The story is about Ebola, therefore the excerpt shows how an experiment was being carried out to prevent more people from dying. These words above show the jargon used by scientists and people from the army who were in charge of the operation.
This refers to the special place where the operation was being carried out.
An air-lock room was a special room where pressure was controlled. But, <em>this</em> room got air supply from the outside world.
This was the place where infected people and monkeys were.
