When everyone heard the news announced by Secretary Yang in public, they immediately exploded. Their slightly skeptical expressions finally faded away, and now they were completely convinced.
The new coronavirus is a virus that has never been heard of, but both the Institute of Virology and Qin Jinmin said that it is a virus that is no less harmful than SARS. This made them unfamiliar and at the same time, they became anxious.
Extremely nervous.
Many people sitting here have experienced the SARS period, so they know very well how harmful SARS is. The damage caused by a new coronavirus that is no less than the SARS virus must be huge.
Moreover, as the economic center of China, if the epidemic breaks out in the East China Sea, it will be an unprecedented and huge disaster.
Yang Dezhi did not expect that such a big change would happen not long after he took up the position of Municipal Party Committee Secretary. If this was not resolved properly, he would be removed from the position of Municipal Party Committee Secretary before he could even take the seat.
Thinking of this, Yang Dezhi's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he couldn't feel the slightest warmth even when the air conditioner was on.
"Dean Qin, when did you discover this virus?"
Yang Dezhi looked at Qin Jinmin seriously and asked, trying his best to calm down his ups and downs.
"About a week ago, but at that time, the hospital only thought this was a new type of pneumonia. It was not until the past two days that we determined that this was actually a virus with symptoms very similar to pneumonia."
Then, Qin Jinmin carefully recounted the story of how suspected symptoms appeared one after another in the hospital over the past week until the outbreak completely broke out.
Yang Dezhi's face suddenly turned ugly when he heard this, "In other words, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should have known about this strange phenomenon for a long time?"
Don't blame him for being angry. Since Qin Jinmin already knew that this was a virus, he must have explained the situation to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as soon as possible. However, he didn't hear anything about it. It can be seen that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention did not
He didn't take it seriously and reported the news to him.
It can be said that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention bears a great deal of responsibility now that the matter is so big.
"Yes!"
Although he didn't want to nod his head and admit it, when Yang Dezhi asked him personally, Qin Jinmin couldn't help his old friend hide it.
"How can it be unreasonable? What does Jiang Tao do for a living? He doesn't take anything like this seriously?" Yang Dezhi said angrily.
If Jiang Tao wasn't in the conference room at this moment, he would have slapped him in the face.
Others were filled with indignation when they heard this, and they were obviously ready to blame Jiang Tao. Who told this guy not to pay attention in advance?
"Maybe he thinks the results haven't come out yet, so he's making such a big deal out of fear of causing panic among the public!"
Qin Jinmin spoke to his friend at the right time, and sighed secretly in his heart, Lao Jiang, this is the only way I can help you.
"How could someone be so afraid of causing panic to the public that he didn't know how to report it? I think he was just stubborn and conceited and didn't do anything, so he was put in this position for nothing."
One sentence directly sealed Jiang Tao's fate.
Qin Jinmin sighed after hearing this. Although he had known that this would be the result, he still couldn't help but feel a little sad when he heard it with his own ears.
"Everyone, let's talk about it, what should we do now?" Yang Dezhi looked at the people who were looking down and asked.
Everyone present looked at each other with serious expressions on their faces.
The spread of the virus is not like other things. It cannot be seen or touched. Apart from relying on medical means to eliminate it, is there any way?
"I think it's better to ask Dean Qin what he has to say. After all, Dean Qin discovered the virus and he is an expert in medicine." An official looked at Yang Dezhi and said.
Yang Dezhi heard this and thought it was reasonable, so he turned his attention to Qin Jinmin.
"Dean Qin, do you have any good suggestions?"
Qin Jinmin did not hesitate to hear this and said: "I think the top priority now is to prevent more people from being infected, to isolate the virus as soon as possible, and to isolate all people infected with the new coronavirus.
, even those who have had contact with him cannot be let go."
"Then we need to quickly find the source of the virus to see if we can extract the virus from it and develop a vaccine."
Yang Dezhi nodded, "What President Qin said makes sense. He asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Institute of Virology to do it. The hospital must also cooperate with the work of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at all times and must not leave anyone behind."
Although Yang Dezhi is planning to remove Jiang Tao, under the current circumstances, it is not suitable to do so and we can only wait until the epidemic is over.
"Secondly, I have decided to implement a city closure ban on the East China Sea. From now on, no vehicles or people will be allowed to enter or exit to prevent the spread of the virus to cities outside the East China Sea and resolutely eliminate the virus within the East China Sea."
This idea was inspired by Yang Dezhi's words from Qin Jinmin.
Qin Jinmin's suggestion is only to block the spread within a small area. He wants to block the spread within a large area.
It is still unclear where this virus came from, and it is not known whether it is only present in the East China Sea of China, so Yang Dezhi must be prepared to make sure there is no leakage.
"Lose the city?"
The others were immediately startled, obviously shocked by Secretary Yang's bold order.
"Will this cause turbulence in the East China Sea and put everyone at risk?" an official asked worriedly.
His worries were not unfounded.
Because doing so can easily lead to many urban problems, such as skyrocketing prices, panic among residents, and even vandalism and robbery.
Therefore, we generally do not dare to issue such an order unless it is absolutely necessary.
"We can no longer control so much. You have also heard the news from Dean Qin and the Institute of Virology."
"This is a virus no less severe than SARS. I don't need to tell you how many people died from the SARS virus, so you must not relax your vigilance this time. If there is insufficient manpower, the worst possible outcome is to have people from the Jinling Military Region come over to assist in public security management.
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When Yang Dezhi said this, everyone was unconvinced.
There was silence in the conference room.
Suddenly, Qin Jinmin's cell phone rang.
Everyone's eyes were attracted by the ringtone of mobile phones.
"Feel sorry!"
Qin Jinmin suddenly felt a little embarrassed. Because he came in a hurry, he forgot to set his phone to vibrate.
Just as he was about to turn off his cell phone, Yang Dezhi said: "Dean Qin, it's okay, I'm afraid it's an emergency call from the hospital, so you'd better answer it!"
Qin Jinmin picked up the conversation after hearing this, but after hearing a few words, his face became very ugly.
He looked at the crowd and said: "Just now news came from the hospital that someone died due to the new coronavirus."
There was a sudden silence in the air, and no one felt that what Secretary Yang just said was exaggerated.