韩国总统就MERS召开紧急会议

 　　Health officials and civilian¹ specialists are reviewing the health ministry²'s comprehensive plan to tackle the virus..

　　As the total number of MERS patients has surged to 30 within two weeks, three cases of tertiary infection have been identified.

　　Those are cases where the people who have gotten sick had no known direct contact with patient zero.

　　This has created a great deal of anxiety among citizens in the country.

　　Park Geun-hye says they must prevent the disease from spreading further.

　　韩国总统就MERS召开紧急会议

　　"In order to prevent MERS from spreading, we must sincerely discuss the measures for a thorough quarantine, and if hospitals and hospital staff have had even minor³ contact (with MERS patients), we must discuss how to be certain of blocking (the virus) from spreading further. After discussing these matters, we also need to clearly notify the public of the outcome of our discussions."

　　Hospitals in South Korea have begun setting up temporary quarantine zones within hospitals to stop the further spread of MERS.

　　So far more than 1,300 people have been quarantined while more than 500 schools and kindergarten have been closed.

　　Kwon Jun-wook, a senior official with the health ministry, releases the figures:

　　"After excluding the confirmed patients, there are 398 possibly infected patients and 99 cases are under investigation⁴ to determine the patients' status. In regards to the quarantined patients, there are 1,364 cases and this includes 1,261 of those who are quarantined in the facility and 103 quarantined at home. "

　　The South Korean government has been criticized harshly for what some have called a slow and incompetent⁵ response to the spread of the deadly virus.

　　According to Korea Tourism Organization, as of Monday, about 2,500 Chinese have cancelled travel plans to South Korea, including around 500 from Taiwan.

1 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

2 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。

3 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。

4 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

5 incompetent   

adj.无能力的，不能胜任的

参考例句：

• He is utterly incompetent at his job.他完全不能胜任他的工作。
• He is incompetent at working with his hands.他动手能力不行。