

After seeing the prosecutor's ID, the Korean policeman immediately looked troubled.

The mustachioed white man immediately threw his ID on Gu Ji's chest.

"Damn! I'm really fed up with these prosecutors in South Korea. This is a military base. Please leave immediately, otherwise don't blame me for being rude!"

"Hey! We were ordered to investigate. Besides, we did not enter the base and did not harm your interests. Please be polite!"

Before Gu Ji could speak, Zhang Shiyun became angry and stood up to refute him.

Gu Ji pulled him back.

The goal has been achieved, there is no point in continuing to waffle here.

So the two returned to the Central District Prosecutor's Office.

"Prosecutor Kim, a document package has arrived for you and I placed it on your desk."

"good."

Gu Ji returned to the office, put down his briefcase, and tore open the document package. The moment he took it out, he saw some white powder floating out along the gaps in the paper!