finally.

He frowned and frowned suddenly. He quickly took out his cell phone and checked the time again.

May 17, 2015.

It was the MERS infection incident in South Korea in 2015!!

MERS, scientific name Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, is a respiratory disease caused by a new virus discovered in 2012. This virus is also known as the 2012 London No. 1 New Virus. It is considered to be similar to the virus that causes SARS. It first appeared in

Middle East, hence the name, cases are mainly concentrated in the Middle East and Europe.

Because the pathogens of MERS and SARS belong to the same family of viruses.

Therefore, the symptoms of the two have many similarities. The clinical manifestations are fever accompanied by chills, cough, shortness of breath, muscle aches, etc.

According to statistics released by the World Health Organization (WHO).

MERS seems to be less contagious than SARS on the surface, but one thing to be wary of is that the fatality rate of patients with the former is much higher than that of the latter.

Since 2012, data on deaths caused by two viruses in the world’s population are available:

The mortality rate of MERS patients is about 38%, while that of SARS patients is only 10%.

Gu Ji was born in 2002, so he has no memory of SARS.

But he had heard his father and mother talk about the horror of SARS. At that time, the school was basically closed. Most of his classmates and friends stayed in the dormitory and at home, and the school teachers had to take their temperatures every day.

Thermometers, masks, and isatis root became the three most popular things at that time.

Even though I think about it now, I still feel scared.

But what makes people feel sincerely proud is that Xia Guo made great efforts in fighting SARS and even contributed valuable public health management experience to the world.

Although South Korea has not been infected with SARS on a large scale.

But we have not escaped the "new SARS" disease called Middle East Respiratory Syndrome.

Gu Ji couldn't remember the general reason clearly.

It seems that a 68-year-old man who went on a business trip to the Middle East was infected with the MERS virus. After returning home, he developed symptoms. He first went to a small clinic. After a few days of treatment, he found that his symptoms did not improve, so he was transferred to the emergency room of a large hospital.

Due to the negligence of doctors and nurses, coupled with the large flow of patients in the emergency room, nosocomial infections quickly formed, and then quickly spread to the entire Seoul and even Gyeonggi Province, causing panic.

At that time, there were as many as 186 infected people in South Korea, 36 of whom died, and more than 160,000 people were placed in medical isolation. It can be said that it was extremely serious.

The World Health Organization finally summarized this major public health incident and believed that there are two fundamental reasons for such serious results:

On the one hand, South Korea lacks experience in public health management;

On the other hand, there is the privatization of the medical industry.

South Korea's medical system is highly privatized and controlled by major chaebols.

Many private hospitals are unwilling to disclose their hospital names for fear of affecting their "business." At the same time, the government is also worried that information disclosure will cause hospitals to refuse to accept new patients, and thus choose to do nothing.

This makes it impossible for civilians to determine which hospital is the hardest hit by the infection.

As a result, repeated cross-infection among personnel has occurred, forcing the infection to become more serious.

Gu Ji thought of it.

The initial name of the game level, "Battle Under the Wall," probably hints at this factor.

Privatized hospitals collectively controlled by chaebols are like a wall, tightly confining infected people and civilians inside, and hindering the control of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

etc.

The initial infected person was a 68-year-old man who was transferred to the emergency room for treatment.

Although Gu Ji was not sure whether the white-haired man was 68 years old, he immediately raised his head and glanced at the promotional light box hanging on the wall of the emergency room lobby, which clearly read:

Seoul Sansang Hospital!

The name of Sanmulus is almost unknown to everyone around the world. In South Korea, Sanmulberry is a giant. As long as it coughs, it can make the Korean economy tremble. Among the Korean people

There is even a popular saying that rather than saying that Korea owns mulberry trees, it is better to say that mulberry trees own Korea.

This fully shows the strong strength of Shansang Group.

But for Gu Ji, it has a more important meaning in this level.

South Korea is the “second largest source” of MERS infection incidents and is also the hospital with the largest number of MERS infected patients.

Backed by a top chaebol company like Sansang, Seoul Sansang Hospital should be called the top private hospital in the country, equivalent to Gyeongju Union Medical College Hospital in Ha.

Therefore, a large number of Koreans choose to come here for medical treatment every day.

Such a dense flow of people naturally becomes the best place for virus infection to break out.

"Sir, your body temperature is very high, reaching 38.7 degrees Celsius. Have you ever had pneumonia before?"

"there has never been."

"Let's do this. I'll take you to the respiratory department first. Please ask your family to check in!"

A few minutes later, the female nurse completed the basic examination, briefly asked about the situation, walked out of the triage table, and supported the white-haired man to prepare to go to the emergency department.

Body temperature greater than 38 degrees, cough, shortness of breath.

These are all consistent with the clinical symptoms of MERS.

Considering the time points, this person has most likely been infected with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome.

Gu Ji looked at the female nurse who was supporting the white-haired uncle. Every time she took a few steps, she would cough several times and spray droplets in the air. Around them were patients moaning in pain and waiting for consultation.

The key is.

He also had close contact with the other party just now!

It seems that I caught a cold when I went out to do errands yesterday. Now my head is hot and cold, and my whole body feels uncomfortable. I slept at home until the afternoon, and I feel cold even under the quilt. I just took cold medicine. I hope it’s not Yang Yang, 555...
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