专家:MERS不会持续人传人

 　　A 44-year-old man from South Korea is being treated in isolation¹.

　　Medical staff say he suffers from a high fever and a possibly infectious pneumonia².

　　According to authorities, the man had close contact with his father and sister, the third and fourth MERS cases diagnosed in South Korea.

　　He Jianfeng is from the Guangdong Provincial³ Center for Disease Control and Prevention and says the family fell ill after the father spent time in the hospital.

　　专家:MERS病毒尚不具备持续人传人能力

　　"His father once shared a ward⁴ with South Korea's first MERS case. Before coming to China, the man and his sister attended to their father many times. Researchers are striving to figure out from whom he caught the disease. But all evidence available indicates limited human to human transmissions are likely."

　　The man first expressed discomfort⁵ over a week ago. He flew from South Korea to Hong Kong on Tuesday and later arrived in Huizhou via Shenzhen.

　　Huizhou authorities put him under observation early on Thursday. 38 others who had close contact with the man have also been isolated⁶.

　　A team of experts from the national and provincial epidemic⁷ prevention departments is assisting the treatment and prevention of the disease in Huizhou.

　　He Jianfeng admits it's possible others may have been infected.

　　"We have assessed the possibility of the virus' spread. Judging from current conditions, there may be more cases. Before we found him, he had taken long-distance buses, stayed in hotels and attended conferences. It's possible that infections had occurred during any of these processes."

　　Of the 38 known contacts, no unusual findings have been reported so far.

　　Lin Jinyan is from Guangdong's provincial disease prevention center.

　　"None of the 38 quarantined has tested positive for the virus or showed symptoms. We check their conditions twice a day. A quarantine period lasts 14 days. Some people will soon be released while some others may be brought in. It's a normal procedure for epidemic disease monitoring. We are making every effort to lower the possibility of an outbreak."

　　The number of South Koreans infected with MERS has increased to 12, including the man in China.

　　On Friday, Hong Kong authorities announced they had found 18 people who had close contact with the man.

　　All of them will be under observation for 14 days.

　　The Health Protection Center also confirmed that at least ten of the nearly 200 people who were either on the same plane or buses with the South Korean man have left Hong Kong.

　　Meanwhile, Macau has started to monitor the temperatures of flight passengers from Korea and the Middle East as a precaution against the disease.

　　MERS was first identified in humans three years ago.

　　It is caused by a corona-virus from the same family as the one that triggered China's deadly outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome⁸, or SARS, more than a decade ago.

　　There is no cure or vaccine⁹ for the disease. It has a fatality¹⁰ rate of about 40 percent.

　　Before the outbreak this time, more than 1,100 MERS cases had been reported in 23 countries, while over 460 had died of it.

　　For CRI, I'm Zhao Jianfu.

1 isolation   

n.隔离，孤立，分解，分离

参考例句：

• The millionaire lived in complete isolation from the outside world.这位富翁过着与世隔绝的生活。
• He retired and lived in relative isolation.他退休后，生活比较孤寂。

2 pneumonia   

n.肺炎

参考例句：

• Cage was struck with pneumonia in her youth.凯奇年轻时得过肺炎。
• Pneumonia carried him off last week.肺炎上星期夺去了他的生命。

3 provincial   

adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人

参考例句：

• City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
• Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。

4 ward   

n.守卫，监护，病房，行政区，由监护人或法院保护的人（尤指儿童）；vt.守护，躲开

参考例句：

• The hospital has a medical ward and a surgical ward.这家医院有内科病房和外科病房。
• During the evening picnic,I'll carry a torch to ward off the bugs.傍晚野餐时，我要点根火把，抵挡蚊虫。

5 discomfort   

n.不舒服，不安，难过，困难，不方便

参考例句：

• One has to bear a little discomfort while travelling.旅行中总要忍受一点不便。
• She turned red with discomfort when the teacher spoke.老师讲话时她不好意思地红着脸。

6 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。

7 epidemic   

n.流行病；盛行；adj.流行性的，流传极广的

参考例句：

• That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
• The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。

8 syndrome   

n.综合病症；并存特性

参考例句：

• The Institute says that an unidentified virus is to blame for the syndrome. 该研究所表示,引起这种综合症的是一种尚未确认的病毒。
• Results indicated that 11 fetuses had Down syndrome. 结果表明有11个胎儿患有唐氏综合征。

9 vaccine   

n.牛痘苗，疫苗；adj.牛痘的，疫苗的

参考例句：

• The polio vaccine has saved millions of lives.脊髓灰质炎疫苗挽救了数以百万计的生命。
• She takes a vaccine against influenza every fall.她每年秋季接种流感疫苗。

10 fatality   

n.不幸，灾祸，天命

参考例句：

• She struggle against fatality in vain.她徒然奋斗反抗宿命。
• He began to have a growing sense of fatality.他开始有一种越来越强烈的宿命感。