Chapter 343： The flu is coming

The news of Kazan Gold could not alleviate his sorrow. It turned out that there was a report on his desk that showed a flu outbreak in Romania.

This news opened Edel's dusty memory, and a term "Spanish flu" appeared in his mind.

Edel immediately asked the health department to detect the symptoms of the flu, and let the diplomatic department understand the situation in Britain and France.

The Ministry of Health did not understand why the king took the flu so seriously, but he quickly gave out the symptoms they learned. Headache, high fever, muscle aches and loss of appetite are the current flu symptoms.

Moreover, the Ministry of Health concluded that the flu this time is somewhat different from the flu that broke out in France, but it is not very dangerous. And the infected people are mainly young and middle-aged people, among them, young and middle-aged people form the army to become the hardest hit area.

It also made the Moldavian Group Army, which has already advanced to Suceava, temporarily stopped. As the commander of the group army, Admiral Courtois had to devote a lot of energy and medicine to take care of these soldiers who were infected with the flu. At present, a large number of transport ships purchase influenza medicines from all over the world and transport them through Bulgarian railways.

Of course, the Romanian army is uncomfortable, and the German army as its opponent is even more uncomfortable. This unit, which assembled a large number of elite German troops on the Eastern Front, was as vulnerable to the flu virus. There were also a large number of soldiers who fell ill, with the same symptoms as those in Romania. This made Marshal Mackensen as his commander a headache. He did not have the same medicine as Admiral Courtois. He had a massive amount of medication from the Allied Powers, so apart from collecting flu medicines on the new eastern territories, only Xiang Xingdeng Fort and Ludendorff ask for help.

The two people who had been scalped by the flu virus by soldiers on the western front had only one telegram for them to raise their scalps except for a batch of medicines. Marshal Mackenson screamed in the headquarters, but he also became angry in the headquarters, and he could only ask the Chief of Staff Major General Hoffman to raise money and work hard to restore the army as soon as possible.

One more thing needs to be said here. In order to cope with the current situation and appease the Polish and Ukrainians, in the new territories occupied by Germany, the Polish government and the Ukrainian government have been established. The former currently has only a few former Russian territories such as Warsaw, while the latter currently has vast former Russian territories such as Kiev, Vinnytsia, and Odessa.

Moreover, in order to allow the new Ukrainian government to participate in the war with Romania, the Romanian majority was also given to the Ukrainian government in the Eastern Moldavia region originally included in Russia. The actions of the Germans allowed the newly established regime of Ukraine to surpass Romania in one fell swoop, occupying the seventh position in Europe. This also made the domestic sentiment in Romania excited, and one after another asked to give this German puppet regime a little bit of color.

However, as the high-ranking kings, prime ministers and others of the kingdom, they sneered at the distraction of the Germans. Everyone knows that as long as Germany falls, these new regimes will have to spit as much territory as they want him to spit. Do they still have the strength and confidence to resist the demands of the Allies?

In private, for the sake of conservativeness, Edel also ordered his chief guard to arrange manpower to woo the Romanian ethnic group in East Moldavia. The situation is not bad. In consideration of the same ethnic group and the strength of Romania, these high-level executives accepted the olive branch of the Romanian government with joy.

Therefore, the current key is to repel the German invasion and let everyone see the strength of Romania, so that no one has ideas that they shouldn't have.

Of course, Edel also pays attention to the current domestic influenza. After all, he is not a yellow race, and he passed away. The flu has the same fatality rate as Romania, but it is not as high as I remember.

Edel asked the guards to call the Prime Minister and the Minister in charge of health care, Herke, after all, the flu also affected Romania's social life.

This Herk previously served as the head of the Royal Hospital in Bucharest. He is a figure who knows better about medical treatment and is loyal to the royal family.

When Edel was still the prince, he was mentioned by the old king to work in the health department. During this period, the results were good, and hospitals in various places were rectified, focusing on handling and standardizing quack doctors and collecting tips. Let Romanian people dare to go to the hospital for treatment after they are sick, they are hard-working talents.

Now the minister with a round face and fatness came to Edel under the leadership of the prime minister.

After the two saluted, Edel asked directly: "Sir Herk, what is your health department's response to this flu?"

Facing the king’s question, Helke did not know why the king was so concerned about the flu, but he still said straightforwardly: “Your Majesty, our health department mainly distributes medicines for this flu, and sends people to monitor areas where the flu may break out. Trends, in addition, we also send people to promote measures to prevent influenza to the residents. For those who have been infected, we mainly distribute medicines for treatment."

Hearing what Herk said, Edel thought in his mind that he had faced the virus that frightened the people in his previous life, and that the powerful government's measures to deal with the virus. After thinking hard for a while, Edel asked the Minister of Health in front of him: "Are those people who contracted the flu forced to quarantine?"

Facing the king’s question, Helk answered truthfully: “Many people left after being forced by life, but we have prescribed medicine for them and ordered them to eat. I think no one I don’t care about my body."

Facing Herk’s answer, Edel said directly: “This is not enough.”

Facing the king’s words, Helk was a little puzzled. At present, the health department under his leadership’s response to the flu, even British and French reporters have reported that they responded quickly and properly, and did not lose to the British and French governments. He was happy for several days, and now the king's words made him wonder where he hadn't done well. In fact, the current measures taken by the Romanian health authorities are also the main response methods of European and American countries. The flu broke out almost every two years, and all countries have already had a set of countermeasures, all of which are similar.

And Edel didn't care about Helk's puzzled expression, he couldn't say that there would be a flu that will have a very high fatality rate next. In this case, could it be said that Edel was inspired by God? If so, it is estimated that the Vatican would be canonized him.

Therefore, Edel can only issue administrative orders for this, and at most it is said that he cares for the people of the kingdom.

"Helke, I don't think such measures are enough. In order to show that the Kingdom attaches great importance to its subjects, I think it is necessary to strictly control the flu. First of all, we must concentrate and isolate patients for treatment, and medical staff need to take adequate protective measures. We will also send government staff to investigate whether there are people with fever and cold symptoms in various jurisdictions. If so, take the patient to a intensive treatment hospital, and family members must also be isolated to observe whether they have the same symptoms. In addition, we also want to Disinfect all public places, and at the same time promote everyone to avoid going out as much as possible. And we also need to be prepared for the possible outbreak of virus infection."

Faced with the countermeasures that Edel had said, Herke took a breath, and at the same time secretly glanced at the Prime Minister. No wonder the Prime Minister is called. These measures cannot be dealt with by the health department alone, and require the cooperation of various government departments.

After Edel finished speaking, Prime Minister Bretianu sorted out the language and asked: "Your Majesty, this will have an adverse effect on the current war. Moreover, the cost and manpower will be much higher. To do so. Is it worth it?"

Facing the Prime Minister’s inquiry, Edel replied: “It’s worth it to do this, and it can guarantee the safety of our subjects.”

However, the king's words did not resonate with the prime minister, because this matter had too much influence. During the war, a large amount of materials were used for domestic influenza protection, which in his opinion was not worthwhile.

Seeing the prime minister who responded in silence, Edel could only continue to persuade from another angle: "The current situation on the battlefield is already clear, and the Allies are almost out of strength to fight. We can't work too hard. You can see from the Italians. ."

Of course the Prime Minister knows the Italians spoken by Edel. Under the planning of Karl I, the Austro-Hungarian and German armies launched an offensive against the Italian army on the Piave River. The German-Austrian army (the German army with only four divisions) of nearly 800,000 troops attacked the Italian army defending here. Attack At this time, the Italian army agitated by Britain and France also planned to regain the lost ground. As a result, a needle-point confrontation with the magnificence took place on the Piave River. The result was another defeat by the Italians, with losses as high as 160,000, and even Udine was captured by Austria-Hungary. The German and Austrian armies are currently under the city of Venice and are preparing to seize this world-famous cultural city.

Facing Edel's persuasion, the prime minister finally succumbed. On the second day after leaving the palace, the government issued an announcement. Officials and staff at all levels are required to respond to the flu in accordance with the newly issued preventive measures documents. This has made the medical and government personnel on the front line scolding. Doesn't this increase their already busy workload?

The Romanian people also couldn't understand the new government measures to prevent influenza. For a time, because of Edel's request, Romania was full of chickens and dogs.

Faced with everyone’s incomprehension, Edel can only say that you will not know the importance of the virus until it appears. In his mind, he remembered that the number of deaths from this flu exceeded the number of deaths on the battlefield.

Does it seem like this?

The memory of this in Edel's mind is already a little vague. He doesn't remember the death toll from the flu at that time. Anyway, he only knows that this is a major event.