Romanian Eagle

After Eder's order was issued, the Transylvanian Army, under the leadership of General Salamick, accelerated the work of clearing the Hungarians. They used to worry about reputation and other people's reactions, and now they don't care at all.

A large number of Hungarians, escorted by soldiers, crossed the Tisza River with their belongings and cried to the Hungarian army on the other side of the river. It's just that the Hungarian soldiers are now unable to seek justice for these people in their own country, and now they are unable to protect themselves. Because the Allies did not decide on their punishment or reparations, and now they themselves do not know what to do.

In Eastern Moldavia, calls for a referendum to join the Kingdom of Romania are also growing. There have always been crowds cheering around the Romanian garrison in the region, some spontaneously and some organized. The local media also sang praises to this, saying that this is the embodiment of democracy in East Moldavia.

In Romania, the domestic media also echoed each other, focusing on promoting the East Moldavia region, which has been the gathering place of the Romanian people since ancient times, and now it is time for them to return.

Several things Eder focused on were proceeding in an orderly manner, which comforted him. However, in the area where he has not been paid attention, a disaster that is about to sweep the world is coming.

On August 12, a British ship, the Montella, just left the Sierra Leone region of West Africa, which was full of goods purchased from the region.

First mate Wells was standing on the bow, holding a telescope to check the nearby sea conditions.

Cough, cough, cough.

A cough interrupted First Officer Wells.

What's the matter with you, George.

After collecting the binoculars, Wells looked at a crew member who kept coughing and asked with concern.

Facing the concern of the chief officer, the crew member named George replied nonchalantly: It is estimated that he will catch a cold at the latest, and he has some colds.

You can't do this. Go to Dr. Ruth to get some medicine later. We still need half a month to return to the UK.

Okay, cough, cough, cough, I'll go in a while.

Then go as soon as possible, I don't want you to cause other people to cough.

Seeing George who couldn't help coughing when he spoke, Wells had to ask him to get medical treatment as soon as possible.

But crew George's cough,

Instead of getting better after being treated by Dr. Ruth, the condition worsened. In addition to high fever and headache, there were also bluish complexion and hemoptysis. More importantly, the rest of the crew also became coughing.

By the time they got off the coast of Portugal, half of the people on the ship were sick, including First Officer Wells, and Dr. Ruth on the ship had nothing to do. And the poor crewman George also left, and the Montella crew had to throw his body into the sea to prevent the infection from intensifying, and quarantine the sick crew member. However, how can the small cargo ship be isolated from the virus, and many crew members have been infected.

By the time the Montella arrived in the UK, three-quarters of its crew had been infected, and one-tenth of them had died. In fact, the British government should pay attention to this situation immediately, but the surging situation of the current war has made others too busy to pay attention. Therefore, when the Montella arrived in the UK, the sick crew members disembarked one after another to seek medical treatment by themselves. In their opinion, the poor medical treatment must be the result of the insufficient level of the doctors on board.

In this way, the patients spread out immediately, and on September 2, cases of this influenza virus were found in many places in the UK. On September 5, a case of influenza virus also broke out in France. On September 11, a case of influenza virus broke out in the United States. On September 12, a case of influenza virus broke out in the Far East. In just half a month, this flu virus broke out all over the world.

Many people are normal in the morning, get sick at noon, and die at night. Many cities restricted citizens from going to public places, and movie theaters, dance halls, sports venues, etc. were closed for long periods of time.

Unlike past influenzas, this wave of influenza has a particularly high mortality rate among young adults aged 20 to 35. This made the army concentrated among young and middle-aged people become the hardest hit area, and the Allied offensive was forced to stop. Now no one is thinking about war, but about treating the sick. At the end of World War I, countries are spreading good news, and Spain is very honest in breaking out the flu in its own country, so this is also called Spanish influenza.

As a global flu with a high fatality rate, Romania is of course not immune. The flu virus was discovered in Romania on September 8. During this time, Eder, who was extremely sensitive to the flu virus, immediately ordered martial law across the country to fight the flu virus. At the same time, Helk, the Minister of Health, was ordered to send people to monitor trends in areas where influenza outbreaks may occur, and to send people to publicize measures to prevent influenza among residents. For those who have been infected, they are immediately forced to quarantine.

Moreover, the Prime Minister is also asked to bring the government departments to cooperate with its work immediately. This has kept Prime Minister Bretianu busy on the ground. He has to manage the referendum in East Moldavia and cooperate with the health department in the prevention and control of influenza, which is also depressing enough.

The Romanian people also cooperated in turn in the face of the government's actions. Who made this flu menacing, and the fatality rate was very high. Many people were surrounded by patients, which really scared them.

In the Romanian military camp, martial law was immediately closed, and they were all frightened by the news from Western Europe. The fatality rate of 3%-7% is comparable to the loss on the battlefield, and everyone will be afraid.

But despite Romania's efforts, the number of cases is still increasing. And the most worrying thing about this flu is that there is no drug treatment, or there is not enough effective drug treatment. This caused everyone to be worried, for fear that they would be infected with the flu virus.

For a time, all domestic production and living materials became stagnant, and the materials on the dock were piled up like a mountain, but no one went to work because of the fear of the flu virus. The people working in the factory are also sparse, and the streets have become deserted, and everyone is trying to minimize going out.

According to the statistics after the fact, Romania's economic index has dropped by 40% during this period, which is completely equivalent to entering a state of economic crisis.

But it's all worth it. Because Romania responded correctly during this period, the death toll from the flu was also extremely low in Europe. The flu only killed 42,100 people, which is two-thirds less than the 127,000 people in Bulgaria next door, not to mention the gap between the populations of the two countries that has more than doubled.

And this flu has really caused a lot of losses to all countries. The global death toll has exceeded this war. It can be said that it is a total catastrophe.

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