韩国承诺防止MERS扩散

 　　Worries are spreading among the South Korean public as 2 people have been confirmed dead from the disease.

　　The victims include a 58-year-old woman and the other 71-year-old man, both of whom had close contact with the MERS patient earlier.

　　As of Tuesday, six more cases were identified which brings the total number of South Koreans diagnosed with the viral disease to 25.

　　Among the new cases were two tertiary infections, adding to fears over an exponential increase in the contagion¹.

　　韩国承诺加强措施防止MERS扩散

　　"Tertiary transmissions that we were worried about actually occurred. So, I am very concerned about the further spread of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome² (MERS)."

　　In response of the situation, a ministers' emergency meeting was held in Seoul on Tuesday.

　　Moon Hyung-pyo is Health Minister of South Korea.

　　"We will keep the infectious disease crisis alert level as " the cautious-level" at this point, and we will also take strong countermeasures. First, we will try to figure out all the people who contacted the first confirmed patient, divide them in the order of priority after analysis, and will quarantine anyone over age 50 in a facility, while the remaining patients will be quarantined in their homes."

　　So far, South Korea has already isolated³ 750 people for possible MERS infection. Authorities are also said to be considering a ban on overseas travel for those infected people.

　　Kwon Jun-wook is the Director-General of South Korean Health Ministry⁴'s Public Health Policy Department:

　　"In Regards to the travel restrictions⁵, the Justice Ministry has activated⁶ the process, and the list with 240 people was already handed over. During our morning meeting, the Justice Ministry urgently requested the final list."

　　Meanwhile, the situation of the first MERS patient in China, a South Korean man, has worsened.

　　He is now under close observation in a hospital in Huizhou.

　　Due to fear of MERS, hundreds of Chinese tourists have reportedly canceled their travel plans to S. Korea.

　　The MERS virus, first identified in humans in 2012, has a death rate of over 40 percent.

　　There is no vaccine⁷ or cure for the disease so far.

　　For CRI, I'm XYee.

1 contagion   

n.(通过接触的疾病)传染；蔓延

参考例句：

• A contagion of fear swept through the crowd.一种恐惧感在人群中迅速蔓延开。
• The product contagion effect has numerous implications for marketing managers and retailers.产品传染效应对市场营销管理者和零售商都有很多的启示。

2 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。

3 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。

4 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

5 restrictions   

约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）

参考例句：

• I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
• a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制

6 activated   

adj. 激活的 动词activate的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The canister is filled with activated charcoal.蒸气回收罐中充满了活性炭。

7 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。