Chapter 1026 Weird Crying
Pengxu Wharf, Dongshan County.
At this moment, the place is very busy. Many people are rushing to build a temporary medical tent. Some medical equipment is also being quickly carried down and moved into the tent.
A cordon had already been set up at a distance, and people in public security uniforms were maintaining order.
There were many vehicles parked around the breakwater, and people were carrying office equipment down one after another.
In a huge tent, an emergency response meeting on Dongfuyu, the possible source of the epidemic, had been held for ten minutes.
"The dock has been blocked and all ships have been notified not to leave the port. They must stay on board and wait for inspection!" Director Ding Jia of the Port Authority reported on his work while wiping his sweat.
"Well, where's Ma Gang?" Guard Wu turned his head and asked.
"Secretary Wu, the ships near the Dongfu Fishing Boat have been contacted, and people have been sent to the crew's residences to notify them!" Ma Gang replied quickly.
"Okay! Have you contacted the support from the Health Bureau?" Guard Wu asked again.
Lang Xiaobing from the Health Bureau also immediately replied: "We have contacted the Jingang City. The city has organized doctors and nurses from two hospitals to rush to Dongshan. It is expected that all support personnel will arrive in three hours! By then, they will be arranged in three batches at the People's Hospital, the Shipping Bureau dormitory and the dock!"
"Okay!" Guard Wu nodded and looked at the points Li Xiangnan had told him on his notebook. He had basically completed the initial deployment, so he quickly turned around and asked, "Doctor Li, is there anything else you want to add?"
"No! I'll think about it later!" Li Xiangnan shook his head and looked at the string of English letters written on the notebook.
"Okay! Get busy!" Guard Wu waved his hand and asked his subordinates to take their positions.
As soon as the people were gone, Guard Wu quickly moved his buttocks over and sat down again, wondering, "Doctor Li, what do you think is in that container?"
Li Xiangnan shook his head.
He didn't have a clue either.
Although he later asked Secretary Wu to bring a taller ship closer, even standing on the mast, one could not see what was inside the container.
But no matter what it was, it was obvious that it was because Wang Huaijun and his team came into contact with the contents of the container that they were infected with the Norovirus.
You should know that although the incubation period of the Norwalk virus is short and the disease can occur in a few days, its detoxification period can be as long as 56 days.
In other words, if this container accidentally fell into the sea after leaving the United States, and was subsequently salvaged and opened by the Dongfu Fishing Boat, it is possible that it could be infected with the Norwalk virus from the other side of the ocean!
During the detoxification period, Wang Huaijun returned to Dongshan and brought the virus home, which caused the family members and neighbors of the Shipping Bureau dormitory to suffer.
Li Xiangnan thought about it again and again, and felt that his guess was very close to the truth.
But now, what happened on the Dongfuyu?
Did the other crew members on board get off the ship like Wang Huaijun did? Where did they visit?
When did they come into contact with the container? Did they arrive at Dongshan Port during the incubation period? Did they arrive here after the onset of the disease? How many days did they stay here?
These questions are all related to the diarrhea epidemic in Dongshan as a whole, and they are the answers that Li Xiangnan urgently needs to know.
"No matter what it is, it's very dangerous for Dongshan, which has already created such a situation! When will the gondola arrive?" Li Xiangnan asked with narrowed eyes.
"One hour later! We need another Wuding fishing boat to use their pulley system to lift it!" Ma Gang replied quickly.
"Okay! According to the original plan, wrap the entire container with special curtains and drag it away from the port. Once we're done here, destroy them all together!" Li Xiangnan instructed.
"Don't worry, Doctor Li. This thing is too dangerous. We can't be careless!" Ma Gang said nervously.
Li Xiangnan stood up and walked to the curtained window, looking at the boat outside, and asked, "Director Ma, have you found the list of the Dongfu Fishing Boat yet?"
"It's strange! I remember clearly that when this ship reported the crew list last year, I and several comrades in the bureau all signed it! At that time, Wang Huaijun wanted to buy pension insurance for them, and the bureau must have a backup! How come we can't find it!" Ma Gang was also very puzzled.
"So how many people do you think are on this ship?" Li Xiangnan turned around and asked him.
“This…” Ma Gang scratched his head and recalled carefully: “Quite a lot! I remember there must be at least 20 to 30 people!”
This is a 300-ton fishing boat, and the number of crew members is actually far beyond the required number.
However, as ocean-going navigation capacity is insufficient now, it is understandable that we use artificial means to replenish more fish at one time in order to maximize economic benefits.
However, it was precisely because of so many people that Li Xiangnan frowned.
There are twenty or thirty people, and up to now, the captain's room has not returned the call, and no one has disembarked. The whole ship is silent, which seems even more weird and strange!
Wang Huaijun just got on board again today, so it is obvious that he is capable of taking action. Why didn’t he respond?
I'm afraid these questions can only be answered once you're on board.
I looked at the watch and it was already one o'clock in the afternoon.
"Let's eat first!" Li Xiangnan urged everyone to eat first.
So a very funny scene appeared at Pengxu Wharf.
The people who ate were divided into two groups. Each person was far away from each other. Facing the wind from the dock, far away from the Dongfu Fishing Boat, they hid on the shore and ate steamed buns.
Li Xiangnan didn't laugh at them. Now everyone was afraid of getting close to others and being infected with the Norovirus.
He quickly finished his steamed bun and was finally able to smoke a cigarette. It was really tiring to hold it in for the whole morning!
So I smoked two cigarettes in a row, which finally relieved my anxiety.
In the afternoon, doctors and nurses from Jingang City arrived for support and went into the temporary medical tent one by one to wait.
Once they arrive, Dongshan County People's Hospital will feel a lot more relaxed.
When Li Xiangnan looked at the watch, it was almost five o'clock when Wang Defa and Lei Jin finally arrived in the afterglow of the sunset.
"Damn it, Xiao Li, that Wang guy is such a disgrace to our Wang family! He just picked up trouble while searching for treasures at sea!" Wang Defa got out of the car and ran to Li Xiangnan at the dock to complain.
Lei Jin, who was carrying several large medicine barrels on his back, also came over in a hurry, "Xiao Li, what's in that container? How could the Norwalk virus be brought here?"
"I don't know! They've been taken away! Let's go check it out later!" Li Xiangnan shook his head and immediately advised: "Time is urgent, let's eat quickly! Then get on the boat!"
Wang Defa and Lei Jin were stunned, then they both curled their lips.
"I knew you were going to get on board! You're really brave!" Wang Defa pouted and then joked, "Wang Huaijun was fine during the day, but now I can't get in touch with him. Did something happen to him?"
"Fatty, you'll know once you get on top! Eat your steamed buns quickly!" Lei Jin took over Li Xiangnan's lunch box and shared the steamed buns with him. He looked deeply at the lifeless fishing boat in the sunset with worry in his eyes.
The three of them finished their dinner in a hurry, and when they arrived in front of the Dongfu fishing sampan, Wu Weibing and the doctor leading the Tianjin Port Support Team were already waiting in front.
Everyone watched as the three men began to step onto the sampan with the chlorine-containing disinfectant they had prepared on their backs, and they were all so nervous that they were drooling.
In addition, the three people also have to carry emergency medical supplies and equipment to respond to possible disease risks and rescue missions at any time.
"Are you ready?" Li Xiangnan's breathing began to become heavy in his protective suit. He stood in front of the sampan and looked back at Wang Defa and Lei Jin.
"Okay, let's go!" The two nodded one by one and took a deep breath.
"Doctor Li, be careful!" Guard Wu shouted from behind.
"Don't worry!" Li Xiangnan nodded to the crowd behind him, then stepped onto the sampan carefully without looking back.
The surface of the harbor's water rippled in the breeze, reflecting the distorted images of the ships, as if they were the distorted reflections of monsters in the water, adding a bit of weirdness and horror.
There was silence all around, with only the sound of waves gently hitting the hull, like the heavy breathing of a monster, hitting people's mental defenses again and again.
The towering hull of Dongfuyu 093 was like the bony back of a monster, casting a distorted and huge shadow under the dim and weak port lights.
The rusty spots on the hull look like scars left on a monster after years and battles. Each scar tells of an unknown past. They are also like the rough and hard scales of a monster, revealing a primitive wildness.
Hey!
A few minutes later, Li Xiangnan stepped onto the iron side of the Dongfu Fishing Boat. He did not jump onto the deck in a hurry, but raised his hands, and the two people behind him immediately stopped.
At this moment, a faint cry reached the ears of the three people...