Measles Cases and Deaths Increasing Worldwide
全球麻疹病例和死亡人數不斷增加
The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that measles cases and deaths have increased around the world since 2016. The United Nations agency reports that the disease infected almost 870,000 last year, and killed more than 207,000. That is a 50 percent increase from 2016 levels.
世界衛生組織報告稱，自2016年以來，世界各地的麻疹病例和死亡人數都有所增加。該聯合國機構報告稱，去年有近87萬人感染了這種疾病，死亡人數超過20.7萬人。比2016年的水平增加了50%。
The WHO says the failure to vaccinate children is the main cause of the increase. The organization says an estimated 95 percent of the population must be fully vaccinated to prevent measles from spreading. But, vaccination coverage has been 70 percent to 85 percent around the world, the WHO reports.
世衛組織表示，未能給兒童接種疫苗是導致病例增加的主要原因。該組織表示，估計95%的人口必須完全接種疫苗才能防止麻疹傳播。但是，世衛組織報告稱，全世界的疫苗接種覆蓋率為70%到85%。
Reported cases of measles are lower this year than last. But the WHO says the coronavirus outbreak interfered with vaccination efforts.
今年報告的麻疹病例較去年減少。但是世衛組織表示，冠狀病毒的爆發幹擾了疫苗接種工作。
Natasha Crowcroft is the WHO's senior technical advisor for measles and rubella. She told VOA that different plans are needed to prevent new measles outbreaks in the time of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.
娜塔莎·克勞羅夫特（Natasha Crowcroft）是世衛組織麻疹和風疹高級技術顧問。她對美國之音表示，需要不同的計劃來防止新冠病毒引起的新冠疫情期間的新一輪麻疹爆發。
"The Number One action we need to take is to prevent outbreaks from happening in countries where we have got the highest risks...and there are several where there is not the ability to be able to put the health system in place to be able to rely on," she said.
「我們需要採取的首要行動是防止疫情在風險最高的國家爆發...她說：「有幾個地方沒有能力建立人們可依賴的衛生系統。
Crowcroft says countries where usual vaccinations for children were happening will recover quickly from delays during this difficult period. She says weak countries will continue to be at risk of deadly outbreaks unless fast action is taken.
克勞羅夫特說，在這一困難時期，通常為兒童接種疫苗的國家將迅速從接種延誤的狀態中恢復。她說，如果不迅速採取行動，（疫苗接種）弱國將繼續面臨致命疫情爆發的風險。
The WHO reports more than 94 million people are at risk of missing vaccines because nationwide campaigns have been stopped in 26 countries. This led to huge outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Madagascar.
世衛組織報告稱，由於在26個國家停止了全國性的疫苗接種活動，超過9400萬人面臨疫苗缺失的危險。這導致了剛果民主共和國和馬達加斯加的大規模疫情爆發。
Eight of the 26 countries have now restarted their campaigns. They include Brazil, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Nepal, Nigeria, the Philippines and Somalia.
26個國家中的8個現已重新開始了他們的運動。這些國家包括巴西、中非共和國、剛果民主共和國、衣索比亞、尼泊爾、奈及利亞、菲律賓和索馬利亞。
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