Lianhai Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Laboratory.

Gu Yanan and his entourage sent the specimens collected from Li Yixuan's house to the laboratory.

The two monkeys were placed in the negative pressure animal house and carefully supervised.

Section Chief Li of the laboratory asked Gu Yanan, "Director Gu, how is your on-site traffic today?" Could it be monkeypox? Or maybe smallpox? ”

"At present, only from the clues of the on-site investigation, monkeypox is a little more likely, but the possibility of smallpox cannot be ruled out, so both viruses must be tested. What happened to the detection reagents for the two viruses? When will it arrive? ”

The section chief glanced at the time, "I just contacted the manufacturer, they sent the reagents by courier, and they will arrive tomorrow morning at the earliest, and it will be noon when the PCR results come out."

There is also a body fluid sample of Li Yixuan sent in the morning, which has been tested for varicella virus, and if it is negative, chickenpox infection is ruled out. ”

"The results of the other two virus tests should also be released as soon as possible, and the pathogen will be identified, so that the next prevention and control work can be targeted."

"I know that positivity for any virus is a big deal. Smallpox had been declared eradicated from the world decades ago, and if it were smallpox, it would have been a shocking event for the world. If it is monkeypox virus infection, it is also the first case in China, indicating that the virus has entered our country from abroad, and this prevention and control measure should also be strengthened. Don't worry, I'll call you as soon as the results come out. ”

Coming out of the laboratory, Gu Yanan was still very worried, if there was only one case of Li Yixuan, it would be okay to say, now I am worried about the spread of the epidemic, I don't know what happened to the information that Wang Xiaoxiao checked from the epidemic Internet, I don't know if there are other cases with similar symptoms.

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Emergency Office.

Wang Xiaoxiao searched for relevant information from the epidemic network, called the county CDC, and finally summarized the information, and found that in recent days, the county CDC has received significantly more reported cases of chickenpox outbreak than in the same period in previous years.

The peak season of chickenpox is winter and spring, and now it is the midsummer season in Lianhai City, and there are basically no chickenpox cases at this time in previous years, but the county CDC has suddenly received an increase in the number of chickenpox case reports, which is not good.

Wang Xiaoxiao reported this situation to Gu Yanan and asked, "Could those reported cases of chickenpox be misdiagnosed like Li Yixuan's situation?" ”

"Yes, we now need to collect all the samples of suspected chickenpox cases that have been reported, and we can only confirm them after laboratory testing."

It was dark outside the window, and it was already past the end of work, Wang Xiaoxiao was ready to work overtime, but these reported chickenpox cases were scattered in various counties and districts of Lianhai City, and the five people from the emergency team of the Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention were not busy at all.

"Sister Yanan, regarding the collection of all specimens from suspected chickenpox patients, do you need the county CDC to deal with it?"

"Well, the principle of territorial management, the county CDC is responsible for the collection of local patients, and we wait for the results of the laboratory."

Several people were about to get off work, and the office phone on the desk rang, and Lu Li answered the phone.

The caller was a stranger with an anxious voice, "Hey, is it the Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention?" I would like to ask if it is true that there is a smallpox epidemic in the city uploaded on the Internet? ”

Lu Li was stunned when asked, how could the citizens know that there was a suspicious smallpox epidemic in Lianhai City? The CDC, which is responsible for handling the epidemic, has not yet confirmed the nature of the outbreak, and someone has already started calling and asking questions, and they are calling directly to the emergency office.

Lu Li didn't answer, but turned on the speakerphone so that the rest of the emergency team could hear it, and at the same time asked rhetorically, "Where did you hear that there is a smallpox epidemic in Lianhai City?" ”

"It's all over the Internet, and it's full of pictures, it's so scary, I think it might be a rumor, so I called your CDC, is there any?"

Wang Xiaoxiao had already turned on her mobile phone and quickly browsed the web, and sure enough, the headlines of major websites were all about the outbreak of smallpox in Lianhai City, with pictures.

The picture shows the gate of the First People's Hospital of Lianhai City, and half of Li Yixuan's face full of pustules.

Wang Xiaoxiao muttered angrily, "Who is so cheap? Posting unverified information on the Internet is spreading rumors, and it is a crime. ”

The inquiring citizen on the other end of the phone did not hear a response, and asked again, "Is there a smallpox epidemic?" Aren't all these things under your disease control control? You should know best. ”

Lu Li: "It hasn't been tested in the laboratory, so I can't be sure." ”

"Not sure? That is, there is something suspicious? The voice on the other end of the line was visibly nervous.

Gu Yanan took the phone from Lu Li's hand, "I can now tell you clearly that there is no smallpox epidemic in Lianhai City, don't listen to rumors on the Internet, and don't spread rumors, all the epidemic news in Lianhai City, we will announce it through official channels." ”

"Are you sure you haven't?"

"Sure."

"But the news on the Internet has noses and eyes, and there are pictures to prove it."

"All the news of the epidemic in Lianhai City, we will announce it through official channels, please don't believe the so-called news on some websites, not believing rumors or spreading rumors is also the quality of our Lianhai City citizens."

As soon as I hung up the phone, Director Yang of the CDC called to ask about the news of the epidemic and why there were those overwhelming rumors on the Internet.

Gu Yanan explained it again and reported on the progress of the current epidemic treatment.

Director Yang gave instructions to determine the type and nature of the epidemic as soon as possible, and to issue official information on the Internet to quell the rumors.

After ending the call with Director Yang, Wang Xiao muttered with laughter, "The type of pathogen has not been determined yet, how to quell the rumors." ”

Gu Yanan: "In order not to cause panic among the people, before encountering this uncertain pathogen, it is generally in a state of denial and the type of pathogen is determined, so that we can issue an epidemic announcement. ”

It seems that although some counties and districts have helped collect samples of suspected chickenpox patients, there is still a lot of work to be done in the city, and they still have to work overtime tonight.

However, there is no need for everyone in the emergency team to work overtime, Gu Yanan asked Lu Li to stay and write the notice before going home, and the others can go back now, while she stayed in the emergency office, waiting for the county CDC to send samples of suspected chickenpox patients, hoping to get the test results as soon as possible.

The others were about to pack up their things and go back, Gu Yanan was sitting in front of the office computer browsing the news on the epidemic network, and suddenly the mobile phone rang.

Caller ID Nan Han Fei.