韩国感染MERS上升到179

 　　SEOUL, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Infection with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome¹ (MERS) in South Korea increased to 179 Wednesday as four more cases were added, the health ministry² said.

　　Among the four cases was a 50-year-old woman contracting the virus from the 14th patient at the emergency room of Samsung Medical Center in Seoul, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

　　She stayed at the hospital for three days through May 29, indicating that the patient 177 was confirmed positive more than 10 days after the 14-day incubation period.

　　Such patients developing symptoms even after the incubation period are expected to emerge sporadically³.

　　MERS infections in S. Korea rise to 179 with 4 more cases

　　No death was reported for two straight days, leaving the death toll⁴ at 27.

　　Thirteen more patients were discharged from hospitals as they completely recovered after being infected, raising the total discharge to 67.

　　Excluding the dead and those discharged, 85 infectees are under treatment. Among them, 16 are still in unstable⁵ conditions.

　　The number of those quarantined increased from 2,805 on Tuesday to 3,103 on Wednesday.

　　The MERS is a respiratory illness caused by a new type of corona⁶ virus, similar to the one causing SARS. There is no vaccine⁷ or treatment for the disease, with its fatality⁸ rate reaching some 40 percent.

　　The first case was spotted⁹ in Saudi Arabia in 2012. The World Health Organization has reported more than 1,000 cases of MERS globally and more than 400 deaths.

1 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。

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 sporadically   

adv.偶发地，零星地

参考例句：

• There are some trees sporadically around his house. 他的房子周围零星地有点树木。 来自辞典例句
• As for other aspects, we will sporadically hand out questionnaires. 在其他方面，我们会偶尔发送调查问卷。 来自互联网

4 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

5 unstable   

adj.不稳定的，易变的

参考例句：

• This bookcase is too unstable to hold so many books.这书橱很不结实，装不了这么多书。
• The patient's condition was unstable.那患者的病情不稳定。

6 corona   

n.日冕

参考例句：

• The corona gains and loses energy continuously.日冕总是不断地获得能量和损失能量。
• The corona is a brilliant,pearly white,filmy light,about as bright as the full moon.光环带是一种灿烂的珠白色朦胧光，几乎像满月一样明亮。

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。

8 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。

9 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。