crisis management game.

Chapter 600 Virus Mutation (asking for monthly votes)

The meeting lasted until noon.

The result was just as Martel had said.

As the medical expert groups from various countries have been unable to come up with a unified treatment plan, the WHO expert group proposed to carry out them simultaneously and finally select the one with the best effect to start implementing.

“Is this the starting point of the virus outbreak?”

"Correct."

After lunch, Martel couldn't wait to go to the mental hospital.

Gu Ji pointed to the hospital outside the window and reminded everyone in the car to wear closed masks, then led them out of the car and across the police cordon.

Compared to yesterday when he came to investigate clues, the number of critically ill patients today has increased a lot.

It was so exaggerated that there were not enough beds in the hospital, so they had to be placed in the corridor, divided by yellow tape and transparent plastic sheets.

The entire intensive care unit was filled with disinfectant mixed with blood and a faint smell of decay.

More than a dozen seriously infected patients were tied up firmly on their beds with dazed expressions, looking like corpses waiting in line to die.

And just as everyone stepped into the corridor.

Another infected person died painfully from a high fever of 43 degrees.

Looking at the patient being carried away, his distorted facial features and the rotten and bloody sores all over his neck.

The French students who were accompanying them all looked terrified, and some even almost vomited through their masks.

"Well!"

"God, this is hell..."

Even as experts in virology research, they had never seen such a horrific way of death.

There is nothing comparable to Ganta Kana in the world at present.

I'm afraid it can only be Ebola, the king of viruses.

As Martel passed by these seriously infected patients, he asked his assistants to take pictures of their clinical signs one by one, and he also carefully read the diagnosis and treatment records of the CDC.

Exactly the same thing that Nepal’s Minister of Health said at the conference.

The so-called treatment is nothing more than giving patients some antibiotics or glucose, which has no effect at all.

"Teacher, is there any way you can save them?"

Catherine couldn't bear to see this.

But Martel just shook his head. "I only know about viruses, not about treatment. The fastest way now is to catch the so-called poisoner and get the etiology and typing basis of Gantarkana. Or, there is another possibility..."

Gu Ji’s eyelids twitched.

"What is it?"

"That is to find asymptomatic infected people, analyze blood samples, find antibodies, and then try to use the RCR extraction method to obtain antibodies to fight the virus."

Martel answered truthfully, paused and sighed:

"However, Nepal does not have a P4 laboratory, or even a P3. If we want to complete all this, we can only take the samples back to France to apply. The trip back and forth takes too long. If the Ghana virus mutates during this period, the antibodies may have a counterproductive effect."

“What if there is a P4 laboratory in Nepal?”

“Yes and no…wait, what did you say!?”

Halfway through his words, Martel was suddenly choked by Gu Ji's words.

He looked at Gu Ji in shock.

"You just said that Nepal has a P4 laboratory?"

Gu Ji hummed.

But before Martell could speak, Catherine rejected it.

"This is impossible. How can Nepal have the resources to build a P4 laboratory? If it is true, why didn't the WHO hold a meeting just now to set up virus research in the country, but instead dispersed it to other countries such as India and South Korea?"

“That’s because this P4 has never been open to the public.”

Faced with doubts, Gu Ji simply answered this sentence.

"Then how did you know...oh."

Catherine was quick-witted. Considering Gu Ji's previous admission of serving in the chemical defense force, she naturally understood what this sentence meant.

As a virus expert.

They know it very well.

There are P4 laboratories in the world except those officially disclosed by various countries.

There are also some secret biological research institutes.

Most of them were secretly built by the military for biological and chemical weapons research.

For example, the "Sverdlovsk Anthrax Leak Incident" in the former Soviet Union was exposed as an underground test site of a secret military microbiology center located in Yekaterinburg at that time.

Although biological and chemical weapons sound "inhumane".

But the fact is that countries have never given up their research on them.

After all, compared to nuclear weapons that cost tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars, laboratory viruses that can be replicated in unlimited quantities are much cheaper. As long as they are delivered accurately, they can even achieve a more terrifying destructive effect than the former.

This is one of the reasons why Catherine is also convinced that Ganta Kana is a laboratory virus.

Martell looked around hurriedly and asked tentatively in a low voice:
"So, you have a way to let us in?"

"Have."

Gu Ji nodded decisively, "But I have one request, which is that you find out the virus gene sequence as soon as possible and develop a vaccine!"

"This...Okay, I promise you!"

Martell hesitated and wanted to say that this kind of thing could not be rushed.

But for a virus expert like him, how could he not give it a try when he had the opportunity to develop a vaccine himself and go down in human history?

Once such thoughts arise in your mind.

He no longer had the heart to continue staying here to conduct research. After collecting the virus samples and data, he was eager to ask Gu Ji to take him to the P4 laboratory.

But just when everyone left the intensive care isolation area.

A riot suddenly broke out in the hospital corridor.

"Be careful! The patient has escaped!"

"Quick! Catch her!"

"what--!"

It turned out that he was an infected person who had just developed symptoms. He could not bear the isolation and was afraid of dying in the hospital, so he took the opportunity to break free from the restraints and escape while the staff was administering medicine.

Under the loud calls of the disease control personnel.

Two armed police officers on duty in the hospital immediately chased after him and quickly pinned him to the ground.

But a dispute broke out between the two sides.

"Let me go! I don't want to go back. You are forcing me to death!!"

"Stop resisting! This is your last warning!"

"Ah! I will fight with you!"

Unexpectedly, during the struggle, the infected person suddenly tore open the armed policeman's protective suit, and the two sides' limbs were in full contact, scaring the policeman so much that he instantly let go and stepped back.

Gu Ji walked closer and took a look.

But he found that the appearance of this infected person was very familiar to him.

"Kaf?"

"who!"

Hearing someone calling his name, the infected person who was tearing stopped immediately.

She turned her head and saw Gu Ji under the gas mask. His bloodshot eyes were first confused, then shocked, and finally turned into a strong desire to survive.

"Xima! Save me! Get me out quickly! I'm not infected, they brought me in! Let me go..."

While she is talking.

The armed police immediately pinned her to the ground and handcuffed her.

Gu Ji came over and looked at Kaifu with some curiosity.

“You didn’t leave Kathmandu?”

Logically speaking, as one of the first few people to learn about the Gantakana virus and having taken strict precautions in advance, it would be almost impossible for her to be infected.

"No, no. After I escaped from the hospital that day, I wanted to leave the city directly, but the chemical protective suit and mask attracted too much attention. I was scared and hid in the temple, but I didn't expect..."

It turned out that Kaif was afraid of being captured by the Al-Qaeda organization and had nowhere to go, so she found a temple to hide.

It’s a pity that the temple was looted by gangsters.

Her protective suit, mask and supplies were all taken away.

Originally, the person was almost raped.

Fortunately, she was rescued by passers-by and given some food, so she is lucky enough to survive until now.

Gu Ji shook his head and could only blame the woman for having bad luck.

"But you're already showing symptoms of infection. If you run away, you'll only spread the virus to others. It won't do you any good. If you stay in the hospital, you might still have hope of being treated!"

"But Sima, aren't those infected people all crazy? I'm not crazy, which means I'm different from them, right? You saved me the first time, please save me again, I don't want to stay here anymore!!"

Kaif became more and more emotional as she spoke.

But Gu Ji paused.

Yup!

Although Kaif has become ill and is extremely emotional, she has not gone completely crazy like the other infected people. Could it be that the virus has caused some kind of mutation in her?
Gu Ji couldn't help but think of last week's episode.

He was also exposed to the air, but was not infected with the Ganta Kana virus.

Could it be related to nuclear radiation?
After all, Kaif had only been wearing a simple medical protective suit and had been staying in the experimental area. Her body had been exposed to high radiation for a long time. After being infected by the virus, it is possible that the two had undergone some special mutations.

Katherine and Martell looked at each other.

They all thought of the term "asymptomatic infected person" and requested blood draw and specimen collection on the spot.

After comforting Kaif, everyone left in a hurry.

……

Nepal is dead silent at night.

The only sounds around the mountain road were the crunching sound of tires crushing the soil and the roar of engines.

Gu Ji was driving a Tata van, taking Mattel and others along a dirt road to the northern part of Nepal's Bagmati district.

That's right.

He was heading to the P4 laboratory that the system rewarded him with.

Although it is in the Himalayas, it is actually not far away.

Because Nepal's land area is not large, and Kathmandu is located in the Bagmati District, the straight-line distance between the two is less than 60 kilometers.

It’s just that Kathmandu has now been blocked by the military.

If you want to leave the city, you must have a pass.

Fortunately, Gu Ji held privileges granted by the Minister of the Interior and the Inspector General of Police.

In Kathmandu, nature has the final say.

So much so that he just made a phone call and easily drove away from Kathmandu.

"How long is the journey?"

"We're just ahead. Get off the bus. From here on, you can only walk."

Gu Ji parked the car at the foot of the mountain, opened the door, and looked at the towering mountains in front of him.

The starlight fell on the snow-capped mountains in the distance, covering the mountains with a layer of silver veil, as if the entire mountain range was shining.

No wonder so many tourists from all over the world come to Nepal every year.

This mysterious country full of religious colors is indeed full of beautiful scenery.

It’s a pity that something like the Ganta Kana virus happened.

Gu Ji no longer had the mood to appreciate these things.

Martel repeatedly reminded the students to protect the specimen boxes.

The outer layer of these boxes is PVC plastic, and the inside has refrigeration and insulation functions to ensure the survival of blood samples.

In case the box falls from the mountain.

If the blood sample falls out, there is still a risk of virus leakage.

Although this is the wilderness, there are still many villages at the foot of the mountain. Especially if the blood sample flows into the river and enters the water source of Nepal, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Follow the map given by the system.

Gu Ji climbed along the mountain road towards the northwest.

Because Martell was too old, and in order to take his physical condition into consideration, the group did not move forward very fast.

It took nearly an hour of climbing before we reached the rift marked by the system.

"Xima, are you sure there is a laboratory here? There is not even an electrical circuit here, how could it be possible..."

Catherine looked at the dark rocks and trees around her and totally didn't believe that there would be a modern biological laboratory in such a remote place. The infrastructure alone would not be enough.

But Gu Ji still walked in.

As a result, the narrow opening in front became narrower and narrower, and in the end, only one person could pass through.

Until I touched a pitch-black wall, blocking my way.

“This is a dead end…”

One student was about to complain.

But the next second, Gu Ji touched a place and gently swept away the dust, and it turned out to be an access control system.

Only then did they finally see clearly.

What blocked their way was not a wall, but a door!

Since this P4 laboratory was a reward from the system and the authority had long been given to him, Gu Ji only symbolically entered a password, and the door in front of him made a rumbling sound as it was driven by a hydraulic shaft.

The door opened.

As Gu Ji walked in, the lights in the room turned on.

Although he had prepared himself mentally, he was still shocked by the interior decoration of the P4 laboratory in front of him.

There are cold metal walls, no main light source, and an automatic air filtration system. The most amazing thing is the glass doors in the front. Under the reflection of the light source, it seems like a tunnel that travels through time and space, just like a scene that only appears in science fiction movies.

“Is this… an integrated laboratory?”

After all, Martell is a virus expert who has seen the world.

He could tell at a glance that the P4 laboratory in front of him was an integrated one, in other words, something like a "container".

This kind of laboratory is small but complete.

When it was first developed, it was used in vehicles.

That is, a mobile laboratory.

By modifying the truck, the biological laboratory can be moved onto the vehicle, so that when a major outbreak of an infectious disease occurs, the vehicle can be immediately driven to the epidemic area to test the virus.

This eliminates the need to transport hazardous samples while ensuring that all biological contaminants are safely and contained.

Its characteristics are small size, low cost and portability.

However, compared with normal laboratories, the space is smaller and the equipment is simpler, which is not conducive to long-term operation.

"I'm afraid the only way to build a P4 laboratory in a place like this is an integrated one."

Katherine walked over to the metal cabinet and pressed it lightly.

His eyes lit up. It was filled with medical protective clothing and equipment. "But this laboratory has enough supplies, enough for us to complete normal virus research and experiments!"

(End of this chapter)