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As mid-September arrived, the pain inflicted by the earthquake on the Island Nation had finally lessened considerably. However, how to eradicate the epidemic in the Disaster Area had become the most vexing issue for the Island Nation's government.
To this end, the Island Nation urgently requested more masks and disinfectants from the major powers, and it strictly commanded that people within the Disaster Area were forbidden to leave even one step outside, and people outside were not permitted to enter even one step within. A stringent quarantine system was implemented inside and outside the Disaster Area.
Although relations between Australasia and the Island Nation were strained, an order like this was something Arthur would never miss.
Under Arthur's command, major mask manufacturers raised their prices threefold or even fourfold before amassing a large shipment of masks to the Island Nation.