UK Zombie Epidemic

On the 4th of August 2010, nobody could have imagined that within a matter of weeks, the United Kingdom of Great Britain would cease to exist as a nation. A virus, the likes of which the world had never seen was about to sweep the nation.

First Cases
At 11:34 AM, August 4th 2010 in Norwich, England, a vet in Norwich treating a Yorkshire Terrier infected with the rabies virus is bitten by the dog. He restrains the animal and immediatley attempts to clean the wound with cold water and and anti viral wipes. An ambulance arries soon after and takes him to Norwich University Hospital for stitches. By the time the ambulance reaches the hospital, the bite is showing signs of infection and the man "Patient Zero" is dipping in and out of conciousness. He is taken to Intensive Care as his condition deterirates. Doctors determine quickly he has been infected with the rabies virus, but none are certain as to why it is affecting Patient Zero so quickly as it can often take weeks for rabies to affect people like this after being exposed. The patient is transferred to Quarantine and experts are called in from London and Cambridge to evaluate him. Tests show that he has indeed been infected with the rabies virus, but it appears to have mutated into a far more dangerous strain. Six hours after being bitten, the man suddenly sits up on the bed, much to the shock of hospital staff, and lunges at a nearby virologist grabbing his arm and biting down hard, tearing a chunk of flesh away. The patient gets off the bed and runs at another doctor, grabbing and biting him. A security guard rushes into the room and restrains the patient, however, he too is bitten. The patient is handcuffed to the bed and secured. The three staff who have been bitten are taken for treatment. Within an hour, all three men who were bitten are complaining of nausea and headaches. An hour after that, they are coughing up blood and losing conciousness for several minutes at a time. 3 hours after being bitten, he security guard attacks a nurse treating him, biting her, before being restrained by another security guard. Twenty minutes later, the virologist who had been bitten turns and bites four staff members before being restrained. An hour later the third person bitten also changes and bites a doctor and a police officer who had arrived to investigate the disturbances. Several polie officers began to arrive at the hospital to interiew witnesses and talk to the suspects, but the suspects would not cooperate, and seemed hell bent on attacking anybody they could. Those who were msot recently bitten also changed and bit others, who then changed and bit others. Within 24 hours, there were more than 100 cases in the hospital. Several more police had arrived to try and contain the situation. At 12:05 PM 5th August, a group of 15 infected broke into the intensive care unit, overpowering doctors and security guard who tried to stop them. The patients in the ICU, wounded in various accidents(fires, car crashes, stabbings ect) were defencless against the attackers. The infected began to craw and bite at the people lying in the beds, many hooked up to life support machines. Within a few minutes, all patients in the ICU had been killed. Patients in other wards came to see what the noise was all about, only to be pounced upon by the infected. The infected rampage through the wards, killing dozens of people and infecting many more. By 1:00 PM, the remainder of the hospitals patients, as well as the police and security still left inside, had been evacuated from the building. Several patients and staff who had been bitten were being treated in the hospital car park where tents had been set up to accomadate for the wounded as the builoding was no longer safe. By the time they realised what was happening tot hose who were bitten it was too late. By 2 o'clock, many more people who were being treated in the makeshift car park hospital were turning and attacking those treating them. Police attempted to restore order, killing several infected in the process. The number of infected grew, forcing the police to retreat back to Colney Lane, and eventually from the area around the hospital all together. As 3 o'clock drew near, the infected had spilled out of the hospital and into the neigbouring parts of the city, killing and infecting as they went. Two hours later, the police had been pushed back to Watton Road, just past the Institude of Food Reseach. The arrival of riot police and armed response units managed to hold the infected back and slow their spread for a while. But more and more people were becoming infected, and that meant the police were becoming outnumbered.

Infection hits Norwich
Within 30 hours of Patient Zero arriving at the hospital, there were close to 350 cases of the virus in Norwich with more than 200 people killed outright by the infected. Police started to arrive from neigbouring Constabularies to lend support, but even they could not significanlty stem the spread of the virus. At 5:30 PM, the NHS Trust that had run Norwich University Hospital sent information to the Home Office and the Department of Health regarding what they thought to be a new strain of the rabies virus. At the same time, the Prime Minister David Cameron was also being informed over the phone by the Chief Constable Ian McPherson over the phone of how ba the situation was becoming and asked for military assistance claiming that : "Its as though Hell itself has set upon Norwich...everybodys killing eachother, the streets are running with blood. We need help now !"

Troops from the Royal Anglian Regiment were dispatched shortly afterwards with orders to shoot to kill any and all infected. By the 40th hour of the outbreak, the number of infected totalled 2,000 + with at least 800 killed.

At 7:00 PM the Prime Minister declared a State of Emergency in Norwich and surrounding areas. The following is from the Home Secretary Theresa Mays Press Conference regarding the Norwich outbreak :

“At 1:30 PM yesterday afternoon, police received 999 calls from staff in the vicinity of Norwich University Hospital regarding a violent disturbance. Since then, the situation has escalated onto the streets of Norwich with casualties believed to be in the thousands. As the Chief Medical Officer said earlier, it is absolutely vital that the public remain in their homes and avoid all contact with infected individuals. Anyone currently in Norwich is asked to seek shelter immediately. If you are not in your home and are incapable getting back home please head to the nearest church, school or community centre. Norwich Police, in conjunction with local government, have set up protected shelters within these buildings. Locations of these safe zones are being e-mailed to all major news outlets as I speak. I would like to stress the need for calm, and that the situation is under control. Rumours that emergency services have collapsed or have fled are completely baseless. Police units from neighbouring constabularies are beginning to arrive, as is a contingent of troops from the Royal Anglian Regiment in an effort to restore law and order to the area."

Contrary to the Home Secretary's assurances, emergency call centres had been overwhealmed with calls for help and the citys police force had taken heavy casualties. Ambulance and fire crews were coming under frequent attack and there had been several cases of police officers deserting and fleeing Norwich with their families. Emergency Services were starting to fall apart. The First soldiers began to arrive on the 6th of August, and set up checkpoints on the outskirts of Norwich to prevent the infected getting out, effectiley quarantining the entire city. 137 uninfected civilians were shot dead trying to break through the quarantine that day. The Soldiers killed at least 300 infected in only a couple of hours, but more adn more kept coming. By the early hours of 7th August, the Army, along with the remnants of Norwich Police, had pulled out of the city and helped boulster the defences set up to impose the quarantine.

According to top secret figures circulating within the various government agencies involved, the numbers of infected was exceeding 40,000, with more than 8,000 dead.