New cases are finally beginning to trail off. Yet the police are repeatedly being called out as crowds frantically break into any store that might still have antibiotics. The hospitals are still struggling to find places to store bodies before burial or cremation. And as the day comes to a close, the city is still trying to grapple with what has happened in the last week. With virtually everyone in the metropolitan area touched by the attack, the city is struggling to provide its citizens basic services.
Hospitals are overwhelmed and the morgues are having a hard time handling the bodies.
The authorities are still trying to identify the attackers and even find the crime scene. But then a pattern begins to emerge, all of the victims rode the subway last Friday. By evening, the number of sick climbs to 30,000 and the dead, 15,000. DAY FIVE Reports about the deadly disease dominate the morning news. Over 10,000 people are sick and speculation and rumor are rampant.