After Chen Qingdong instructed Wu Zhenshan to continue to strengthen the monitoring of the ** epidemic, only two days later, that is, on the afternoon of April 20, the Information Office of the State Council of China held a press conference in Beijing to introduce the latest epidemic situation and prevention and control of ** pneumonia in Chinese mainland: as of the 18th, Beijing has reported a total of 339 ** pneumonia cases, another 402 coagulation cases, and 18 deaths. A total of 1,807 cases of ** pneumonia have been reported in Chinese mainland, of which 79 have died, accounting for 4.3% of the total cases.

Then, the next day, the Ministry of Health changed the announcement of the epidemic situation from once every five days to once a day. At the same time, the General Office of the State Council issued a notice to cancel this year's May Day holiday!

As soon as these blockbuster news were released, they were immediately reported in an overwhelming way every day, and there were even some tabloids that were afraid that the world would not be chaotic and only wanted to pick up the opportunity to hype up in order to increase their popularity, as well as some online platforms, which carried out exaggerated propaganda with an irresponsible attitude!

At the same time, some unscrupulous businesses have also seized this opportunity, in order to make opportunities, regardless of the facts, regardless of the interests of the country and the people, arbitrarily exaggerate, artificially create a tense atmosphere, hype up the harm of **, and spread the rumors that banlan root, white vinegar, edible salt, etc. can be prevented!

These news spread rapidly and unstoppably among the common people who did not have much discernment after layers of exaggeration, and ** was "successfully" shaped into a plague-like murderer who was "extremely contagious, extremely virulent, and would die if infected, and a large number of people died"!

All of a sudden, the word "**" exploded in the hearts of the people of the whole country like an atomic bomb, and all the people changed color when they heard the word "**"!

The fight against ** has thus risen to the height of a "battle"!

At the same time, the business opportunities deliberately created by those unscrupulous merchants also immediately burst into great power, and all stores and pharmacies triggered a rush to buy, and salt, white vinegar, and banlan root, which had already been sold out several times or even more than ten times the premium, were snapped up by the panicked people!

The Liulin County Party Committee and the county government immediately convened the leaders of the county-level units, the secretary of the township party committee, the town mayor, and the heads of the units, groups and other units in Liulin County to hold an emergency meeting!

Xu Minglei and Ying Zongjie rarely attended the meeting at the same time, and both made serious speeches!

Xu Minglei asked all units to do a strong, orderly and effective "first-class" prevention work!

Ying Zongjie specifically put forward eight measures, the county party committee and the county government set up a joint meeting system for health and disease prevention, established a daily analysis system, and required all departments to work together, strengthen coordination, enhance joint efforts, and improve the ability of Liulin County to prevent the best!

After the meeting in the county, Chen Qingdong and Wu Zhenshan hurriedly returned to the town for a meeting and deployed the work according to the requirements of the county!

On the way back, Wu Zhenshan said with great admiration: "Secretary Chen, when you asked me to strengthen monitoring and reserve supplies a few days ago, I still felt a little unnecessary! I really didn't expect that after only a few days, it turned out to be a situation! Secretary Chen, your vision is really too advanced!"

Chen Qingdong didn't have time to be proud of anything, and admonished: "Secretary Xu and County Magistrate Ying's speeches, we have all listened to them, and the above attaches great importance to the epidemic! If we say that ** is the most important work now, it is not too much at all! What we did before is not enough, and we must further do a good job in all kinds of prevention and control work!"

"Yes, we must fight this battle well! Secretary Chen, I believe that under your leadership, our town will definitely be able to hand over a good result!" Wu Zhenshan said.

"I hope so!" Chen Qingdong said solemnly.

After returning to the town, Chen Qingdong immediately convened a meeting of all the members of the leadership team above the second level who were already waiting at home, in addition to making arrangements in accordance with the county's documents, Chen Qingdong also emphasized one point, that is, to do a good job in propaganda work, eliminate everyone's panic procedures, and put the salt, vinegar, and vinegar from more than a dozen warehouses hoarded in the town some time ago. Banlangen and other items are pushed to the market in batches at normal market prices, and the relevant departments are ordered to strengthen the supervision of those illegal merchants who raise prices, and once someone is found to have violated the regulations, they will be severely punished!

After the meeting, Chen Qingdong returned to his office and dialed Li Xiaolu's phone.

Since the outbreak of the ** epidemic in Guangdong in early March this year, Li Xiaolu has gone deep into the front line to do interview work, and since then she has been stationed in the southern coastal areas, where the epidemic is serious, she will run wherever she goes!

During this period, Chen Qingdong also called Li Xiaolu several times, basically at least once every two days to confirm her health.

Chen Qingdong also persuaded her not to joke with her life and come back as soon as possible, but Li Xiaolu didn't listen at all, and told Chen Qingdong that she would never come back until the epidemic ended!

Chen Qingdong actually understands Li Xiaolu's usual seemingly irrational approach, thinking that in Li Xiaolu's heart, as a reporter, he should interview the most valuable things, and as for whether it is safe or not, it is not considered at all.

This can no longer be described by the word "dedication" to describe Li Xiaolu's approach, if you have to find a word to describe it, Chen Qingdong thinks that it is more appropriate to "faith", or "meaning"!

After the phone was dialed, it rang until the busy signal, and Li Xiaolu did not answer the phone.

In recent days, this situation has become very common, because Li Xiaolu often has to go deep into the front line of the ward to interview, and it is not allowed to bring a mobile phone, so Chen Qingdong has called her several times but has not been able to get through, and he has to call again after a period of time to get through. Sometimes, Li Xiaolu will also come back to him.

However, like any time he didn't get through on the phone before, Chen Qingdong would have a panic in his heart!

After all, Li Xiaolu is now on the front line of the outbreak, and most of the patients she comes into contact with are suspected of being infected, or the doctors and nurses who treat the patients, Li Xiaolu is extremely susceptible to infection!

In worry, Chen Qingdong called Li Xiaolu's mobile phone again.

This time, after the phone rang a few times, Li Xiaolu finally connected the phone.

"Hey?" Li Xiaolu's voice exuded exhaustion, and it seemed that she had just woken up.

"Are you okay? Listening to your voice, why are you so tired?" asked Chen Qingdong with concern.

"Hehe, it's fine. Li Xiaolu smiled lightly and said, "I'm sleeping, I didn't sleep well last night, now make up for sleep." ”

Chen Qingdong blamed: "Xiaolu, I have already told you several times, you must ensure good sleep there, ensure a good diet, eat more vitamin-rich things, and strengthen your resistance! You are on the front line of the ** outbreak, if your body's resistance is poor, it is easy to be infected! Why are you disobedient!"

"Well, I know, don't be angry, I usually do what you say, eat well, sleep well. It's just that yesterday ...... Yesterday ......"

Li Xiaolu's words couldn't go on anymore, and her voice became very low, and she was even a little choked!

"What happened yesterday?" Chen Qingdong asked nervously, "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine......" Li Xiaolu said in that deep voice.

After a while, Li Xiaolu said very emotionally: "Last night, a director of the respiratory department in the hospital here was confirmed to be infected with the ** virus and has been isolated. Before she contracted the virus, she had been working in the hospital for more than two weeks straight and had not returned home. In fact, two days before she was infected with the virus, her husband, the deputy director of an epidemic prevention station, had been quarantined as a suspected patient. At that time, after the hospital informed her of the news, she was asked to take a leave of absence, but she did not listen and insisted on continuing to work in the hospital. Unexpectedly, it has only been two days since she was also infected with the ** virus. Now, our school has been closed, and her daughter, who is in her first year of junior high school, went to Nainai's house and did not tell her about her parents' quarantine. ”

Listening to Li Xiaolu's words, Chen Qingdong was also very emotional, and then suddenly thought of Ye Xin, who was reported by the news some time ago, she was the youngest head nurse of the emergency department of the former Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, when taking care of ** patients, Ye Xin was unfortunately infected, and his condition deteriorated rapidly, and he died on March 25, giving his precious life!

The director of the respiratory department mentioned by Li Xiaolu is also a hero who puts his life aside for the sake of work like Ye Xin!

In fact, Li Xiaolu, who insisted on staying on the front line of interviews, is not such a person?

At this time, Li Xiaolu went on to say: "Qingdong, at this moment, I deeply feel the brilliance of human nature! Actually, in the past, I didn't believe much in human nature anymore, and I felt that this society was too impetuous, and human nature was too selfish and too hypocritical! But in the past month or so in Guangdong, I was deeply moved! Not only the medical staff have moved me, but also many patients and their families! This is something I have never felt before! Because of this alone, I feel that it is worth it for me to stay here! Qingdong, do you understand how I feel?"

"Xiaolu, I understand! Actually, Xiaolu, you yourself are such a person, a person full of the brilliance of human nature!" Chen Qingdong said seriously, "However, Xiaolu, you must understand that the courage to sacrifice is not the only way to show the brilliance of human nature! You stay there, take care of your body, and then record all the precious things, and let us know these things through the media, which is the greatest value for you to stay there! Do you understand?"

"Well, I know, I'm not stupid, I'm going to take care of myself and try not to get the virus. There is still more time in the future, and I still want to record more precious things!" Li Xiaolu said, "Moreover, there is an agreement between the two of us, haven't you forgotten?"

"Of course I haven't forgotten!" Chen Qingdong said, "We have agreed, when you come back, we will go back to Huaida together and relive the university life!

"Well, I won't miss the appointment!" Li Xiaolu said firmly.

Chen Qingdong was about to tell Li Xiaolu to let her sleep well for a while, but Li Xiaolu said: "Yesterday, my brother came to look for me. ”

"Oh, your brother wants you to go back?" asked Chen Qingdong.

"Yes. ”

"Then what did you tell your brother?"

Li Xiaolu was silent for a moment before saying, "I told my brother that I won't go back until ** is completely contained." I'm going to stay here and use my camera and pen to record everything I see! My brother told me that my dad had already sent me a message, and if I didn't go back, he would cut off the father-daughter relationship with me! And he was going to let us fire me from the newspaper! Hehe, my father-daughter relationship with my dad had already existed in name only, at least that's what I thought, so it wasn't a threat to me. As for our unit to fire me, it doesn't matter, anyway, I stay here not just for work. ”

Chen Qingdong can't say anything, Li Xiaolu has grown into a more stubborn, or rather, more obedient girl!

Perhaps, there is no one in this world who can influence her decision, including herself!

In the end, Chen Qingdong just sighed lightly and said, "Xiaolu, I understand your approach and respect your approach very much. However, again, if you stay there, you must take care of your health!"

"Okay, I promise you. Li Xiaolu responded.

"Xiaolu, then let's talk here today, you sleep for a while, I'll wait for you to come back, the day we go to Huaida together!" Chen Qingdong said emotionally.