中英对照 有关几内亚、利比里亚、尼日利亚和塞拉利昂埃博拉疫情和应对工作向联合国会员国的通报.doc

Briefing to United Nations Member States on the Ebola Outbreak and Response in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone 有关几内亚、利比里亚、尼日利亚和塞拉利昂埃博拉疫情和应对工作向联合国会员国的通报 Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization 世界卫生组织总干事陈冯富珍博士 Geneva, Switzerland 瑞士日内瓦 12 August 2014 2014年8月12日 Distinguished Member States of the United Nations, ambassadors, diplomats, ladies and gentlemen, 尊敬的联合国会员国、各位大使、外交官、女士们、先生们： Thank you. I want to share WHO’s assessment of the Ebola outbreak and brief you on the response. 谢谢各位。我借此机会介绍世卫组织对埃博拉疫情的评估并向各位通报我们的应对工作。 We are facing a public health emergency of international concern. 我们正面临一次国际关注的突发公共卫生事件。 The outbreak of Ebola virus disease in West Africa is a crisis. It is a crisis for the affected countries and their neighbours, for the African continent, and for the international community. 西非埃博拉病毒病疫情是一次危机。对受影响国家及其邻国、非洲大陆乃至整个国际社会都是一次危机。 The outbreak is unprecedented in its size, severity, and complexity. Cases are occurring in remote rural areas that are difficult to access, but also in capital cities. 疫情的规模、严重性和复杂性前所未有。病例既发生在偏远、不便的农村地区，也发生在首都城市。 Confirmation of the first case in Lagos, Nigeria, was a wake-up call. Ebola virus disease can be spread by international travel, placing every city with an international airport at risk of an imported case. 尼日利亚拉各斯确认的第一个病例敲响了警钟。埃博拉病毒病可以通过国际旅行传播，使每个有国际机场的城市都面临输入病例的风险。 To date, nearly 2000 people have been infected and more than 1000 have died. No one is talking about an early end to the outbreak. 迄今已有近两千人感染，一千余人死亡。没有人认为疫情会很快结束。 This is a severe health crisis, and it can rapidly become a humanitarian crisis if we do not do more to stop transmission. 这是一次严重的卫生危机。而且，如果我们不做更多努力阻断传播，它将很快发展为人道主义危机。 Decisions to seal off the hot zone of disease transmission, that is, the area where the borders of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone intersect, are critical for stopping the reinfection of areas via the cross-border movement of people. 封闭几内亚、利比里亚和塞拉利昂交界区疾病传播热点区域的决定对于阻止跨境人员流动造成的重新感染至关重要。 More than on