英闻天下——504 Taiwan Reports 42 Suspected H7N9 Cases

 　　Health authorities on Taiwan say they're looking into 42 suspected human infections of the H7N9 bird flu.

 

　　However, no cases have yet been confirmed on the island.

 

　　Doctor Pei Chun-Zhan is with the Taiwan Center for Disease Control.

 

　　"The virus cannot transmit from man to man, and it is impossible to result in pandemic influenza¹ in a short period of time. However, we cannot be sure whether the virus will go through mutation² to cause the transmission from man to man. Currently, we still cannot exclude that possibility."

 

　　Two patients being treated on Taiwan did travel to the mainland cities of Suzhou and Shanghai.

 

　　Based on a seven-day dormant³ period of virus, the middle of this month is going to be a critical moment for containing any epidemic⁴ of H7N9.

 

　　The new strain of bird flu sickened 38 people on the mainland so far.

 

　　10 have died.

 

　　So far only one person - a 4-year old boy in Shanghai - has fully⁵ recovered.

 

　　Authorities are still working through the theory that people are contracting the virus through direct contact with infected birds.

 

　　The authorities say there's been no discernable proof of people-to-people transmissions.

 

　　At least 16 people have been detained in different parts of the country for spreading online rumors⁶ about the deadly virus.

 

　　Authorities in Hong Kong have started taking blood samples of poultry⁷ imported from the mainland to test for H7N9.

1 influenza   

n.流行性感冒，流感

参考例句：

• They took steps to prevent the spread of influenza.他们采取措施
• Influenza is an infectious disease.流感是一种传染病。

2 mutation   

n.变化，变异，转变

参考例句：

• People who have this mutation need less sleep than others.有这种突变的人需要的睡眠比其他人少。
• So far the discussion has centered entirely around mutation in the strict sense.到目前为止，严格来讲，讨论完全集中于围绕突变问题上。

3 dormant   

adj.暂停活动的；休眠的；潜伏的

参考例句：

• Many animals are in a dormant state during winter.在冬天许多动物都处于睡眠状态。
• This dormant volcano suddenly fired up.这座休眠火山突然爆发了。

4 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。

5 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

6 rumors   

n.传闻( rumor的名词复数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷v.传闻( rumor的第三人称单数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷

参考例句：

• Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有谣言说学校给烧掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛变的谣言四起。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 poultry   

n.家禽，禽肉

参考例句：

• There is not much poultry in the shops. 商店里禽肉不太多。
• What do you feed the poultry on? 你们用什么饲料喂养家禽?