Chapter 600 Virus Mutation (asking for monthly votes)

Chapter 600 Virus Mutation (asking for monthly votes)

The meeting lasted until noon.

It turned out exactly as Martell said.

Medical expert groups from various countries have never been able to discuss a unified treatment plan, so the WHO expert group proposed to proceed at the same time, and finally select the one with the best effect to start implementation.

"Is this the starting point of the virus outbreak?"

"right."

After lunch, Martell couldn't wait to go to the mental hospital.

Gu Ji pointed to the hospital outside the window, reminded everyone in the car to wear closed masks, and immediately led them out of the car and crossed the police blockade.

Compared with yesterday when he came to investigate clues, the number of seriously ill patients has increased a lot today.

It was so exaggerated that there were no more hospital beds, so in the end they had to be placed in the corridor, separated by transparent plastic sheets taped with yellow tape.

The entire critical area was filled with disinfectant mixed with blood and a faint smell of decay.

More than a dozen severely infected people were strapped to the bed with dull expressions, just like corpses waiting in line to die.

And just when everyone entered the corridor.

Another infected person died in pain with a high fever of 43 degrees.

Looking at the patient being carried away, he saw the distorted facial features and the rotten blood sores covering his neck.

The accompanying French students all looked terrified, and some even almost vomited through their masks.

"Well!"

"God, this is hell..."

Even as virology experts, they had never seen such a horrific way of death.

There is currently nothing comparable to Gantakana in the world.

I’m afraid there is only Ebola, the king of viruses.

Martell passed by these severely infected people and asked his assistant to take pictures of their clinical signs one by one. At the same time, he also carefully browsed the diagnosis and treatment records of disease control.

Exactly what the Nepali Health Minister said at the meeting.

The so-called treatment is just giving the patient some antibiotics or glucose, which has no effect at all.

"Teacher, is there anything you can do to save them?"

Catherine really couldn't stand it.

But Martell just shook his head, "I only know about viruses, not good at treating them. The fastest way now is to catch the so-called poisoner and get the etiology of Gantakana and its classification basis." , Or, there is another possibility..."

Gu Ji's eyelids twitched.

"What is it?"

"That is to find asymptomatic infected people, find antibodies through blood sample analysis, and then try to use RCR extraction method to obtain antibodies to fight the virus."

Martell answered truthfully, paused and sighed:

"It's just that there is no P4 laboratory in Nepal, not even P3. If you want to complete all of this, you can only take the samples back to France to apply. The delay is too long. If Gantakana is If the virus mutates, the antibodies may have a counterproductive effect."

"What if there is a P4 laboratory in Nepal?"

"No...wait, what did you say!?"

Halfway through his words, Martell suddenly choked on Gu Ji's words.

He looked at Gu Ji in shock.

"You just said that there is a P4 laboratory in Nepal?"

Gu Ji hummed.

But before Martell could speak, Catherine objected.

"This is impossible. How can Nepal have the resources to build a P4 laboratory? If it is true, and the WHO just held a meeting, why not just set up virus research in the country, but instead go to other countries such as Xia, India and South Korea?"

"That's because this P4 has never been made public."

Faced with the question, Gu Ji simply answered this sentence.

"Then how did you know...oh."

Catherine's mind was also quick. Recalling that Gu Ji had previously admitted his experience of serving in the chemical defense force, she naturally understood what this sentence meant.

As a virus expert.

They know it very well.

In this world, except for those P4 laboratories officially disclosed by various countries.

There are also some secret biological research institutes.

Most of them were secretly built by the military and used for biological and chemical weapons research.

For example, in the "Sverdlovsk Oblast anthrax leak incident" in the former Soviet Union, the underground testing site of a secret military microbiology center located in Yekaterinburg was exposed.

Although biological and chemical weapons sound "inhumane".

But the fact is that countries have never given up studying them.

After all, compared to nuclear weapons that cost tens of millions or hundreds of millions of dollars, laboratory viruses that can be replicated in unlimited batches are much cheaper. As long as they are delivered accurately, they can even achieve more terrifying destructive effects than the former.

This is one of the reasons why Catherine is also convinced that Gantakana is a laboratory virus.

Martell quickly looked around and asked tentatively in a low voice:

"So, you have a way to let us in?"

"have."

Gu Ji nodded sharply, "But I have one request, which is that you figure out the genetic sequence of the virus as soon as possible and develop a vaccine!"

"This... okay, I promise you!"

Martell hesitated, intending to say that this kind of thing could not be rushed.

But for a virus expert like him, given the opportunity to personally develop a vaccine and go down in human history, how could he not give it a try.

Once such an idea grows in your mind.

He no longer had any intention of staying here for research. After collecting the virus samples and data, he hurriedly asked Gu Ji to take him to the P4 laboratory.

But just when everyone left the intensive care isolation area.

A riot suddenly broke out in the hospital corridor.

"Be careful! The patient ran away!"

"Quick! Catch her!"

"Ah——!"

It turned out to be an infected person who had just developed symptoms. Because he could not stand the tied isolation and was afraid of dying in the hospital, he took the opportunity to break free from the restraints and escape while the staff was applying medicine.

Under the loud shouts of the disease control personnel.

The two armed police officers on duty in the hospital immediately chased him and quickly pressed him to the ground.

But a dispute broke out between the two sides.

"Let me go! I don't want to go back, you are forcing me to die!!"

"Stop resisting! This is the last warning!"

"Ah! I'll fight you!"

Who knew that during the tug of war, the infected person suddenly tore open the protective suit of the armed policeman, and the limbs of both sides were completely in contact, scaring the policeman to let go and retreat instantly.

And Gu Ji walked closer to take a look.

But he found that the appearance of this infected person was very familiar to him.

"Kaf?"

"Who!"

Hearing someone calling his name, the infected person who was tearing stopped immediately.

She turned her head and saw Gu Ji under the gas mask. Her bloodshot eyes were first confused, then shocked, and finally turned into a strong desire to survive.

"Xima! Save me! Save me! I am not infected, they arrested me! Let me go..."

While she was talking.

The armed police immediately pressed her backhand to the ground and handcuffed her.

Gu Ji came over and looked at Kaif with some curiosity.

"You didn't leave Kathmandu?"

Logically speaking, Kaif was one of the first few people to know about the Ghantarkana virus, and she had taken strict precautions in advance, so it was almost impossible for her to be infected.

"No, no, after I escaped from the hospital that day, I wanted to leave the city directly, but the chemical protective suit and mask attracted too much attention. I was scared and hid in the temple, but I didn't expect..."

It turned out that Kaif was afraid of being caught by the Al-Qaeda organization and had nowhere to go, so she found a temple to hide.

It's a pity that the temple was looted by the gang.

Her protective suit, mask and supplies were all taken away.

She was almost raped.

Fortunately, she was rescued by passers-by and given some food, so she survived until now.

Gu Ji shook his head and could only blame the woman for her bad luck.

"But you have already shown symptoms of infection. If you escape, you will only spread the virus to others, which will not do you any good. Staying in the hospital will give you hope of being treated!"

"But Sima, aren't those infected people all crazy? I'm not crazy, which means I'm different from them, right! You can save me the first time, please save me again, I don't want to stay here anymore!!"

The more Kaifu spoke, the more emotional she became.

But Gu Ji paused.

Yes!

Although Kaifu had already developed the disease and was extremely emotional, she was not completely crazy like other infected people. Could the virus have caused some changes in her?

Gu Ji couldn't help but think of last week.

He was also exposed to the air, but he was not infected with the Ganta Kana virus.

Could it be related to nuclear radiation?

After all, Kaif had only been wearing a simple medical protective suit and had been staying in the experimental area. Her body had been exposed to high radiation for a long time. After being infected by the virus, it was possible that the two had some special mutations.

Catherine and Martel looked at each other.

They both thought of the term "asymptomatic infected person", so they asked for blood draws and specimens on the spot.

After comforting Kaif, the group hurriedly left.

...

Nepal was dead silent at night.

There was only the sound of tires crushing the soil and the roar of the engine around the mountain road.

Gu Ji was driving a Tata van, taking Martel and others along the dirt road to the northern part of Bagmati District, Nepal.

That's right.

He was heading to the P4 laboratory that the system rewarded him.

Although it is in the Himalayas, it is actually not far away.

Because Nepal's land area is not large, and Kathmandu is in Bagmati District, the straight-line distance between the two is less than 60 kilometers.

But Kathmandu has now been blocked by the military.

If you want to leave the city, you must have a pass.

Fortunately, Gu Ji holds the privileges granted by the Minister of the Interior and the Chief of Police.

In Kathmandu, what you say is what you mean.

So much so that he drove away from Kathmandu easily with just one phone call.

"How long will it take?"

"It's just ahead, get off the car, from here on, you can only walk."

Gu Ji parked the car at the foot of the mountain, opened the door, and looked at the towering peaks in front of him.

The starlight fell on the snow-capped mountains in the distance, covering the mountains with a layer of silver gauze, as if the entire mountain range was shining.

No wonder so many tourists from all over the world come to Nepal every year.

This mysterious country full of religious colors is indeed full of beautiful scenery.

It's a pity that something like the Gantakana virus happened.

Gu Ji no longer had the heart to appreciate these.

Martel repeatedly reminded the students to protect the specimen box.

The outer layer of these boxes is PVC plastic, and the inner layer has refrigeration and heat preservation functions to ensure the survival of blood samples.

In case the box falls from the mountain.

If the blood sample falls out, there is still a risk of leaking the virus.

Although this is the wild, there are still many villages at the foot of the mountain. In particular, once the blood sample flows into the river and enters the water source of Nepal, the consequences are simply unimaginable.

According to the map given by the system.

Gu Ji climbed along the mountain road to the northwest.

Because Martel was too old, in order to take care of his physical fitness, the speed of everyone's progress was not fast.

It took nearly an hour to climb to the rift marked by the system.

"Xima, are you sure there will be a laboratory here? There is not even a circuit here, how could it be..."

Catherine looked at the dark stones and trees around her, and she didn't believe that there would be a modern biological laboratory in such a wilderness. The infrastructure alone could not meet the requirements.

But Gu Ji still walked in.

As a result, the narrow opening in front became narrower and narrower, and in the end, it could only accommodate one person.

Until he touched a dark wall, blocking the way.

"This is a dead end..."

A student was about to complain.

But the next second, Gu Ji touched a position and gently swept the dust. It turned out to be an access control system.

Only then did they finally see clearly.

What was blocking them was not a wall, but a door!

Since this P4 laboratory was a system reward, the authority had already been released to him, so Gu Ji only symbolically entered a string of passwords, and the door in front of him made a "booming" sound of hydraulic shaft driving.

The door opened.

As Gu Ji walked in, the light source in the room was turned on at the same time.

Although he had already prepared himself mentally, he was still shocked by the interior decoration of the P4 laboratory in front of him.

The cold metal texture walls, no main light source, and automatic air filtration system, the most amazing thing was the glass doors in front, under the reflection of the light source, it seemed like a tunnel that shuttled through time and space, just like the scene that would only appear in a science fiction movie.

"Is this... an integrated laboratory?"

After all, Martel is a worldly virus expert.

He saw at a glance that the P4 laboratory in front of him was an integrated one, in other words, something like a "container".

This kind of laboratory is "small but complete".

At the beginning of research and development, it was used in vehicles.

That is, a mobile laboratory.

By modifying the truck, the biological laboratory is moved to the truck, so that when a major sudden infectious disease occurs, the laboratory can immediately go to the epidemic area to test the virus.

In this way, there is no need to transport dangerous samples in the middle, and at the same time, all biological pollutants can be discharged safely and closed.

Its characteristics are small size, low cost, and mobility.

But compared with normal laboratories, the space is smaller and the equipment is simpler, which is not conducive to long-term operation.

"I am afraid that the only way to build a P4 laboratory in such a place is to integrate it."

Catherine walked to the side of the metal cabinet and pressed it lightly.

Her eyes lit up, and there were all prepared medical protective clothing and equipment inside. "But this laboratory is well-stocked, enough for us to complete normal virus research and experiments!"