Chapter 21: Urgent "lockdown" order

Kissinger, a famous American statesman, once said in "On China": "China is always well protected by their bravest people!"

At the critical moment when the lives and health of the people across the country are facing the ravages of the virus, Zhong Nanshan, Academician Li Lanjuan, etc., are the "bravest people" who dare to face challenges and fight in armor.

The rapid development of the epidemic in Wuhan made 73-year-old academician Li Lanjuan worry and unpleasant all day long. This member of the high-level expert group of the National Health Commission, professor of Zhejiang University, and director of the State Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, when the national disaster came, she resolutely went to Wuhan regardless of her personal safety.

At this time, it has been nearly a year, the annual national Spring Festival is in full swing, people are like migratory birds, are rushing to their hometowns from all directions of the motherland, and strive to return to their families as soon as possible, and reunite with their relatives to welcome the New Year. There are also people who have made Spring Festival travel arrangements, ready to take advantage of this rare long holiday to spend a happy and unforgettable festival with their families in the beautiful rivers and mountains.

Wuhan is located in central China, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, water, land and air transportation extends in all directions, and the high-speed rail can directly reach the southeast and northwest of the motherland within 5 hours. As a metropolis with a permanent population of more than 11 million, at the time of the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, if it is not strictly controlled before the year and those who carry the virus are allowed to leave Wuhan, then these "sparks" will quickly form a "prairie fire" across the country, and the consequences are really unimaginable!

Academician Li Lanjuan has both a clear understanding of the serious harm of the epidemic and successful experience. When SARS raged in 2003, Li Lanjuan, then director of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Health, took decisive action after listening to her subordinates' urgent report on the discovery of SARS patients in Hangzhou: first, quickly sort out the information and immediately disclose specific information to the public, and second, isolate all those who had contact with SARS patients. The two "iron orders" were shocked. Some people complained: Contact is not necessarily infected, and direct isolation, is it not a big fuss? Even so, Li Lanjuan is still under tremendous pressure and strictly enforces it by thunderbolt means. The announcement was issued at five o'clock in the morning of the same day, and thousands of people were quarantined in less than 24 hours. The whole action is like flowing water...... Subsequently, in the entire Zhejiang Province, more than 110,000 people were quarantined and observed. As a result, the number of SARS infected patients in Zhejiang has been reduced to a minimum, and it has become a model for the national fight against SARS.

Now, 73-year-old Academician Li Lanjuan, as a member of the high-level expert group of the National Health Commission, is once again facing a difficult choice.

After careful analysis, she believes that in order to ensure the safety of other cities and provinces, Wuhan City and the people of Wuhan can only make sacrifices! Only by confined the people who may be infected to Wuhan and does not spread to the outside world, so that the people in Wuhan do not come out, will people in other places be safer.

On 22 January, she boldly suggested to the central authorities: Wuhan must be "locked down" because the epidemic has reached an urgent level, and only by strictly controlling the source of infection can we prevent a pandemic of infectious diseases......

The central authorities quickly adopted Li Lanjuan's suggestion and resolutely made a wise decision.

In accordance with the instructions of the central government, in the early morning of the 23rd, the "Wuhan Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters" issued the "No. 1" notice: from 10 o'clock on the 23rd, the passage from Han will be temporarily closed.

The full text of the Circular is as follows:

"In order to make every effort to do a good job in the prevention and control of the pneumonia epidemic caused by the novel coronavirus, effectively cut off the channels of transmission of the virus, resolutely curb the spread of the epidemic, and ensure the safety and health of the people's lives, the relevant matters are hereby notified as follows:

From 10 a.m. on January 23, 2020, the city's urban buses, subways, ferries, and long-distance passenger transport will be suspended. The resumption time will be announced later.

We sincerely ask for the understanding and support of the general public and tourists!

Wuhan Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters

January 23, 2020"

Wuhan's "lockdown" is unprecedented, and one stone has stirred up a thousand waves! As soon as the "Circular" came out, the three towns of Wuhan were shocked and the people of the whole country were shocked!

Early in the morning of the 23rd, Cheng Fenglei immediately presided over a meeting of the Binjiang District Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters to convey and implement the spirit of the "Notice" and study the countermeasures after the temporary closure of the passage out of Han.

Cheng Fenglei said: "At present, the new crown pneumonia epidemic in Wuhan is developing rapidly, and in order to prevent the spread of the epidemic across the country, the decision of the Party Central Committee to temporarily close the passage out of Han is very wise and timely. Wuhan was 'locked down', and the strong man broke his wrist, which was unprecedented. Wuhan is a heroic city, and the people of Wuhan are heroic people, and we must make the necessary sacrifices for the well-being of the people of the whole country this time! Otherwise, once the epidemic spreads throughout the country, it will cause huge catastrophic losses to the national economy and people's health!"

Then, the members of the command discussed the implementation of the "Circular" and put forward countermeasures.

Cheng Fenglei said: "The more soldiers come to the city, the more chaotic the command is, and the more unified the dispatch must be. In order to ensure that the crossings in and out of the city are fully closed, fully covered, and without omissions, our Binjiang District must guard its own doors and manage its own people, and immediately establish epidemic prevention and control checkpoints for import and export roads in the jurisdiction, and implement a 24-hour operation mode until the end of the epidemic. We must strive to ensure that the epidemic investigation 'does not miss a single car or person'. At the same time, it is necessary to do a good job of meticulous propaganda and ideological work, and earnestly ask the general public to understand, support and cooperate, so as not to go out, move around less, and not gather, so as to curb the spread of the new crown pneumonia as soon as possible. For patients with new crown pneumonia, it is necessary to resolutely achieve early detection, early diagnosis, early isolation, and early treatment ......".

After making a brief deployment arrangement, Cheng Fenglei immediately led the relevant personnel of the headquarters to rush to the various crossings into and out of the city in the jurisdiction to conduct on-site inspections.

At 9:50 a.m., Cheng Fenglei and his entourage came to the Huatingbu Expressway Toll Station, which is the most concentrated traffic in the Binjiang District. At this time, there are still 10 minutes before the city closes. I saw a long queue of vehicles out of the city, and there was no end in sight, and it was estimated that the convoy was 2-3 kilometers long.

These vehicles out of the city are not only the returnees who have planned to return to their hometowns for the New Year years ago, but also the people who are eager to "escape" from Wuhan after seeing the "lockdown" and "notice".

From the sound of car horns honking one after another, Cheng Fenglei could sense that the people who were in a hurry to leave the city at this time must be full of anxiety. The toll booth was surrounded by traffic police officers who maintained order.

After Cheng Fenglei got out of the car, he said to the traffic police captain who was supervising and directing the traffic at the scene: "Once the time reaches 10 o'clock, immediately close the passage out of the city at the toll station, patiently and meticulously do a good job of persuading the vehicles that fail to go out of the city, and resolutely put an end to the excesses of the vehicle drivers to ensure the maintenance of normal order and social stability." ”

The captain of the traffic police brigade raised his right hand and gave a military salute to Cheng Fenglei: "Please rest assured, commander, we promise to complete the task!"

At this time, when a taxi returning to the city passed the toll booth, it stopped in front of Cheng Fenglei, and the taxi driver rolled down the window and waved to Cheng Fenglei and shouted: "Brother Fenglei, are you checking your work here?"

Cheng Fenglei saw that it was his aunt's youngest son and Xiang Qian's younger brother Xiang Yang calling him.

Xiang Yang is a demobilized soldier and a member of the Communist Party. After changing jobs, he didn't want to cause trouble to the government, so he tried to find a career on his own. At first, he worked in the coast for two years, and then returned to Wuhan and became a taxi driver.

"Xiangyang, you just sent the guests to the airport to return?" asked Cheng Fenglei.

Xiang Yang immediately pulled over and hurriedly ran to Cheng Fenglei's side: "It's not to send any guests, I just sent my wife and daughter to the airport, and they took the plane to Qiongzhou City at 9 o'clock." ”

When Cheng Fenglei heard this, he felt very strange: "Then why didn't you go with them?"

"Hey, I have an agreement with an iron buddy to send him back to his hometown this afternoon, so I booked a ticket for tomorrow morning, and then meet their mother and daughter in Qiongzhou City at noon tomorrow, ready to travel there with the whole family for the New Year. Unexpectedly, now Wuhan is about to be locked down, and the plan has been lost. This year, the family can only be separated for the New Year!" Xiang Yang scratched his head with his hand and sighed helplessly.

Cheng Fenglei said: "Then there is no way, the idea has not changed quickly." Your parents have been in good health lately, and you should take care of the two elderly people more when you go home. ”

Xiang Yang said: "My parents have been cold for a while ago, and they asked them to go to the hospital for examination, but they didn't want to go, saying that it was just a cold and flu, and it would be fine if they took some medicine at home." I did their ideological work repeatedly, and yesterday I finally got it done, and in the afternoon I took them to the central hospital to see a doctor, but they queued up all afternoon, but they didn't get in line. Hospitals in Wuhan are full these days. ”

"You go to Jimin Hospital in the afternoon to find your sister-in-law Lin Yueqin to see if they can find a way there? Hurry up and take the second elder to check, you can't delay any longer!" Cheng Fenglei advised.

"Okay, thank you, Brother Chunlei, I'll go in the afternoon!" Xiang Yang waved goodbye to Cheng Fenglei gratefully, and hurriedly drove a taxi to the city.

At this time, the wall clock on the toll booth rang ten o'clock in the morning. The highway exit closes immediately.

A large number of vehicles leaving the city were quickly stopped, and there was no way to get out of the city.

Some drivers angrily stepped out of the car and gathered angrily at the toll booth, some talking loudly, some shouting insults, and some women and children crying and making noise...... , a large group of people clamored for the traffic police to open the toll booth passage and quickly let their vehicles out of the city:

- "My parents are both eighty or ninety years old, and they are not in good health, and they are eager for us to go back to spend the New Year with them!"

- "I haven't been back in Wuhan for almost a year, and my wife and children are looking forward to me going back every day!"

- "What the hell is this order, how can a big city like Wuhan, with a population of more than 10 million, be sealed?"

- "Now that the major hospitals are overcrowded and it is difficult to find a bed, do you want us to be sealed in Wuhan and wait for death?"

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The more people got out of the car, the more and more people gathered, and the crowd became more and more angry and high. Seeing that the situation might get out of control, seeing a traffic policeman holding a portable megaphone, Cheng Fenglei hurriedly grabbed it, stood on a high platform next to him, and shouted loudly:

"Comrades, I am Chang Cheng Fenglei, commander of the Binjiang District Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters, please calm down and calm down. The temporary closure of the passage out of Han is a major decision made by the Party Central Committee to prevent the spread of the new crown pneumonia epidemic throughout the country. If Wuhan does not implement the 'lockdown,' once the epidemic breaks out in the whole country, it will cause a huge disaster, and the consequences will be unimaginable! Comrades, we in Wuhan are a heroic city, and our people in Wuhan are heroic people, and now it is time for us to make sacrifices for the country, contribute to the country, and show the heroic spirit of our Wuhan people.

Cheng Fenglei shouted twice in a row with a loudspeaker, and the crowd that got out of the car and gathered saw that Cheng Fenglei was frank and sincere, full of charisma, so they dispersed one after another and returned to their cars.

Under the guidance and command of the traffic police, everyone turned the head of the car in turn and returned to Wuhan City......

At this time, Cheng Fenglei's mobile phone rang, and when he opened it, he saw that it was the secretary Zhang Han calling: "Mayor Lei, the city just called, asking you to go to an emergency meeting at two o'clock in the afternoon." ”

"What is the main content of the meeting?"

"It is an emergency meeting to study and deploy the construction of Huoshenshan and Leishenshan hospitals. ”

"Okay, I got it!"

Cheng Fenglei hung up the phone and explained to the captain of the traffic police, demanding that the safe closure of the passages out of the city be ensured, the emotional comfort of the drivers should be done patiently and meticulously, and the mass emergencies should be resolutely prevented.

After explaining the work, Cheng Fenglei said to the driver: "Hurry back to the district!"

Back to the Binjiang District Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters, it was almost noon, Cheng Fenglei immediately went to the working groups of the headquarters to understand the situation, and from the feedback from all sides, the intersections in and out of the city in the jurisdiction were relatively smooth, and there were no accidents.

He also called the two deputy commanders to inquire about the situation and further discuss the next step.

After a hasty lunch in the office at noon, Cheng Fenglei called the driver and rushed to the city non-stop to attend the emergency meeting of the city's epidemic prevention and control headquarters.