African Nationhood

On March 1918, 3, the European medical journals "The Lancet", "Nature" and other magazines published an article.

The author of this article is Xia Yi, the Nobel Prize winner in Physiology and Medicine and Minister of the Ministry of Health of Nanhua Medicine. The title of the article is "Beware of the Harmfulness of New Influenza".

Minister Xia Yi only signed and forwarded this article, and she did not write the content.

The author of the article is a researcher at Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals in the United States. He was instructed to go to the Funston boot camp in Kansas, USA, to collect the initial strain of the influenza virus.

Based on observation and research, he tested the new influenza virus and described in detail that the influenza virus originating in the United States will cause great harm to the human body and may be life-threatening.

Then on April 4, Spanish media reported that a large-scale influenza epidemic had occurred in Spain.

On April 4, a death from influenza occurred in Spain.

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The South China Medical and Health Ministry has issued an appeal to all countries to pay attention to the dangers of the spread of influenza viruses.

The Entente and Central Powers were engaged in a tense war and paid no attention to the matter.

The influenza epidemic quickly broke out in the countries participating in the European war, and the incidence was very violent.

Those who live in trenches and living environments with turbid smells are more likely to be infected with this severe influenza.

On April 4, Minister Xia Yi publicly warned the participating countries in the European media that the influenza epidemic would spread faster and faster and would soon spread around the world.

This round of influenza epidemic may cause a large number of soldiers to become infected and die quickly.

Nanhua has entered an emergency period from now on, and people from epidemic areas are strictly prohibited from entering Nanhua. If anyone is found, coercive measures will be taken immediately.

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On April 4, Nanhua Medical Department announced that it had developed a specific drug to treat influenza and publicly solicited influenza patients to test the drug.

The influenza virus has caused many fatal cases in Europe, but countries such as Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and Austria have not publicly reported deaths from the epidemic due to wartime controls.

European and American high-level officials can check the death toll from the epidemic. At first, no one cared about it, but as the death toll continued to rise, many European and American dignitaries could no longer sit still.

The terrifying shadow of the "Black Death" in the European Middle Ages began to haunt the minds of many powerful people.

Knowing that Nanhua had developed a specific drug for this round of influenza, many European dignitaries took ships to Cape Town.

Nanhua does not allow people from epidemic areas to enter, but they can enter in Cape Town.

However, Cape Town has long been informed by Nanhua that only those confirmed to be sick can disembark and be diagnosed.

Everyone who comes for medical treatment must sign an agreement. If someone dies during the medical treatment, Nanhua will not be responsible.

In addition, the cost of treatment is very high. The price is 10,000 pounds per person. If you don't have money, you can't see the doctor.

The port in Cape Town initially only accepted 50 people for medical treatment every day. Later, too many people came, and the limit had to be relaxed to 200 people.

But it is a drop in the bucket, and there is an endless stream of wealthy people in Cape Town waiting for treatment every day. They are all afraid of death.

Many people here have no awareness of protection at all. After their family members fell ill, they were quickly infected.

It takes a long time from infection to recovery, long enough for them to travel from Europe and the Americas to southern Africa. Of course, there are also those with weak immunity who die halfway.

On May 5, Cape Town was overcrowded, resulting in insufficient public facilities in the city.

And because more people came from the epidemic area, the flu epidemic began to break out in the city.

Those who are unlucky enough to catch the flu have no choice but to endure it.

Because of the increasing risk of the spread of the influenza epidemic, Governor Milner had to order his staff to close the dock facilities.

Carry out condition monitoring at docks outside the city and strictly implement the protection regulations promulgated by the Nanhua Ministry of Health.

Everyone in Cape Town wears masks and large-scale gatherings are strictly prohibited. Protection guidelines are also posted in conspicuous places in hospitals for patients and their families to remember at all times.

... Rich people who spend money to receive treatment do not have a good experience. The nurses here are very cruel and yell at the patients.

Observation will be carried out when injecting special drugs. Generally, if there is no abnormality after half an hour, it will be considered passed.

If someone suffers from low blood pressure or even shock after injecting specific drugs, the doctor will try to treat the patient.

If he can't be saved, forget it. After all, he signed an agreement before he came for treatment.

If the family members are dissatisfied and want to cause trouble, the whole family will be kicked out of Cape Town. At the same time, they will be blacklisted and will not have the opportunity to enter Cape Town again.

The wealthy people who were cured felt extremely miraculous. They basically recovered after taking two or three injections at the Cape Town hospital.

And if there is no allergic reaction after the injection, the muscle soreness and fever caused by the flu will disappear quickly.

They all lamented that the efficacy of Nanhua's special medicine is indeed high, but the cost of one treatment is very high, which makes many rich people feel a little bit pained.

As a large number of wealthy people returned to Europe, the news spread, and many European wealthy people and politicians knew about the new drug developed by Nanhua.

The Kaiser, the King of England, and high-level politicians from various countries all called Nanhua to inquire about the special medicine.

Chairman Nan Hua Shi told them that these drugs were not easy to prepare and the output was very low, so they could not be put on the market in large quantities for the time being.

Let’s wait until Nanhua solves the preparation problem.

If dignitaries and senior officials get sick, they can come directly to Hanking for treatment. Nanhua will always open its door to you.

This promise is very valuable, and these powerful and dignitaries expressed their satisfaction with Chairman Shi.

They also felt a lot more at ease, and Nanhua's prevention and control regulations were also spread among the rich and powerful.

Although it is troublesome, it is better than getting infected and dying.

Suddenly, European dignitaries and politicians were all wearing masks when meeting, and they did not even dare to shake hands, for fear that the other party would be someone carrying the virus.

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On May 5, the Nanhua Medical and Health Ministry released an influenza epidemic surveillance report.

Nanhua compiled data provided by the US pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson, the number of infections in Cape Town, and public data from neutral countries such as Spain, and summarized and determined the characteristics of this new type of influenza, with a high incidence rate and a low fatality rate.

Based on the analysis of the increase in patient admission data in Nanhua, Nanhua Medical and Health Department concluded that this round of epidemic may end soon.

However, Nanhua Medical and Health Department also speculated that this round of influenza epidemic may enter the incubation period.

We hope that countries around the world will not give up and continue to monitor and observe the epidemic to prevent it from mutating and causing more deaths when the epidemic breaks out again.

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The test report issued by Nanhua is very effective.

In mid-May, flu infections dropped rapidly across Europe as summer began to set in everywhere.

However, large-scale influenza infections broke out in the large eastern countries of Asia, North Korea, Japan and other places, and the epidemic broke out very quickly.

It soon swept through most areas, and the number of infections increased and the fatality rate also began to increase.

Many military and political officials in the Beiyang government have long heard that Nanhua can prevent epidemics, but the price of medical treatment is very high.

Many officials approached Chen Qiansheng, Nanhua's consul in the Far East, and asked about Nanhua's diagnosis and treatment.

Chen Qiansheng simply informed the military and political officials that immigrants could be used in exchange for special medicines.

Special medicines can not only treat the flu, but also treat other inflammations caused by wound infections.

After hearing the news, many military and political officials came together to discuss the plan to jointly rent a cargo ship to transport immigrants to Nanhua in exchange for specific medicines.

Judging from the popularity of special medicines, the profits here are so huge that it is definitely worth a vote. (End of chapter)