Rebirth: My Dear Little Wife Is So Scheming

Chapter 1025: Chapter 1025: Spread

"Director Xu, the situation with the virus is becoming more unstable. Our medications are no longer effective, and it’s even difficult to achieve basic suppression. Another patient has succumbed!" After Director Xu fell ill, the five-member expert team is now led by Acting Leader Director Wang.

The problem is that it’s no longer just one person’s issue.

"Has it been reported to the province yet?" Director Xu struggled to attend the meeting with everyone. Both he and Doctor Bai were infected, currently showing clear symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea. According to their observations, vomiting and diarrhea are merely the onset.

Once the high fever starts, if it doesn’t subside, it will lead to death within three days.

This is the pattern they’ve recently identified for this virus.

The incubation period is three to seven days, with vomiting and diarrhea occurring after illness onset, lasting no more than three days, coupled with three days of high fever, meaning a person could be gone in half a month.

This speed is beyond what doctors can control.

"It’s already been reported, not just to the province; experts from the Capital City and Modu have been dispatched and are on their way here, while the province has sent large numbers of troops. Over a dozen villages in this area are to be sealed off. The situation is already very serious.

Surrounding villages are already starting to have isolated cases, which could easily lead to a large-scale epidemic if this continues."

This is what everyone is currently worried about.

The transmission power of this virus is too strong. So far, air and blood transmission have been identified as two very evident routes, but it hasn’t been determined if there are other routes beyond these two.

The only consolation is that all staff on the expert team wearing protective suits, except Director Xu and Doctor Bai who were accidentally infected, have not had any additional infections to date.

This is already a fortunate turn.

"The bodies need to be handled quickly and all burned. The temperatures are very high during the day, which could easily cause the bodies to decompose. If complications arise, it could lead to other outbreaks on top of the current epidemic." Director Xu is fulfilling his final duties; at this moment, he is not just a patient but a patient burdened with responsibility.

"Director Xu, please rest assured and take care of yourself. Don’t worry about this; we have already started handling it. The bodies have been incinerated. Although the villagers have some feelings, they are relatively stable since everyone’s focus is on the epidemic." Even Director Wang and his team feel helpless.

It’s not that they aren’t trying hard, but dealing with a virus is not a matter of effort equaling results.

The most crucial point is that they still have not found the source of the outbreak.

Without finding the source, it’s impossible to stop the epidemic from spreading, let alone find an effective solution.

At the moment, the situation is becoming more severe.

That afternoon, a 15-person epidemic prevention team appointed by the province, along with ten individuals each dispatched from the Capital City and Modu, arrived here.

This place is now teeming with medical personnel. noveldrama

Advanced research equipment is being shipped here continuously.

The aim is to conduct effective vaccine development and antiviral treatments.

The medical teams from various villages have all set up.

All the surrounding villages experiencing outbreaks report their situation daily.

The most severe epidemic center is still Ji Village, which seems to be the epicenter, spreading outward from here.

In other words, this is the source of the outbreak.

The expert team has specifically organized personnel to start inspections, checking all possible sources of the outbreak within the village.

Leading the Modu antiviral expert team is Dr. Xue. Although Dr. Xue is a renowned surgeon, he is also an epidemic prevention expert with years of experience and excellent academic abilities.

An Zhiyuan again fed Bai Xiao chocolate, but seemingly like yesterday, there seemed to be no change. Bai Xiao did not swallow on her own and was completely reliant on forced feeding.

She remained unconscious.

An Zhiyuan noticed that Bai Xiao’s body was alternating between hot and cold. Yesterday when he was here, Bai Xiao’s body was cold as ice.

But after drinking the chocolate water...

In the two hours that followed, the body seemed much warmer.

But soon after, two hours later, the body was again as cold as ice.

An Zhiyuan could only speculate based on his own thoughts that Bai Xiao was out of energy, and once she had energy, her body showed some resistance.

He was experimenting today; if the chocolate had the same fluctuating effect as yesterday, it would confirm that the current energy wasn’t enough for Bai Xiao to utilize.

However, there aren’t many ways to obtain energy from food. Now all high-protein, high-energy food is inside their tent.

He seems to have no way of changing this situation.

Upon arrival, Dr. Xue immediately came to see Bai Xiao.

Seeing Bai Xiao in a vegetative state, only breathing with no sign of consciousness, Dr. Xue truly regretted it.

If only time could go back, to when the Dean proposed the list, even if he had to risk his reputation, he would stop Bai Xiao from coming here.

He thought this was a training opportunity.

Instead, he didn’t expect to deliver his student right into Lord Yama’s hands.

Seeing Bai Xiao like this, Dr. Xue’s eyes reddened with emotion. If such a genius fell here, he would feel an unbearable guilt for the rest of his life.

An Zhiyuan did not comfort Dr. Xue; facing such situations, he couldn’t even console himself, let alone someone else.

Dr. Xue sat by Bai Xiao, murmuring for a long time before turning to leave.

This place is not just about Bai Xiao. There are so many patients here. According to the current reports, the number of patients across various villages has already exceeded 40.

Additionally, new patients are emerging every day.

The death rate also continues to rise.

Initially, two people died every three days; now, it has become one person dying every day.

The situation is increasingly severe.

Dr. Xue and his team must quickly identify the pathogen and find a way to counteract it.

This is not a moment to mourn the loss of a genius student. Only by quickly developing a vaccine against the virus and treatment methods can he save his student.

The entire workgroup is now busy with intense activity.

The three working groups have been divided.

The county workgroup and expert team have decided to lead the entry into other villages.

Both the Capital City and Modu expert teams will operate separately, aiming to investigate the pathogen here. Meanwhile, they must find ways to combat the virus.