CCTV9英语新闻：Four women quarantined in HK over MERS infection fears

Hong Kong has quarantined four more people on suspicion of being infected by the MERS virus. 

 

The four are women who returned to Hong Kong Special Administrative¹ Region on Wednesday after travelling to South Korea. They are now under quarantine in public hospitals and their test results are awaited. According to Hong Kong's Department of Health, 33 suspected cases were reported between Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon.

 

Among them 17 have tested negative for MERS, while the other 16 are still waiting for their test results. Up until now, no MERS infection has been diagnosed in Hong Kong. 

1 administrative   

adj.行政的，管理的

参考例句：

• The administrative burden must be lifted from local government.必须解除地方政府的行政负担。
• He regarded all these administrative details as beneath his notice.他认为行政管理上的这些琐事都不值一顾。