2015年CRI 中国完成输入性MERS病毒基因测序

 

The sequencing has been accomplished¹ by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention in cooperation with the health department of Guangdong Province, where the case was reported on May 29th 2015.

The genome map of the virus shows high homology with the strand² of the MERS virus detected in the Middle East.

Scientists believe the strain originated in Saudi Arabia.

The result of the sequencing has been uploaded to GenBank at National Center for Biotechnology Information in the United States.

The patient from South Korea who has tested positive for MERS is still being treated at Huizhou Municipal Central Hospital in Guangdong.

By testing and comparing genome sequence of different strains, scientists believe they may find effective measures to prevent the spread of the disease.

Over in South Korea, the government is now offering up apologies amid the continued spread of MERS across the country.

South Korean Health Minister Moon Hyung-pyo admits the administration 'dropped the ball' when the virus was first confirmed in the country.

"Despite the government's endeavors to block the infection after the first confirmed MERS case on May 20, the number of MERS patients is growing. I am truly sorry for the current situation in which the number of MERS patients is increasing at a rapid pace due to our belated track down and isolation³ of the first confirmed patient and thus our inability to block in-hospital infection early."

South Korean President Park Geun-hye visited the National Medical Centre in Seoul on Friday.

This is where MERS patients are being hospitalized.

Park has met medical workers who wore personal protected equipment in front of State-designated quarantine wards⁴.

Park says the government promises to do everything it can to end the outbreak.

"People should trust that the government is trying its best with civilian⁵ experts to prevent the spread of disease in every possible way."

Four people have now died from the virus in South Korea.

41 others have been confirmed infected.

Among the 5 new cases reported this Friday include an officer at Osan Air Base near Seoul, which is home to both South Korean and US troops.

Over 80 soldiers at the base have reportedly been quarantined.

They join the over 16-hundred others in South Korea who are under quarantine amid the spread of MERS.

Officials have shut down 11-hundred schools across the country.

MERS is a corona⁶ virus similar to SARS.

It has a mortality rate of around 40-percent.

1 accomplished   

adj.有才艺的；有造诣的；达到了的

参考例句：

• Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
• Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。

2 strand   

vt.使（船）搁浅，使（某人）困于（某地）

参考例句：

• She tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ears.她把一缕散发夹到了耳后。
• The climbers had been stranded by a storm.登山者被暴风雨困住了。

3 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。

4 wards   

区( ward的名词复数 )； 病房； 受监护的未成年者； 被人照顾或控制的状态

参考例句：

• This hospital has 20 medical [surgical] wards. 这所医院有 20 个内科[外科]病房。
• It was a big constituency divided into three wards. 这是一个大选区，下设三个分区。

5 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

6 corona   

n.日冕

参考例句：

• The corona gains and loses energy continuously.日冕总是不断地获得能量和损失能量。
• The corona is a brilliant,pearly white,filmy light,about as bright as the full moon.光环带是一种灿烂的珠白色朦胧光，几乎像满月一样明亮。