Chapter 48: High-risk populations
"Chi ...... Manager Shida is seriously infected and is dying. ”
Dr. Matsushima shook his head.
"Take me there!"
Gu Ji couldn't wait to get up.
The two walked around the two wards to the innermost room of the infirmary, which had been used as a separate office in Songshima and had been vacated as an intensive care unit.
"Manager Shida, this is Xiangzhou CHP ......"
"I ...... I know. ”
Before Matsushima could finish speaking, Shida opened his mouth.
Compared with Hiroshi Nakamura, his illness is significantly more serious, the sides of his cheeks are already purple and red, like a ripe eggplant, the skin will break and drip water when touched lightly, and there are also large blood stains on the hospital gown and bed sheets.
"Manager Shida, I would like to ask where the source of the raw beef on the downstream ship is, how to place the spare parts in the raw food area, and whether there is a mixing problem."
Gu Ji got straight to the point and locked the cause of the problem on raw food.
At first, he actually considered whether the virus incident was caused by foodborne infection, but after all, this is a large ultra-luxury cruise ship, and theoretically there will be no problems with food safety, otherwise the guests will make news about their stomachs, which will affect their reputation, and the gains outweigh the losses.
But after observing the distribution of patients just now, the more he thought about it, the more wrong it became.
On the cruise ship, the ratio of Dongying people to tourists from all over the world is close to 1:1, but almost all of the infected people are Dongying people, and there are a small number of white Europeans and Americans, which is too outrageous.
It may be a coincidence that several patients have similar situations;
100 large and dozens of clinical data are placed here, which is enough to reflect one of the characteristics of infectious diseases: high-risk groups, that is, the distribution of high-risk groups.
Different from susceptible groups, high-risk groups are mainly affected by other factors such as occupation, life, diet, culture, etc., for example, the high-risk groups of AIDS are men and drug users, and the high-risk groups of Ebola are doctors, funeral workers, etc.
Tourists don't need to work on the ship, and their daily lifestyle is just like that of entertainment and shopping.
The only difference is the eating habits.
"Beef ......"
Manager Shida seemed to be a little slow in thinking because of his serious illness, and he thought for a long time before replying:
"Most of the meat is purchased from Hokkaido, and a small part comes from the imported cold chain, and the ingredients are stored in cold storage in separate bags, and the chef will cut the prepared food and put it on ice cubes to keep it fresh before eating."
Sure enough, there is a risk of cross-infection!
Dongying people like raw food, especially sashimi and seafood sashimi, but seafood is not the host of viral hemorrhagic fever unless it is mixed with livestock meat!
"Miss Jiang, are you saying that the source of the virus may come from raw food?"
Dr. Matsushima spoke suddenly.
"Yes, most likely, the virus is not tolerant to high temperatures, but it can survive for hours to days on foods that are frozen at low temperatures."
Gu Ji also said the distribution ratio of infected people, "Only in this way can we explain why the virus spreads into the cab and cabin isolated from the outside world, because ......"
"Because no one goes without a meal!"
Matsushima glared at the second half of the sentence, obviously afraid that he was almost infected.
"Who's in charge of food procurement?"
Gu Ji continued to ask.
"Mori...... Morita...... Vomiting ——! ”
Just as Manager Shida was about to answer, his back stiffened suddenly, his neck straightened, and a large amount of black-red liquid erupted from his mouth, mixed with lumps, and then his pupils dimmed and lost his life.
"Quick...... Come on! ”
Matsushima hurriedly shouted outside the house.
Gu Ji stared at those lumpy things, all of which were organs and tissues that had been "decomposed and melted" by the virus, which showed how much suffering severe patients would suffer, "Where is Morita now?" ”
"I don't know, since last night, he's gone."
Matsushima shook his head.
A touch of anger flashed in Gu Ji's eyes, as a cruise ship manager, he disappeared at such a critical moment, so he took out the walkie-talkie, "Morita, when you hear the reply, you will reply immediately." ”
There was silence for a long time, and no one answered on the intercom.
"Someone in the cleaning department has seen Morita, if you conceal it and don't report it, according to the regulations on the prevention and control of infectious diseases, you are already suspected of violating the law......"
The cleaning staff is responsible for sanitizing the entire cruise ship, and it is impossible not to see Morita unless he jumps into the sea.
A moment later, a middle-aged woman's voice came: "I...... I was in room 17003 and met Manager Morita. ”
17th floor?
Isn't that the Presidential Suite?
He just ordered all the suite visitors to be transferred to the standard room last night, and Morita dared to open the room without permission?
"Security police, follow me to the 17th floor immediately to arrest someone."
Gu Ji's tone was cold, he put down the walkie-talkie and rushed out, taking the elevator to the 17th floor.
Compared to the ordinary rooms, the decoration here is significantly more luxurious, with only 9 rooms, spacious and bright corridors, marble tiles on the walls, and even a cashmere carpet on the floor.
At this time, there were already two security guards and police officers standing in front of the door of room 03 on the innermost side of the corner.
Seeing Gu Ji coming over, one of the tall little takeno hurriedly reported: "Miss Jiang, Manager Morita is not inside." ”
Gu Ji walked to the door.
Looking inside, it was filled with all kinds of expensive food and drinks, and I didn't know it, I thought it was a luxury restaurant.
Best of all, there's raw food in the food!
"Everyone, search for Morita immediately, this person is likely to be infected, be careful!"
Gu Ji's tone was cold.
As soon as they heard that Morita was infected, the attitude of all the security personnel and police officers on the cruise ship became stern.
After a while, someone on the intercom reported: "Morita was found, in the fire escape on the 15th deck!" ”
Gu Ji ran down non-stop.
Before he could reach the 15th floor, he heard Morita baring his teeth and scolding the security guards.
Sure enough, Morita was being pressed against the wall by two security guards, his silver-rimmed glasses crooked to the side, looking a little embarrassed.
"Good you wild woman! What the hell do you want to do, I'm the manager of this cruise ship! Ahem...... How dare you order them to come and arrest me! ”
Morita was so anxious when he saw Gu Ji that he kicked in the air.
"You're worthy of being a manager, too? When an infectious disease breaks out on a cruise ship, it doesn't matter if you don't command to help, ignore the prevention and control strategy, hide in the suite and enjoy, as a turtle with a shrunken head, are you worthy of these employees who risk their lives and work hard! ”
Gu Ji's words can be described as a pearl of words, and the eyes of the two security guards were full of anger, and they wanted to beat Morita on the spot.
"What nonsense are you talking about, the command is in your hands, where is there still a place for me to work!"
Morita immediately retorted.
"Don't talk nonsense, are you responsible for purchasing raw meat on the cruise ship?"
Gu Ji didn't bother to argue with him.
"It's me, what's wrong?"
"I suspect that the source of the virus came from beef, and it spread through cross-infection mixed with raw and frozen food, where did this meat come from?"
Gu Ji's eyes were cold: "Don't you want to lie, I've seen the room, you've also eaten raw food, and you coughed just now, right?" You may already be infected, identify the source of the virus early, and you may not have to suffer like those seriously ill patients! ”
"The virus came from beef ......"
Morita was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes exploded, as if he remembered something terrifying, and the next moment, his nose suddenly wrinkled, and a crimson instantly gushed out!!