Chapter 470 The Flu Is Coming

Before the capital relocation plan of Australasia was officially implemented, the sudden report from the director of the Royal Security Intelligence Service, Batty, made Arthur change his face instantly, and he urgently convened a cabinet meeting and ordered all cabinet members to be present.

The Royal Security Intelligence Service obtained a large amount of war intelligence for Australasia during the war, and its current scale has also grown to a very large scale.

Thanks to the fact that Australasia is a colonial country, the intelligence personnel of the Royal Security Intelligence Service can be German, British, Russian, or East Asian.

It can be said that the personnel of the Security Intelligence Service can disguise themselves as civilians in most countries, which is also conducive to the intelligence exploration of the Intelligence Service in Europe and America.

The intelligence that made Arthur's face change drastically came from the United States and some European countries.

Although the war has ended ahead of schedule, Arthur knows that there is a crisis that is more harmful than the war.

According to the report of Director Batty, as early as March and April this year, a rapidly spreading flu occurred in the military camp in Kansas, USA.

The symptoms of this flu were only headache, high fever, muscle aches and loss of appetite, and there was no harm, so it was not taken seriously by the United States.

It was not until more than a month later that the flu that spread in the United States was brought to Europe due to the convening of the Paris Peace Conference, and began to spread in France, and then spread to Britain, Spain and other countries along with the Paris Peace Conference.

Director Batty felt bad because it was extremely similar to the flu that Arthur had instructed at the time, which was first spread by the United States and Europe.

Without any consideration. Director Batty immediately asked to see Arthur and reported the latest situation of the flu in Europe and the United States.

Although the flu has frequently appeared in countries including the United States, Britain, France, Spain, Italy, etc., it is not fatal and has not been taken seriously by any country.

Everyone thought it was just an ordinary cold, and most people just took some ordinary cold medicine and didn't care.

Of course, there are still a large number of civilians and low-income people in the areas where the flu is spreading, and these people are even less concerned, after all, they don't have enough money to buy medicine.

If Arthur remembered correctly, the famous Spanish flu in history was actually first spread in the United States, and the first spread was not very harmful.

It was not until the second spread that the Spanish flu showed its harmfulness to the world and killed at least 25 million people, which was more than the number of deaths in World War I.

Knowing that the flu might have broken out, Arthur did not dare to have any hesitation or doubt. He immediately convened a cabinet meeting and issued an order that Australasia would enter a wartime state.

Arthur required that most coastal ports be closed, leaving only a few ports to communicate with the outside world.

These ports that are still open need to be isolated, and no communication with non-open areas is allowed in a short period of time.

At the same time, Arthur asked the government to prepare an order requiring all Australasia to check themselves. Once they find flu symptoms such as headache, high fever, muscle aches and loss of appetite, they must immediately go to the isolation point set up by the government and minimize contact with others.

In addition, almost all external channels are closed, including airship flights.

Only Arthur understood how exaggerated this flu was. If it was not taken seriously, the population of Australasia could drop by more than one-fifth at any time.

Under Arthur's order, the government quickly issued a notice to the outside world, and Australasia instantly entered a closed state.

In addition to receiving immigrants, keeping a few open ports is also to ensure the supply of materials to overseas colonies.

After all, there are a lot of people in the major colonies. You can't let these people starve to death for this flu.

At the same time, under the urging of the Australasia government, state governments and cities began to set up quarantine areas away from the city, and called on people with symptoms to go to the quarantine areas on their own. The government will provide free accommodation and supplies.

For a while, Australasia took action because of the government's order, but it soon caused a lot of panic among the people.

This temporary state without any statement and strict control is the most frightening. No one knows what happened to the government and why it suddenly entered a wartime state after the victory of the war.

On May 27, 1918, the second day after Australasia entered military control, the Royal Academy of Sciences of Australasia contacted major domestic and foreign media and broke a shocking news, that is, a flu with a high mortality rate has been spreading around the world, and most parts of Europe have become the source of infection.

In order to show its importance to its allies and the World Alliance, while breaking the news, the Australasia government contacted the four major powers of the Allied Powers and all member states of the World Alliance, asking governments to pay attention to this flu, which is enough to destroy a country.

To be honest, after hearing the warning from Australasia, most countries, including Britain and France, had only one thought, that is, the Australasia people were crazy.

If there is really a flu with a high mortality rate in Europe, these countries cannot be unaware of it, let alone be the first to be known by Australasia.

Even if the warning of the Australasia government is righteous, not many countries still pay attention to the flu exposed by Australasia.

Some countries did not ignore it, but after asking relevant domestic medical institutions or research laboratories and getting the result that there was indeed influenza, but there was no fatality, they put Australasian warning behind their heads.

Some countries have even publicly opposed Australasian warnings, believing that Australasian's words were unfounded and had affected world peace and stability.

It is a serious damage to the world order and also damages the interests of the countries where the influenza transmission areas exposed by Australasian are located.

As the saying goes, no tears will fall before seeing the coffin. Even if there is such an influenza outbreak, most countries dare not easily issue relevant orders.

Especially the complete isolation order like Australasian will seriously endanger the interests of all major classes in the country, and even the government may be overthrown.

It is impossible for countries to take immediate action because of Australasian's words. Unless the epidemic is already quite serious, such a big thing is not something the government can have the final say.

While European countries questioned Australasian's exposure and condemned Australasian for endangering the world order, Arthur has ordered the government to distribute supplies and disinfectants to all citizens for free.

Masks, along with gas masks, have been mass-produced. Currently, Australasia has a large stock of masks, which are prepared for this flu.

There are also a large number of gas masks prepared for workers at frontline ports and hospitals, which can provide better protection against those flu viruses.

The exposure of the Australasian Academy of Sciences has caused a great shock both at home and abroad, and most people in China still believe in the Australasian Academy of Sciences.

After all, the Australasian government has never done anything absurd so far, and the people are obviously more willing to believe the government rather than the condemnation of foreign media.

Although the blockade of ports is not conducive to the lives of the people, most people have no opinion on it. There are even many people who think they have such symptoms and spontaneously go to the isolation points set up by their governments.

The isolation points are actually very simple. Some are independent buildings that are temporarily requisitioned as isolation points in the city.

Some are too remote, so a large number of tents are used as isolation points, but each person can also have a tent.

The materials at the isolation points are distributed on time every day, and the government is responsible for the food, drink, defecation and urination of the isolated people.

Although the Royal Academy of Sciences' revelations are somewhat alarmist, many people are still very worried about this, fearing that they will be infected with a highly fatal disease.

In response, Arthur stood up in time to stabilize the order in Australasia. Compared with the wartime and control status implemented in the country, Arthur said that it was to completely isolate the spread of the virus abroad.

In order to prevent the spread of influenza in Australasia, Arthur encouraged all people with symptoms to go to quarantine points to avoid spreading it to their families, friends and others.

Of course, this also specifically promised that the government would distribute enough supplies to everyone to ensure that people would not be troubled by hunger in any state.

For people who go to quarantine points, their living supplies will also be given priority.

Once a real case of transmission is found, the royal family and the government will bear all medical expenses to ensure that people will not be unable to see a doctor in the face of such a serious flu.

The day after Arthur stood up to comfort the people, state and city governments distributed masks, disinfectants and some supplies to the people to ensure that people's lives would not be affected.

Although the external channels are closed, the circulation in major cities has not been affected. Arthur only requires everyone to wear masks when entering public places to reduce the probability of spreading the virus to others and infecting the virus.

This also reflects the role of Arthur's high popularity and high prestige. Even if the people are dissatisfied with the government's policies, with Arthur's call, most people have voluntarily worn masks when entering public places.

Some people who do not wear masks will be condemned by most people and can only go home in a panic to put on masks before going out.

There are also people who refuse to wear masks, but they were soon reported and invited to the local police station for a cup of tea and a few days of meals.

At the same time, Arthur also requires all government officials and workers to wear masks during work and in public places.

For jobs that are really not suitable for wearing masks, the entire enterprise and factory will be isolated, and the government will distribute supplies to the factory.

Such a system is somewhat based on the experience of later generations, but it can definitely play a good defensive role against such severe influenza.

Australasia is vast and sparsely populated, and coupled with a relatively strict quarantine system, although we cannot guarantee that there will be no influenza cases, we can still firmly believe that it will not be seriously affected.

As for the economic losses caused by such quarantine and blockade policies, there is nothing we can do about it. After all, a little economic loss is much better than tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of casualties.

Under Arthur's call, all walks of life in Australasia also took action, which was completely different from the laughter and joy abroad, as if they were in two different worlds.

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