Chapter 283 The Disease Spreads
【Harry Potter: The Strongest Senior】 【】
There were 270 teachers and students in the auditorium neatly laying on the floor. Except for the students in the lower grades who were a little unstable and needed comfort from the staff, everyone else was lying on the floor to rest.
Seamus Finnigan, the demolition genius, turned sideways and said to Harry and Ron.
"Don't panic. My mom is a nurse at St. Mungo's. I've heard her mention Bass syndrome before. Now it's not a terrible disease. It can be easily treated if found in the early stages."
Ron took out two durian-filled beef sticks from nowhere. Harry and Seamus shook their heads in disinterest. They had already shown obvious symptoms, including loss of appetite and listlessness.
"It's nice not to have to go to class, but I can't get out." Ron took a bite of the beef stick, chewed it twice and found it tasteless.
The other half of the students who were not infected were also confined to their dormitories, and their meals were delivered to the common room in batches by the house elves in the kitchen.
Sean sat by the dormitory window, looking at the medical staff and guarding Aurors walking below, and felt an uneasy feeling in his heart.
On the first day of isolation at Hogwarts, St. Mungo's Hospital sent a medical team of eight to station in the atrium of Hogwarts.
Except for them being able to move around freely, non-infected staff such as Snape and McGonagall could only stay in their dormitories.
All 193 villagers in Hogsmeade have been tested. Compared with the abnormal 90% in Hogwarts, the infection rate in Hogsmeade is only 50%, which is considered low.
But compared with the 30% in other countries, it is still seriously excessive.
Student activities at Hogwarts are simple. Apart from school, they just go to Hogsmeade on weekends. However, some villagers in Hogsmeade go to Diagon Alley and some go to work at the Ministry of Magic.
St. Mungo's Hospital's workload has tripled, and all patients' families have been included in the testing.
The total number of wizards in the British wizarding world totals more than 10,000 and a few hundred. A large number of infected people have appeared in the Ministry of Magic and Diagon Alley, which are the most visited areas. In order to control the situation, Fudge issued a stay-at-home order.
Wearing a mask and gloves, Fudge was holding a meeting with the director and therapists at St. Mungo's Hospital.
"The treatment must be prepared as soon as possible."
The dean looked at the report in his hand and responded, "We are already stepping up the production of the therapeutic agent. The first batch of 100 people will be completed tomorrow morning."
"The first batch will be given priority to the Ministry of Magic, followed by Diagon Alley, Hogsmeade, and Hogwarts." Fudge said.
The dean and the therapists looked at each other, whether it was the children who had priority or the first priority, it was not the Ministry of Magic's turn. The therapists did not dare to speak. The dean put down his report and asked tentatively.
"Minister Fudge, the first batch should be provided to Hogwarts first, right?"
"I know, but when the Ministry of Magic returns to normal, we can better control the disease in the wizarding community across the country, right?" Fudge was wearing a mask, and he didn't know what his expression was when he said this.
"Yes, Minister Fudge is thinking about the long term." The dean's flattery was just right.
The parents of those students in Hogwarts who were not infected saw from the Daily Prophet that Bass disease was spreading on a large scale in the wizarding world. The anxious parents ran to Hogwarts to take away their children.
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"Dumbledore, there are already more than a dozen parents of students at the gate asking to take their students home." Filch said breathlessly.
It is worth mentioning that Filch is able to move freely around Hogwarts and help the medical staff take care of patients, because Bath syndrome cannot infect Squibs and Muggles.
"Argus, please tell the parents that the children are safe in isolation at school. Please rest assured." Dumbledore said.
The reason Dumbledore didn't let the students leave was because he was afraid that this was what Voldemort wanted.
However, when Filch returned to the gate, Aurors had already driven away the parents surrounding the gate.
"Minister Fudge has an order that all teachers and students are not allowed to leave the school." An Auror said.
On the second day of isolation, some of the infected students became seriously ill. Astoria and more than 40 others had elevated body temperatures, weakness in their limbs, vomiting and diarrhea, their magic power could no longer be output normally, and their pupils began to dilate.
"It feels so uncomfortable." Ginny lay on the floor, covered in sweat.
"Nurse, I'm so hot," Cassius murmured.
The therapist Smethyk said solemnly, "The time from the first stage to the second stage of the disease is too short."
"Director, the way of transmission of Bass disease in Hogwarts exceeds previous cases. Could it be that the germ has evolved? If so, will the old therapeutic agents still be used?" Pai asked worriedly.
Smethyk was silent for a while, and then said, "Go to Case No. 1 for a blood draw and return to St. Mungo's for a comprehensive examination."
Pai nodded, ordered the nurse to draw Astoria's blood, and immediately left Hogwarts with Smethyk.
The auditorium was still very orderly on the first day, but after only one night, moans, wails, and cries were mixed together. The child who was getting worse suffered from a splitting headache caused by high fever.
The nurse was so busy that she never had a moment to spare, trying her best to give the children medicine, cool down, and reduce their pain.
More than fifty patients at the Ministry of Magic have already been allocated the first batch of therapeutic agents, and the second batch will not be completed until tomorrow.
Rita Skeeter, an expert in sentence segmentation and a popular reporter for the Daily Prophet, upholds the spirit of a media person fighting on the front line. She rushes back and forth at the gate of Hogwarts, outside the alleys of Diagon Alley, the halls of the Ministry of Magic, St. Mungo's Deanery Outdoors.
With her superb professional skills of catching rumors, adding insult to injury, taking quotes out of context, and making things up out of thin air, she actually exposed the inside story of the Ministry of Magic's priority use of the first batch of therapeutic agents.
"Fudge did something stupid." Dumbledore said with sharp eyes as he looked at the newspaper.
As soon as the report was released, the halls of the Ministry of Magic were filled with angry parents of students. Fudge could not resist the pressure and had to explain.
"I fully understand the feeling of parents worrying about their children, but please believe in the Ministry of Magic and St. Mungo's. Bath syndrome is not a terrible disease for modern wizards. There are also medical staff at Hogwarts for infected children. Good care.”
However, when he said this, he had already received news that the student patient's condition had begun to worsen, and Fudge was using a lie to cover up his responsibility.
The uninfected students who were isolated in the dormitory didn't know anything. They were obviously worried about their classmates, but they couldn't even leave the dormitory.
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"This is much more serious than imagined." Sean said in shock.
Sean, who had lost contact with the outside world, had no choice but to sneak out of the dormitory last night and met Peeves in the corridor. At Sean's request, Peeves agreed to inform Sean about the situation in the auditorium.
"Is Voldemort really crazy? He used such vicious tactics against the students."
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