crisis management game.

Chapter 599 Treatment Plan (asking for monthly ticket)

Eighty thousand people were infected in one week.

This sounds exaggerated, dozens or even hundreds of times higher than the cruise ship and South Korean MERS checkpoints that Gu Ji had experienced.

But let’s take a closer look at the new data from the past two days.

Yesterday morning when Catherine told him about the data released by the WHO, there were only 1200 people. By noon, when the central government held its first meeting, the number had grown to 2100.

Today, that number has risen to 4300.

It's literally doubling in growth.

According to the current rate of spread, the number of infected people will definitely increase exponentially in the future!

“The top priority right now is to first find out the full genome sequence information of the Ganta Kana virus and then develop a vaccine;

However, Nepal has limited scientific research resources, so currently, experts from the Jiangzhou P4 laboratory in Xiaguo, the Jean Mérion Institute in France, the Bhopal BSL-4 laboratory in India, and the BL-4 laboratory in Osun, South Korea have been formed to carry out the work simultaneously.

When the head of the World Health Organization announced this vaccine research plan.

However, many officials and experts at the scene did not look optimistic.

Because everyone knows that this is simply impossible to accomplish in a short period of time.

The Ebola virus has been raging in Africa for so many years, and until now, many vaccines are still in the clinical trial stage and have not been actually put into use.

This is mainly because the mortality rate of the Ganta Kana virus is too high.

According to the classification of the degree of harm caused by the virus, viruses like this one, which are incurable in most cases once infected, are only allowed to be operated in P4 laboratories, which greatly limits its operation and research.

Commonly used vaccine strategies, such as live attenuated vaccines and inactivated vaccines, are not applicable to level 4 viruses.

Once the attenuated live vaccine recovers its virulence in the human body, the consequences will be disastrous;

To produce inactivated vaccines, one first needs to obtain a large amount of the original virus. For a level 4 virus, cultivating such a large virus is itself an extremely dangerous task.

Once a leak occurs, it is tantamount to biological weapons!
“According to the initial report on the virus outbreak submitted by the Nigerian side, you suspect this was a deliberate poisoning incident?”

After a long silence, an Indian virus expert asked a question first.

Nepal's Minister of Health hummed, glanced at Gu Ji who was keeping his head down and saying nothing, and directly opened the file on the table. "The current investigation conclusion has not yet been determined. It is just a hypothesis, but the possibility of human factors is relatively high."

Then he produced various pieces of evidence.

Most of the content comes from Gu Ji's original investigation and analysis, and is almost just a rote recitation.

“We also tend to agree with Nepal’s assumption.”

Unexpectedly, the second person who took the initiative to speak was actually an expert from Xia Country.

"By comparing the gene sequence of the virus sample strain with that of the WHO, and finding it is roughly the same as the gene sequence of the pathogen we extracted from infected person No. 0, we can basically determine that both were infected with the same virus.

Although patient No. 0 has died, through epidemiological investigation, we found that he had never been to Kathmandu before his death, and had no contact with passengers returning from Nepal in the past 14 days;

Moreover, we discovered the infected person No. 0 two days earlier than Nepal, but the large-scale outbreak of the virus was in the capital of Nepal. Therefore, we have reason to suspect that this may be a biological and chemical attack in which poisoning was carried out in batches by a foreign country!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the scene suddenly became noisy.

Everyone was discussing the hypothesis of "deliberate poisoning".

Even the old French expert Martel who was standing next to Gu Ji sighed.

"If Ganta Kana is really artificially developed, there may be hope to resolve this disaster as soon as possible..."

Because the virus is man-made, it means that the entire genetic sequence is clear.

In order to protect themselves or make a profit, the poisoner may even develop a vaccine.

Thus.

As long as the poisoner is found, this virus crisis can be easily resolved.

"What is the current spread in Xia Country?"

"Fortunately, we discovered it in time. Currently, there are only 12 infected people and 114 close contacts, most of whom are frontline personnel in the public security and medical systems, so the situation is still under control!"

In response to the question from the Nepalese Minister of Health, the Xia country expert group's expressions suddenly froze, as if they had eaten a dead fly.

To know.

The latter had infected person zero earlier than them.

However, the number of infections of both countries is only in double digits for one and has exceeded 4000 for the other.

This gap of dozens of times was tantamount to slapping him in the face.

After he said this, the Indian experts were also shocked.

"Oh my god, this is incredible. Although there is a huge gap between the medical investment of Nepal and Xia, it is impossible to produce such a big difference in results. How did you do it?"

“To be honest, one of our police officers played a key role in handling this virus crisis. He was the first to identify the symptoms of infected person 0 and insisted on reporting it, which attracted the attention of our Jingzhou Municipal Party Committee;
In accordance with the highest instructions, the Jingzhou Command, in coordination with the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention, quickly launched a Level 1 response to major public health emergencies. It was because of the early intervention of the CDC that we were able to contain the Ganta Kana virus on a small scale before it spread and broke out. "

Unexpectedly, the country directly launched a level one response!
Gu Ji’s eyelids twitched.

He thought that Jingzhou's ability to initiate a level 2 response was already a sign of sufficient importance, but he did not expect the city party committee leaders to be so decisive.

In Xia State’s emergency response system.

Level 1 is a particularly serious crisis level and the highest response status. It is extremely strict to implement and cannot be easily activated.

But as the Xia expert said.

If the authorities had not taken this matter so seriously and firmly, the number of infections would probably not have been controlled so well.

To know.

Jingzhou City is a megacity with a population of over 2100 million.

In terms of population size alone, it is five times that of Kathmandu!
Another important reason for proper infection control is, of course, the "whistleblower".

"Who could this policeman that the expert is talking about be? The middle-aged traffic policeman who picked up the driver who caused the accident, or a comrade from the anti-drug team, or maybe..."

After murmuring to the end, Gu Ji no longer dared to think about it.

But the name was already on his lips.

It was Li Yanan.

Because in his understanding, only Li Yanan, who had received special training, could react so quickly and report the situation as soon as he noticed something unusual.

CTOC is backing us up.

It was easy to get the news to the ears of the leaders of the Jingzhou Municipal Party Committee.

However, looking at the death toll reported by Xia Guo, that blood-red "3".

Gu Ji still felt inexplicably nervous.

The infected person No. 0 has died, so according to the outbreak rhythm of the severe period within 4 days, the people most likely to get into trouble are him, Li Yanan, and the traffic police who rushed to handle the case.

Especially Li Yanan, she had a close physical fight with infected person No. 0.

With Ganta Kana’s ability to spread.

She is very likely...

"Xima, my teacher wants to go to the place where the virus originated, which is the mental hospital. Didn't you just go there yesterday? Can you help us lead the way?"

Just when Gu Ji was deep in thought, Catherine suddenly interrupted him.

He nodded and temporarily withdrew his thoughts.

Anyway, now he has successfully infiltrated Ganta Kana's strategic command center, and there will be plenty of opportunities in the future to ask the domestic medical expert team for the list of infected and dead people.

The content of the next meeting turned into the countries discussing treatment plans.

Because Nepal has now adopted corresponding lockdown policies, at least in terms of transmission, the spread of the virus has been curbed. The next step is how to treat existing patients and reduce the mortality rate.

This is actually very important.

Why do viruses like Ebola and AIDS always make people feel scared, while colds and fevers are never taken seriously?

Isn’t it because the mortality rate of the former is too high and it cannot be cured with the current medical level?

As long as a good treatment plan can be found.

If the mortality rate of severe cases among those infected in Ganta Kana is reduced, the public's panic will drop rapidly, and it can also buy time for the development of vaccines.

Target this.

The expert groups from various countries put forward different proposals, which was also the most heatedly debated part of the meeting.

Nepal has the largest number of patients and the most extensive clinical experience.

However, due to the poor medical resources, the hospital has only used antibiotics to treat the current critically ill patients, but with little effect.

Xia Guo also has clinical treatment experience.

In view of the fact that the Gantakana virus is similar to the neurotropic virus, they advocate symptomatic treatment and operate on the cardiovascular, nervous and respiratory systems.

The second one is the most important.

By using sedatives, the virus's interference and destruction of brain emotions can be suppressed, and dehydrating agents such as mannitol and furosemide can be used to eliminate brain edema lesions. If ineffective, lateral ventricular drainage can be given.

Although it still cannot solve the problem of severe illness, it has at least greatly delayed the survival time of critically ill patients.

This is also the reason why there are only three deaths in Xiaguo at present.

However, because the time is too short and the number of clinical patients is too small, it is still unknown whether this treatment plan is effective and to what extent it can improve the results.

Indian experts, on the other hand, advocate confrontational treatment.

That is to say, drugs such as remdesivir, favipiravir, or drugs such as ZMapp and RNA polymerase inhibitors are used to directly act on the central nervous system and kill the virus.

At the same time, depending on the severity of the disease, anti-shock treatment, anti-DIC treatment and anti-multiple organ failure treatment can also be adopted.

Of course, this is just "paper talk".

The two sides quarreled with each other and the fight became fierce.

Just when the situation was about to get out of control, suddenly, the door of the conference room was opened from the outside, and the scene suddenly became quiet.

Everyone subconsciously looked outside.

I saw a group of yellow-skinned people in suits and ties walking into the venue in an orderly manner.

It is the missing team of Korean experts.

"Sorry, the originally scheduled flight was delayed due to weather reasons!"

"It's okay. Just sit down. We are currently at an impasse over the treatment plan, and all parties have not been able to reach a complete conclusion."

The Nepalese person in charge hurried forward to arrange for the Korean experts to take a seat.

Gu Ji took a few quick glances.

I didn't see Kim Ji-koo among them, which was a bit disappointing.

If this guy was also present, then he would have three free helpers in this Nepal checkpoint, which is much more reliable than Raja, Singh and the like.

Just when he was about to give up.

Suddenly, a woman with her hair tied in a bun caught his attention.

Gu Ji looked at it carefully and his pupils suddenly shrank.

It turned out to be Jiang Youzhen!

"Why is she here?"

Jiang Youzhen just survived the Mexican drug war and returned to South Korea. Why did she want to come to Nepal? Could it be that this woman has the physique of "Conan" and gets into trouble wherever she goes?

Now in Gu Ji's eyes.

Nepal is not much better than Mexico.

Even more dangerous.

On the surface, there is the Ganta Kana virus.

And secretly, there are gangs, armed organizations, extreme terrorist forces, poisoners, and so on.

This is the biggest threat.

Naturally it is the Indian branch of Kaiida.

You know, they have nuclear bombs in their hands.

If this thing explodes in Kathmandu, combined with the Ghantarkana virus, no one knows how many people will die in Nepal. If things go wrong, it will go down in human history! !

Not to mention how many invisible hands are hidden under this table.

What about Mossad, India's Research and Analysis Bureau, etc.

It's a complete mess!

Gu Ji thought about it and there was only one possibility:
It was Kang Yoo-jin who was assassinated in Mexico by PM mercenaries hired by her brother. This woman wanted revenge and decided to seize power in AM Group.

This medical support to Nepal is a great opportunity.

After all, Jiang Youzhen had experienced the entire MERS disaster in South Korea with him. In addition, she herself came from the AM medical system and was considered a semi-expert in the field of public health.

Gu Ji did see a few familiar figures among the team of experts and scholars from South Korea.

It seemed that they were the doctors he had come into contact with at the MERS checkpoint 10 years ago.

"Teacher, which plan do you think is better?"

After arguing for a long time, Catherine couldn't help but secretly asked Martell.

He shook his head. "It's hard to say now. If I were the WHO, I would run all three programs at the same time. There are enough patients in Kathmandu. One week is enough to see which treatment is more effective.

But relatively speaking, I am more optimistic about Xia Guo's plan. After all, they have achieved certain results in clinical practice!"

"Teacher, do you have any good plan?"

The student next to him couldn't help but ask.

Martell grunted, but said nothing more.

Martel didn't say much during the entire meeting.

This is because his visit this time was not entirely on behalf of the French government to provide medical support to Nepal, but as a private research institute.

Just as Catherine gave the reason.

As a famous French virologist, Martel was simply very interested in the Gantacan virus.

but.

This was exactly what Gu Ji wanted!

(End of this chapter)