Chapter 484 A coronavirus called Mesrass
The time came to January 2022.
Hai City has entered a cold winter, with temperatures around 0 degrees every day, and even snowing occasionally.
Because of the snow, morning jogging was cancelled, and sometimes even physical exercises during breaks were cancelled.
The air conditioner was on in the classroom, but everyone still wore cotton coats under their school uniforms.
On January 8, Tang Su came to the classroom early. She took out the morning reading materials from her desk and started reading. However, she was interrupted by her head teacher, Teacher Liu, who came in after less than three minutes.
"Students, please be quiet."
Tang Su stopped what he was doing and looked at Teacher Liu.
At this time, she found that Teacher Liu was holding a large bag of things.
That thing looks like the kind of mask that doctors use.
Teacher Liu sighed, then opened a package in his hand and handed it to a student in the front row.
"Pass these out, two per person."
Tang Su shrugged her shoulders. After seeing the masks being distributed, she instinctively frowned, feeling something was not right.
Looking at the teacher's expression, he also seemed a little solemn.
"Students, we have received a notice from our superiors that starting today the school will comprehensively upgrade its measures to prevent the Mesrass coronavirus and enter a level one alert state. Starting today, all school meetings or gatherings will be cancelled, all students will wear masks to attend class, and all students will eat in the classroom. In addition, students cannot take leave from school for any reason other than illness."
Teacher Liu listed several measures in one breath, but many students still looked confused.
No one knows why the school suddenly issued such measures.
"Teacher, isn't that virus not contagious from person to person? And there are no cases in Hai City, so why do we have to wear masks?" a student asked in confusion.
Tang Su was also confused.
After getting the mask, she stuffed it directly into the desk.
It's not like she has any infectious disease, so why should she wear a mask?
She knew about this virus called Mesrass, because the biology teacher introduced the characteristics of this virus in class the day before yesterday and analyzed the structure of the virus. She also watched the news and knew that this was a coronavirus similar to SARSS, whose DNA structure had just been determined a few days ago. However, she remembered that experts said that the virus came from a seafood market in Nanhu District, Shanghai City at the end of December last year, and was transmitted from wild animals to humans. It seemed that more than 20 seafood market workers and nearby residents were infected, and no evidence of human-to-human transmission had been found so far.
Seeing that some students were still confused, Teacher Liu said, "Students, the news you received was delayed. The Ministry of Health held a press conference last night and announced that this new virus can be transmitted from person to person, and that medical staff in three hospitals have been infected. So everyone must strictly abide by the school's regulations. Do not ask for leave to go out, and do not contact people outside."
After Teacher Liu finished speaking, many students in the audience expressed surprise.
Tang Su was also surprised.
Her knowledge of infectious diseases was limited to the introduction to them in biology class, and she had not experienced an era of infectious disease pandemics.
Tang Su put on the mask. The mask was blue, the kind of medical mask. However, after putting it on, Tang Su felt very uncomfortable.
This kind of mask is not very breathable, and it makes me feel uncomfortable when reading, as if I am suffocating.
Tang Su then took off his mask again.
She thought that there were only a few dozen people infected so far, and all the cases were in Nanhu District, so it shouldn't have spread to their Class 5 of Grade 2.
(End of this chapter)
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