抗埃博拉病毒疫苗明年或上市

 　　The United Nations' special envoy¹ on Ebola says anti-Ebola vaccines³ could be made available next year.

　　David Nabarro says phase-one trials are currently underway on two candidate vaccines.

　　"I think the situation with regards to anti-Ebola vaccines is promising⁴, there are phase-one trials underway of two candidate vaccines and providing these go well, and the subsequent trials are successful, I am told there will be doses of vaccine² available next year."

　　The comments come hours after Doctors Without Borders announced that accelerated clinical trials will be launched in West Africa to speed the search for a treatment for the disease.

　　抗埃博拉病毒疫苗明年或上市

　　Meanwhile, Anthony Banbury, UN Special Representative and Head of UNMEER, says the UN aims to reach 70 percent of new cases in isolation⁵ by December.

　　"The United Nations has a plan to achieve seventy percent of safe burials by December 1, 70 percent of new cases in isolation by December 1. If we do that, the rates of infection are going to be decreasing rather than increasing and then we can focus the efforts I'm driving it down to zero."

　　Earlier, Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf lifted the state of Emergency imposed on the country.

　　Sirleaf says significant gains have been made in the fight against Ebola, prompting the government to make changes.

　　UN officials also say a scaling up in the overall response remains⁶ necessary if the Ebola outbreak is to be fully⁷ stopped.

　　The confirmed death toll⁸ from the virus is now over 5,100 people, almost all of them from Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.

1 envoy   

n.使节，使者，代表，公使

参考例句：

• Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
• The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。

2 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。

3 vaccines   

疫苗，痘苗( vaccine的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His team are at the forefront of scientific research into vaccines. 他的小组处于疫苗科研的最前沿。
• The vaccines were kept cool in refrigerators. 疫苗放在冰箱中冷藏。

4 promising   

adj.有希望的，有前途的

参考例句：

• The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
• We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

5 isolation   

n.隔离，孤立，分解，分离

参考例句：

• The millionaire lived in complete isolation from the outside world.这位富翁过着与世隔绝的生活。
• He retired and lived in relative isolation.他退休后，生活比较孤寂。

6 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

7 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。

8 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。