英闻天下——616 WHO "Impressed" with China's H7N9 Response

 　　The nationwide death toll¹ now stands at 21.

 

　　The country's health authorities say 70 patients are still hospitalized, 13 have been discharged.

 

　　As CRI's Su Yi reports, the World Health Organization says it is impressed with China's response to the H7N9 virus.

 

　　Dr. Keiji Fukuda, assistant director general for health security and environment at the WHO, says China has been open and direct in information exchange and handlings of the virus.

 

　　"We were quite impressed with the direct discussions, the open exchange of information between our counterparts in Shanghai and ourselves. And on the basis of the discussions that we had, we really thought the response was at a very high level, that the actions were taken in a quick manner, they were done in a very professional manner and they reflected to us that the city had been really well prepared. It had good systems in place, it was well-prepared and acted very effectively."

 

　　Fukuda says the WHO is working with Chinese health authorities to examine the possibility of human-to-human transmission.

 

　　"You know, with small cases, small clusters, we know what the possibilities are. But it's often very hard to know definitively² which it is. So again, I think that we have to be looking for person-to-person transmission. With other avian influenza³ viruses　we have seen you can have limited person-to-person transmission so that is always a possibility. But I think that it's fair to say right now, based on all of the available information, it is not clear why we have these small clusters here."

 

　　China confirmed the first human cases infected with the H7N9 virus late last month.

 

　　Both China's health authorities and the World Health Organization say China's confirmed cases are isolated⁴ and so far there has been no sign of human-to-human transmission.

 

　　For CRI, I'm Su Yi.

1 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。

2 definitively   

adv.决定性地，最后地

参考例句：

• None of the three super-states could be definitively conquered even by the other two in combination. 三个超级国家中的任何一国都不可能被任何两国的联盟所绝对打败。 来自英汉文学
• Therefore, nothing can ever be definitively proved with a photograph. 因此，没有什么可以明确了一张照片。 来自互联网

3 influenza   

n.流行性感冒，流感

参考例句：

• They took steps to prevent the spread of influenza.他们采取措施
• Influenza is an infectious disease.流感是一种传染病。

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。