CCTV9英语新闻：香港MERS戒备升至严重级别

The Hong Kong Special Administrative¹ Region government has raised its MERS response level to "serious" and advised the public to avoid travelling to South Korea due to the climbing number of cases there. On average, about 5,000 people travel between Hong Kong and South Korea every day. The Department of Health also advises travellers in South Korea and the Middle East to avoid unnecessary visits to healthcare facilities. 

 

For more about this, we are joined by our reporter Zhu Dan in Hong Kong.

 

Q1: Does the upgraded response mean the Hong Kong authorities are concerned that MERS will spread soon? 

 

Q2. Hong Kong has also issued the second highest travel alert and has asked its citizens not to travel to South Korea. How have citizens reacted?

1 administrative   

adj.行政的，管理的

参考例句：

• The administrative burden must be lifted from local government.必须解除地方政府的行政负担。
• He regarded all these administrative details as beneath his notice.他认为行政管理上的这些琐事都不值一顾。