《中英對照讀新聞》Indonesia prevents from polio outbreak印尼預防小兒麻痺症大流行

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Indonesia will launch a new vaccination campaign targeting 24.3 million children nationwide to halt a polio outbreak that has infected 122 youngsters, the health ministry said.

印尼將針對全國二千四百三十萬名兒童發起新的接種疫苗活動，以阻止已感染一百二十二名青少年的小兒麻痺症爆發大流行。印尼衛生部表示。

Two rounds of immunization on August 30 and September 27 will cost 230 billion rupiah (21.7 million dollars), Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari told a press conference.

兩輪的免疫接種分別於八月三十日與九月二十七日舉行，將花掉二千三百億印尼盾（二千一百七十萬美元），衛生部長希提．法迪拉．蘇帕瑞在記者會上說。

Some 6.5 million children have been vaccinated since the first case of polio in almost a decade in Indonesia was detected in April.

自從印尼於四月間檢測出近十年來首宗小兒麻痺症病例以來，大約六百五十萬名兒童已接種疫苗。

Supari said that eradicating polio was made complicated by parents' refusal to have their children vaccinated owing to fears of harmful side effects.

蘇帕瑞說，根除小兒麻痺症之所以難成，是因為家長拒絕讓小孩接種，擔心會有副作用。

Polio is believed to have returned to Indonesia via Saudi Arabia, either through migrant workers or Islamic pilgrims returning from Mecca, who may have passed on a strain of the virus originating in Nigeria.

一般相信小兒麻痺症是經由沙烏地阿拉伯傳回到印尼，若不是透過去外地工作的勞工，就是透過從麥加返回的回教朝聖者，這些人可能傳遞了某種發源自奈及利亞的病毒。

新聞辭典

vaccination：名詞，種痘、接種疫苗。例句：They were told by the doctor that it was only coincidental that their son fell ill after the vaccination. （醫師告訴他們，兒子會在接種疫苗後生病只是巧合罷了。）

outbreak：名詞，爆發，（疾病的）大流行。例句：Asia is taking steps to protect its people from a second outbreak of the deadly SARS virus.（亞洲正採取措施，保護百姓不受到SARS致命病毒第二次大流行的影響。）

eradicate：動詞，根除、消滅、杜絕。例句：Cholera has been eradicated here.（這裡已根除了霍亂。）

pass on：片語，傳遞、轉移、轉嫁。例句：The company passed on extra labor costs to the consumer.（這間公司把額外的人工成本轉嫁到消費者頭上。）