房间中,一位头发花白的华裔老人端着一杯茶从厨房走出来,坐在电脑跟前点开邮件。
老人一边喝茶一边看着邮件,表情渐渐凝重,抬头看了看窗外,然后把茶杯放在了桌上,开启了打印机。
几分钟后,老人站起来,取下打印出的邮件,走出门冲庄恕喊道:“Owen.”
庄恕关掉浇水器,转过头问:“爸,怎么了?”
老人走过来,把手上的纸递给他,皱眉道:“这件事,我想你应该知道。也一定会关心。”
庄恕放下浇水器,脱下手套,接过,见纸页上是世界卫生组织发布的关于中国仁合医院,爆发耐药菌株肺炎的通报:
Outbreakofseverpneumoniainchina:Since10daysago,onepatient,a67yearsoldretiredteacherfromjialin,china,wastreatedinHospitalofRenhe,Thepatientdiedsoonafterdiagnosedofaccuratepneumonia,andallofthedoctorsandnurseswhotakingcareofhershowedthesamesymptomthefollowingtwodays,andsoongetintoseverconditionwithinoneweek.Withinonly8days,30patientsinRenhehospitalandanother20patientsinother2hospitalwasfoundthesamesymptomandsuspectedasthesamedisease.Tillyesterday,around100patientsinjialinidentifiedassuspectedcasesandquarantined,25ofthe