Rebirth of India: Superior

The 1994 World Cup was generally a very dull World Cup, but in Shakru's memory, Bulgaria still showed its true nature as a dark horse. Although they were beaten 3-0 by Nigeria in the first group match, they were beaten four times immediately afterwards. They defeated Greece by zero, and then shocked all experts by defeating the Argentine team led by football king Maradona. What made everyone even more unexpected was that in the quarter-finals they defeated the previous champion Germany, which was a complete mess. Then when everyone had high hopes for them, they lost to the not very good team. Good Italy can be said to be the troublemaker in the entire World Cup. In contrast, although the Swedish team had worse results than him and won third place, they were not so hated. However, this had nothing to do with Shakru. Now he no longer cares about this so-called "victory of divination." Instead, they are struggling with the coming outbreak of the plague. But no matter whether Shakru is looking forward to it or fearing it, what is supposed to come has finally arrived!

September 18, 1994, is the last day of Ganesh Festival in India. The streets of Surat, an industrial city in Gujarat, are bustling with activity. Thousands of men sang and danced in the streets to celebrate their traditional festival. People were immersed in happiness and peaceful joy...but who knew that at this time, a deadly plague had quietly come among them.

The next day, the newly built hospital in Surat received 30 patients with similar conditions. Their symptoms are: persistent high fever, coughing, sneezing, vomiting blood and fainting. Since then, another batch of patients have been admitted to the hospital. The first patient died in the hospital on September 20; then, many more patients died one after another. Observing from the outside of these dead people: they are all black, with a pair of wide eyes protruding, and the state of pain is horrific. At first, doctors did not know that the patient was suffering from the terrible plague. In fact, this is no wonder for them, because since the last plague pandemic in India in 1966, this plague has almost disappeared, and many doctors have never encountered this disease.

At this time, some people suspected that bad guys had poisoned the drinking water source. The municipal authorities ordered to cut off the tap water supply and investigate the water source situation. Later, I heard someone say that the plague was prevalent in Latur near Maharashtra. The doctor immediately tested the blood samples and the results showed that these patients were suffering from this disease. Only then did they realize that a disaster had struck. The medical conditions in Surat are very poor. The medical equipment is very backward, the medical force is seriously insufficient, and there are very few drugs for treating diseases. The drugs such as tetracycline and sulfonamides needed to treat the plague are even more scarce. By October 4, more than 1,000 people had been sent to the hospital for treatment and examination, and 50 of them died of the disease. At this time, the city of Surat seemed to be facing a cruel war and was in a state of emergency... News of the plague spread like wildfire. It didn’t take long for the news to spread throughout the entire city of Surat.

Suddenly, people rushing to buy medicines came in droves, and a long queue formed at the door of the drug store. This terrible disease makes the residents of Surat panic like ants on a hot pot day and night. In order to avoid this disaster, they supported the old and the young, using all available means of transportation, and hurriedly fled the city that was ravaged by the plague. Thousands of refugees are crowded around train stations and bus stations every day. The city police chief exclaimed: "Even thousands of police officers cannot stop the flow of cars and people fleeing in all directions."

Within a few days, 300,000 people in Surat, a city with a population of only 2 million, were so frightened that they fled in panic... The citizens who stayed in the city were also panicked. Public service places such as shops, markets, and theaters are closed, many factories are closed, schools are closed, and parents are not allowing children to go out. During the day, people who go out wear masks, and those who don’t have masks cover their mouths and noses with handkerchiefs, scarves, etc., thinking that they can avoid disasters; at night, people dare not go out, and the streets are deserted and as quiet as death. At this time, the city of Surat looked like a scary ghost town.

At this time, Shakru, who wanted to donate vaccines, sulfonamides and other drugs to the disaster area according to the original plan, was embarrassed to find that he had made a mistake. That is, no one dared to go to Suzhou, where the plague broke out. Even the police, doctors, nurses and Red Cross personnel did not dare to go to Surat City, and even the trains to Surat City had been cut off, which made Shakru's assistance unable to work at all.

But then Shakru discovered that these drugs were still useful, because as more than 300,000 Surat citizens fled to all directions in India, they also brought plague germs and fear to all parts of the country. In less than two weeks, this terrible plague has spread to 7 states in India and the New Delhi Administrative Region: Gujarat, where Surat is located, is the area with the most severe plague epidemic, with the largest number of people infected and dying. Mumbai, a city adjacent to Surat, is the first target for refugees to flee. In the state of Maharashtra where the city is located, 2,105 people have been infected.

In the capital New Delhi, 770 people were sent to the hospital for treatment and examination, 36 people were diagnosed with plague, and 4 people died of treatment. In addition, the number of patients is also increasing in the states of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal. The plague also reached the remote states of Jammu and Kashmir. According to official statistics, within two weeks, as many as 4,780 patients went to hospitals for examination or treatment across the country, and there was news about deaths almost every day. ?

In New Delhi and other places, infectious disease hospitals are overcrowded, and the authorities have to set up temporary isolation wards in ordinary hospitals. Whether it is an infectious disease hospital or a temporary isolation ward, the medical conditions are very poor. In a dim ward, dozens of patients are crowded, the doors and windows of the ward are open, mosquitoes and flies are flying, and the media of plague - rats, are playing and frolicking on the ground, windowsills, and roofs - this is not a place to treat diseases! Many patients escaped from the ward because they could not stand such bad conditions. The health department had to organize a special police team to track down these patients everywhere to prevent them from spreading germs.

The sudden arrival of the plague was like a bolt from the blue for the unprepared Indian authorities. There were too many patients, and the hospitals could not cope with it, and they all called for emergency treatment. The supply of medicines was in short supply, and many pharmacies could no longer provide medicines for treatment. ? Extremely frightened citizens rushed to buy vaccines and antibiotics, and even in a few places, the medicines were quickly sold out. Therefore, the Indian health department had to ask the World Health Organization and other countries for support to solve the urgent problem. However, what was even more terrifying was the panic and hysteria caused by people's fear of the plague. The 300,000 citizens of Surat who fled thought they would be safe after escaping from this city controlled by the devil. Unexpectedly, they were not welcome wherever they went. In desperation, they had to return to their hometown. This large-scale escape spread panic and plague to all parts of India. Many cities, such as New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, etc., fell into panic and chaos...