澳大利亞確診H1N1流感59人一托福閱讀機(jī)經(jīng)背景

1、智課網(wǎng)智課網(wǎng) TOEFL 備考資料備考資料澳大利亞確診 H1N1 流感 59 人一托福閱讀機(jī)經(jīng)背景By Phil MercerSydney27 May 2021The number of H1N1 flu cases in Australia has doubled in the past day to 59. The federalgovernment has warned that the H1N1 influenza A virus is spreading fast. Health experts say itsrapid transmission coincides with the

2、 southern hemispheres traditional winter flu season.The H1N1 flu has been confirmed in most Australian states and territories. The epicenter of theoutbreak is in Victoria, where a group of children are among those being treated.Virus origin unkownTests have yet to reveal if the infections in Austral

3、ia have been imported from other countries orwhether the virus has started to spread among those who have not traveled overseas.In New South Wales, health agencies have been criticized for not quarantining hundreds ofpassengers on board a cruise ship where 14 people were diagnosed with the virus, co

4、mmonlyknown as swine flu.Although some of those who disembarked the vessel in Sydney had complained of being ill, theywere allowed to travel home.Three crew members on the Pacific Dawn have shown flu-like symptoms. Authorities havediverted the cruise liner, which left Sydney bound for the Great Barr

5、ier Reef, to an island near theQueensland city of Cairns, where the patients will be tested for flu.The virus spread in Australia has come at the start of the southern hemispheres annual fluseason.Country is preparing for flu seasonProfessor Bill Rawlinson from Sydneys Prince of Wales hospital says

6、the country is preparing foran onslaught.It is of concern because as we go into winter that is when we see our peak of flu, Rawlinsonsaid. And I think that is why we are all gearing up to deal with this problem and why public healthauthorities as well as the laboratories as well as clinicians, emerg

7、ency departments are all putting inplace practices that have been developed over other outbreaks such as SARS and the H5 avianstrain.In an attempt to stop the virus spreading to Tasmania, children who have recently traveled toMexico, the United States, Canada, Panama or Japan have been told to stay

8、away from schools andchildcare centers for seven days. Those countries have seen the largest number of cases.Health screening intensifiesOfficials say they will intensify health screening measures at airports and ports.Australias federal health minister, Nicola Roxon, says the number of confirmed sw

9、ine flu caseswill likely rise significantly in the coming days.Worldwide cases of the virus have reached almost 13,000 Tuesday in 46 countries. Nearly 100people have died, most of them in Mexico, where the outbreak began last month.Elsewhere in the Pacific, Singapore reported its first case of H1N1,

10、 a woman who had justreturned from a visit to the United States.澳大利亞確診 H1N1 流感 59 人澳大利亞確診感染甲型 H1N1 流感病毒的病例在過(guò)去的一天增加了一倍，為 59 人。澳大利亞聯(lián)邦政府警告說(shuō)，甲型 H1N1 流感正在迅速蔓延。衛(wèi)生專家說(shuō)，它的迅速傳播正值南半球冬季傳統(tǒng)的流感季節(jié)。澳大利亞大多數(shù)州和地區(qū)都已經(jīng)確診甲型 H1N1 流感病例。爆發(fā)的中心在維多利亞州，其中一群兒童正在接受治療。檢驗(yàn)結(jié)果尚未查明澳大利亞的甲型 H1N1 流感病毒是從其他國(guó)家流入，或是在從來(lái)沒(méi)有出過(guò)國(guó)的澳大利亞人之間傳播。在新南威爾士州，衛(wèi)生

11、機(jī)構(gòu)因?yàn)闆](méi)有隔離“太平洋黎明號(hào)游輪上數(shù)以千計(jì)的游客而受到批評(píng)。游輪上的游客中有 14 人被確診感染甲型 H1N1 流感病毒，俗稱“豬流感。有些下船的乘客抱怨身體不適，但是他們被允許回家?！疤窖罄杳魈?hào)上的三名船員也有類似患有甲型 H1N1 流感的病癥。當(dāng)局決定改變游輪的航向，把從悉尼開(kāi)往大堡礁的游輪開(kāi)往昆士蘭州凱恩斯市附近的一個(gè)小島，并在那里對(duì)病人進(jìn)行檢查。甲型 H1N1 流感病毒在澳大利亞的蔓延恰逢南半球的年度流感季節(jié)。悉尼威爾斯親王醫(yī)院教授比爾羅林森表示，澳大利亞準(zhǔn)備應(yīng)付流感的大流行?！傲钊岁P(guān)切的原因是因?yàn)槲覀冞M(jìn)入冬季流感頂峰期。我認(rèn)為這就是為什么我們要全力以赴對(duì)付這個(gè)問(wèn)題的原因。同時(shí)也是為什么公共衛(wèi)生部門、實(shí)驗(yàn)室、臨床醫(yī)生、緊急部門都已經(jīng)采取緊急應(yīng)變措施，這些措施是我們?cè)趯?duì)付薩斯病和禽流感時(shí)制定的。為了阻止病毒蔓延到塔斯馬尼亞，最近從墨西哥、美國(guó)、加拿大、巴拿馬和日本的回到澳大利亞的兒童被告知要在隔離 7 天后才能去學(xué)校和托兒所。這幾個(gè)國(guó)家的甲型 H1N1 流感病例最多。官員說(shuō)，他們將加強(qiáng)在機(jī)場(chǎng)和港口的健康檢查措施。澳大利亞聯(lián)邦衛(wèi)生部長(zhǎng)，尼古拉羅克森說(shuō)，甲型 H1N1 流感確實(shí)診病例可能會(huì)在未來(lái)幾天內(nèi)有大幅上升。在世界范圍內(nèi)，甲型 H1N1 流感病毒到周二為止，已經(jīng)導(dǎo)致 46 個(gè)國(guó)家 1 萬(wàn) 3 千人患病，近100 人死亡，死者大多數(shù)是在墨西哥，疫情是上個(gè)月