Chapter 1017: Chapter 1017 asures
Wu Zhi picked up the phone.
“Who is it?”
His tone was, of course, unfriendly. Anyone woken up in the middle of the night would be in a bad mood.
The guard on duty imdiately recognized the voice as possibly belonging to Mayor Wu and was startled, as he hadn’t expected Mayor Wu to be on duty today.
“Mayor Wu, a security director from Ji Village just arrived here saying there’s been an outbreak of an infectious disease in their village. It’s very serious, and soone has died.”
If he hadn’t heard the words “infectious disease,” he probably wouldn’t have dared to call the duty office so casually.
Even as a guard, he understood that an infectious disease is vastly different from other issues.
Wu Zhi was shocked, and instantly beca fully awake.
“Where is the person? Quickly bring them up here, I’m in the duty office.”
As the mayor, he naturally knew that an infectious disease was not like other matters.
The duty guard hesitated, “Mayor Wu, this security director is coming from an area with the infectious disease.”
The implication was clear; the guard feared the person might be carrying the disease.
Ji Tiande, upon seeing the guard making a call, also feared not being seen due to concerns of contagion. He hurriedly shouted from outside the gate, “The doctor checked , and I have no illness, so they allowed to co find the town leaders.”
Wu Zhi replied sternly, “Stop the nonsense, bring him up quickly.”
It wasn’t that he didn’t fear death, but hearing the ntion of a doctor implied they had dical assistance in the village.
But Wu Zhi was still puzzled; why would there be a doctor in the village at this hour?
Suddenly, he thought of Old Lu, who visited villages every month to treat and check on the villagers. Perhaps Old Lu coincidentally arrived during such an incident.
He sighed, uncertain about what the situation was like now.
Ji Tiande was brought to the duty office by the guard. He sat sowhat uneasily on a chair in front of the desk, recognizing the person before him as Mayor Wu.
They had t when funds and grain for poverty alleviation were distributed.
“Mayor Wu, I’m Ji Tiande from Ji Village. We’ve t before.”
Seeing a higher-up, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
As he relaxed, a wave of exhaustion and dizziness almost caused him to fall off the chair.
Wu Zhi saw him swaying and quickly steadied him, “Comrade Ji Tiande, are you alright?”
How could he be alright?
Wu Zhi quickly called for help. With the mayor on duty, there must be others nearby. Hearing the mayor’s call, his secretary promptly appeared. Having heard the phone in the duty office earlier, but unaware of the situation, Li Xiang had been waiting, already dressed, sitting on a chair.
Upon hearing the mayor’s call, he wasn’t caught off guard.
“Quickly, get a glass of water.”
Seeing Mayor Wu holding the disheveled villager, Secretary Li Xiang hurried to fetch a warm glass of water.
Ji Tiande gulped it down in one go, finally feeling revived.
He tightly grabbed the mayor’s hand.
“Mayor Wu, you must save our village people quickly!”
Wu Zhi was relieved. It seed the man was fine, likely exhausted and thirsty from the hurried journey, which explained his condition.
“Comrade Ji Tiande, explain the situation clearly. Only then can we figure out a solution.”
An infectious disease hadn’t occurred in their area for decades. Mayor Wu feared misinformation. After all, rumors were more terrifying than tigers.
Ji Tiande explained the village’s situation in detail. He ntioned that doctors from the city, equipped with dical gear, ca to the village. During the examination, they discovered the disease was infectious and detailed the asures taken in the village.
Mayor Wu arranged for his secretary to let Ji Tiande rest.
Since city doctors with equipnt confird it, it probably wasn’t a rumor.
He checked the ti; it was only 5 a.m.
Wu Zhi, like an ant on a hot pan, paced around the office. If it really was an infectious disease, it had to be reported to the county and city leaders. The resources of their town’s hospital were utterly insufficient. Even though doctors from the city were there, it was only two people.
Caring for many patients required more than one or two people.
Thankfully, Ji Village’s village chief and director were so clear-minded, isolating patients and locking down the village even before the town or county made a decision.
But he also heard Ji Tiande say that to prevent a panic, the village hadn’t told outsiders it was an infectious disease.
People are unaware and clueless; the situation can’t be delayed. A minute’s delay could an villagers leaving.
If an infected villager ca into contact with outsiders, it wouldn’t be just one village’s problem. It might affect several villages.
He picked up the phone and imdiately dialed the county mayor’s ho number.
Mayor Zhang had not yet woken up, so it was his wife who answered. A call at this hour was usually extrely urgent.
Mayor Zhang’s wife wasted no ti and imdiately woke him up.
Hearing the news, Mayor Zhang promptly instructed Mayor Wu to contact guards from the town imdiately. If such a situation occurred, the village had to be locked down.
Since it was confird as an infectious disease, the source had to be eliminated within the village to prevent further spread.
As he instructed Mayor Wu, he imdiately had his driver mobilize for an ergency eting.
He organized a dical team from the county and staff from the epidemic prevention station, who set off toward the village with the infectious disease, carrying equipnt.
The eting concluded in almost twenty minutes.
All attendees were stunned, as it was the first ti anyone had heard news like this. Such infectious disease or epidemic situations hadn’t occurred in their area for years.
Whether it was an infectious disease or an epidemic was unclear, but everyone knew that if the situation severely erupted, dozens, even hundreds of surrounding villages could face a dire situation overnight.
The county hospital had organized and deployed its capable doctors, nurses, and epidemic prevention staff, forming a 20-person team to combat and prevent the disease, imdiately driving towards Ji Village.
However, by the ti they arrived, it was already evening. Not only did they have to stop when they reached the big river, but it also took ti for all the equipnt and personnel to cross.
Fortunately, the ard police officers who arrived earlier modified the original wooden bridge; otherwise, crossing it might not have been possible before dark.
When they reached the village, the periter was already secured with masked ard police officers setting up checkpoints, strictly forbidding entry or exit.
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