Chapter 242: Handed over to the test of time
Nile Province.
Rottinard Village.
A group of white coats gathered in front of several houses in the village of Rottinader, and many wanted to watch, but were driven far away by the city police.
A long cordon enclosed the red-painted houses, and the white coats were armed, wearing masks and gloves, and holding tongs in their hands.
The policeman, who was all green in his body, shouted to the villagers of Lovinad Village in front of him: "Don't come close, it's best not to go near these houses for a week, and below, we will burn down these houses, so it's best not to watch the excitement and be careful of accidental injury." ”
At this time, another policeman said: "Also, one last question, do the people in the village have any personal belongings of the infected person, you had better think about it carefully, don't be greedy for small gains, I want to remind you that the virus is contagious, but we are not sure how it was transmitted, so it is best to be foolproof." ”
At this time, the villagers said loudly: "Don't worry, officer, we know how to deal with the plague, we don't dare to take the dead man's belongings, who will take his life for that little bargain." ”
"Good, preferably none."
In fact, this small village in the western part of the Nile Province could not have anything of value to covet, and most of the goods of the immigrants were distributed in East Africa, and they were all counted, and it was roughly certain that there was no less, as the police said before, and this question was just to ensure that nothing was lost, which was a necessary procedure.
In the face of the sudden plague, some of the villagers are more frightened, and some of the old immigrants are more calm, this kind of thing has more experience, and there is experience, Rottwinade Village is a new immigrant village, so there are few old immigrants as leaders, so that the new immigrants can adapt to the environment of East Africa as soon as possible.
Of course, it would be an exaggeration to say that they are completely calm, not to mention these old immigrants, even the employees of the disease center who work all year round cannot have a little idea, but something has happened, and everyone can only tacitly maintain a stable mentality, after all, panic cannot solve the problem.
There are also ruthless people who are really not afraid of death, or people who have long been numb, that is, some police officers and Claire from the Grushegan City Disease Center, most of the police in East Africa are military professionals, so the dead are nothing to them, Claire has simply seen a lot.
"Mr. Claire, all of the infected's belongings have been collected, and we have filled the house with firewood, straw and other flammable materials."
"Set it on fire!" Claire, who was accustomed to seeing life and death, said ruthlessly, ignoring the people behind her who were not in a high mood.
Soon the houses were engulfed in flames, and the smoke stained the sky, and the glow of the fire seemed to carry the wailing of ghosts.
"Director Claire, the source of this disease is most likely caused by eating raw wild animals, and according to our investigation, it is very likely that it is monkeys."
"Any clues?"
"Mainly relying on the retelling of the villagers, they said that a villager named Tie Li hunted monkeys in the eastern forest in order to satisfy his hunger."
"Monkeys? This person doesn't have to stare at the monkey even if he's greedy, right? So many wild animals, lions, leopards, wildebeests, zebras...... "Claire counted them all," Claire counted, "so many animals, just pick monkeys." ”
"This may have something to do with a legendary food in the Far East, which is monkey brain, but this Li obviously can't handle this ingredient, so it led to this accident, of course, this is just our speculation, whether it is because of the killing and consumption of wild animals is not necessarily."
Many infectious diseases in East Africa can be said to appear without a head or tail, and it is difficult to determine the source, but malaria is very easy to judge, ninety percent of which are caused by mosquito bites.
"Monkey brain?" This left Claire feeling a little speechless, but with other animals, or even cooked the ingredients, it was likely that this would not have happened.
In the early days of East Africa's development, when solving the food problem, it was inevitable to do something to the wild animals of East Africa, but most of the animals picked in East Africa were zebras and wildebeests, and many inexplicable wild animals were very taboo.
Claire said to the villagers: "This time the unknown source of infection is likely that your villagers violated the rules and killed wild monkeys for the sake of appetite, and they have not been dealt with, and I want to know how the bloody things got out of their mouths, and they are not unable to eat meat, so this Li He died not unjust at all, if he died himself, it would be fine, but his five neighbors became unlucky." ”
He turned to his assistant and said, "Have you dealt with the people who came into contact with the deceased in the past few days?" ”
"I've been quarantined, and no condition has been detected at this time."
"Very good, they must be locked up, if there are no symptoms within a week, then there is no major problem, as for the village of Rottinader, this month is still not to have direct contact with the outside."
"The city government has decided to send daily necessities to a flat land two miles away from the village, and we can just go and receive them every three days, and we don't have to worry about eating and drinking here."
"Well, this is what our disease center has discussed with the city before, you young people don't worry too much, you have seen a lot of winds and waves, and you will get used to it in the future." Claire said as she comforted her teammates.
often walks by the river, how can he not get his shoes wet, Claire has experienced many life and death, but he is luckier than many people, and he has lived safely until now.
"In fact, the disease is not so terrible, he is like a lottery, and the probability of winning the lottery is very low, I haven't heard of a large-scale disease outbreak in the past few years, so you don't have to worry about your future, I believe that you will definitely be more comfortable than me in the future."
"Director Claire, have you ever experienced a major outbreak of infectious diseases?"
"I experienced it once, it was in the city of Kampala that year, as for the others, I have heard of it, there were indeed more in East Africa in the past, but many of them did not brew into major disasters because of timely control, and the scale in Europe is not very inconspicuous, such as the last Vienna plague level of infectious diseases, which have not happened in East Africa at present, or have no chance to happen."
"Director Claire, we have only been in East Africa for a few years, but East Africa is indeed very different from the description of Europe, and even this is the most unique place in East Africa, the rest of Africa and East Africa can be said to be completely two worlds, do you know the specific reason?"
Claire shook her head and said: "I don't know, but I personally think that East Africa has become the safest place in Africa, an important reason, that is, the enforcement of hygiene habits, such as water filtration, boiling water, food cooking, cleaning, cleaning clothes and bathing, etc., large and small details are very good to protect the safety of East African citizens, although there are many rules, but after testing, these measures are likely to be effective." ”
"I don't know what the principle is, for example, the mosquito repellent measure seems to have really reduced the number of malaria in East Africa, even lower than some temperate regions and countries."
"These are not what we can think of, but hygiene can effectively improve the quality of life, maybe some lazy people don't like it very much."
Claire chatted with her teammates, and they would stay in Rottwinade Village for the next two or three weeks, because after they entered the village, they were also likely to be infected, after all, there was no inspection equipment, and they could only rely on time to check whether it was safe, and it could only be handed over to time.
(End of chapter)