บท 283: Change in a Family

From August 2nd to August 13th, in just a short 11 days, the epidemic had claimed 2,000,000 lives around the globe. Most of the fatality came from the first 3 days of the outbreak. The aftermath was almost the same in major cities hit by the epidemic all over the world. Lively streets became deserted, with the occasional teams from disease control centre passing by. Animals prowled the streets looking for food, and their perished owners. Outside the affected cities, people worked under the haze of deaths of loved ones and families. Medical masks, antibiotics, antiseptic gels, mineral waters flew off the shelves…