CCTV9英语新闻：钟南山:MERS若无二代人传人 应较容易控制

China's best known respirologist, Zhong Nanshan, visited the South Korean Mers patient in hospital on Tuesday. He offered his advise on preventing the spread of the virus.

 

Dr. Zhong Nanshan became famous for his work on SARS in 2003. On Tuesday morning he discussed the patient's treatment with  doctors from the Huizhou health department. Later he and other experts went to the ICU and visited patient.

 

"Over the past two days, the patient's condition was deteriorating¹, but today, from our observation, his condition is stable and slightly improved," Zhong said.

 

Treatment continues, but there is no known cure or vaccine² for the Mers virus. Experts say prevention and control is the key.

 

"It is vital for health departments to isolate³ and quarantine confirmed patients. The Huizhou health department did a good job to prevent the further spread of the deadly virus," Zhong said.

 

Dr. Zhong Nanshan says he is impressed by the improvement in prevention since the SARS crisis of 2003.

 

"The government, medical staff and ordinary residents all have a better understanding about the disease. National prevention work has improved a lot," Zhong said.

 

Most of the people who had close contact with the patient have been isolated⁴ and are under in medical obeservation, and so far there are no signs of illness.

 

Doctors and nurses at Huizhou municipal central hospital are receiving patients as usual. Dr. Zhong Nanshan says there's no need for people to panic as infections have been contained and there is no risk of sustained transmissions.

1 deteriorating   

恶化，变坏( deteriorate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The weather conditions are deteriorating. 天气变得越来越糟。
• I was well aware of the bad morale and the deteriorating factories. 我很清楚，大家情绪低落，各个工厂越搞越坏。

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 isolate   

vt.使孤立，隔离

参考例句：

• Do not isolate yourself from others.不要把自己孤立起来。
• We should never isolate ourselves from the masses.我们永远不能脱离群众。

4 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。