日前，英國(guó)衛(wèi)生大臣漢考克表示，英國(guó)發(fā)現(xiàn)的高傳染性新冠病毒新毒株已經(jīng)失去控制，政府宣布疫情防控級(jí)別將提升至第四級(jí)。消息傳出后，德國(guó)、意大利、法國(guó)等多個(gè)歐洲國(guó)家相繼停飛往返英國(guó)航班。
France announced on Sunday that it has implemented a 48-hour ban on travel to Britain, joining a growing number of European countries halting travel to Britain after a new strain of the coronavirus was detected in that country. At least six European countries have announced flights will cease if they haven't done so already, while France and Belgium have banned train travel.
法國(guó)12月20日宣布，對(duì)英國(guó)實(shí)施48小時(shí)的旅行禁令。在英國(guó)境內(nèi)檢測(cè)到新冠病毒的一個(gè)新變種毒株后，歐洲多國(guó)相繼中斷與英國(guó)交通。至少6個(gè)歐洲國(guó)家已宣布往返英國(guó)航班將停飛或已停飛，而法國(guó)和比利時(shí)已經(jīng)停運(yùn)往返英國(guó)的火車。
French officials said the 48-hour stoppage would give them time to find a "common doctrine" to stop the spread of the new COVID-19 variant. French President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday.
法國(guó)官員稱，48小時(shí)旅行禁令將讓他們有時(shí)間制定阻止新冠病毒新變種傳播的“共同準(zhǔn)則”。法國(guó)總統(tǒng)埃馬紐埃爾·馬克龍上周四（12月17日）新冠病毒檢測(cè)為陽(yáng)性。
Germany, which holds the EU presidency, called a special crisis meeting for Monday to coordinate a response.
目前擔(dān)任歐盟主席國(guó)的德國(guó)計(jì)劃在12月21日召開特別緊急會(huì)議來(lái)協(xié)調(diào)響應(yīng)機(jī)制。
Top health officials in Britain say a new, fast-moving variant of the coronavirus could be up to 70% more transmissible than previous ones. This strain appears to be driving the rapid spread in London and southern England. But there is no evidence the new strain is deadlier or would react differently to the vaccine, according to BBC News.
英國(guó)高級(jí)衛(wèi)生官員稱，一種快速傳播的新冠病毒新變種傳染性可能比之前的毒株高出70%。據(jù)BBC 新聞報(bào)道，這一毒株似乎加速了倫敦和英格蘭南部新冠疫情的蔓延。但是沒(méi)有證據(jù)表明這一新毒株更致命，或?qū)σ呙鐣?huì)產(chǎn)生不同的反應(yīng)。
As a result of the new strain, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Saturday a new tier of coronavirus restrictions, the strictest yet, and canceled the planned five-day Christmas relaxation period that had been planned from December 23 through 27.
因?yàn)樾露局甑某霈F(xiàn)，英國(guó)首相鮑里斯·約翰遜上周六（12月19日）宣布了有史以來(lái)最嚴(yán)格的一套防疫限制新措施，取消了原定為期五天（12月23日至27日）的圣誕節(jié)放松管控計(jì)劃。
"I know how much emotion people invest in this time of year, and how important it is for grandparents to see their grandchildren," Johnson said Saturday. "But when the virus changes its method of attack, we must change our method of defense."
約翰遜上周六表示：“我知道人們對(duì)這個(gè)節(jié)日傾注了多少感情，也知道祖父母?jìng)兪嵌嗝磁瓮?jiàn)到孫兒，但是當(dāng)病毒改變攻擊方式時(shí)，我們也必須改變我們的防御方式。”
Johnson also said the capital and other areas in southern England currently under Tier 3 — the highest level of coronavirus restrictions — will move to an even stricter new Tier 4 that requires all non-essential shops, hairdressers and indoor leisure venues to close after the end of business hours Saturday.
約翰遜還表示，倫敦和英格蘭南部的其他地區(qū)目前實(shí)行的都是疫情暴發(fā)以來(lái)最嚴(yán)格的三級(jí)封鎖限制措施，而且即將在周六營(yíng)業(yè)時(shí)間結(jié)束后實(shí)行更嚴(yán)格的四級(jí)限制措施，這一新限制措施要求所有非必要的商店、美發(fā)店和室內(nèi)娛樂(lè)場(chǎng)所關(guān)閉。
Videos went viral on Saturday night of Britons packing London train stations in a last-minute scramble to leave the city ahead of Christmas. British health secretary Matt Hancock described the rush to travel a "totally irresponsible behavior," according to Sky News.
周六晚上英國(guó)人涌向倫敦火車站趕在圣誕節(jié)前離開倫敦的視頻在網(wǎng)上被瘋傳。根據(jù)天空新聞臺(tái)的報(bào)道，英國(guó)衛(wèi)生大臣馬修·漢考克將此次扎堆出行稱為“完全不負(fù)責(zé)任的行為”。
US Surgeon General Jerome Adams said on "Face the Nation" on Sunday that the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization are investigating the new strain. But he stressed that even if it is found to be more contagious, it reinforces the importance of following existing social distancing guidelines.
美國(guó)衛(wèi)生局局長(zhǎng)杰羅姆·亞當(dāng)斯上周日在《面向全國(guó)》節(jié)目上表示，美國(guó)傳染病研究所、疾控中心和世界衛(wèi)生組織正在研究這一新毒株。但是他強(qiáng)調(diào)，即使研究發(fā)現(xiàn)這一新毒株傳染性更強(qiáng)，也只會(huì)加強(qiáng)遵從現(xiàn)有社交隔離指導(dǎo)方針的重要性。
"Well, very important for people to know that viruses mutate all the time, and that does not mean that this virus is any more dangerous," Adams said. "We don't even know if it's really more contagious yet or not or if it just happened to be a strain that was involved in a superspreader event. Right now, we have no indications that it is going to hurt our ability to continue vaccinating people or that it is any more dangerous or deadly than the strains that are currently out there and that we know about."
亞當(dāng)斯說(shuō)：“讓人們知道病毒一直在變異很重要，但這不意味著這種病毒更加危險(xiǎn)。我們甚至都不知道新毒株是否真的更具傳染性，或者只是和超級(jí)傳播者有關(guān)的一種毒株。當(dāng)前，沒(méi)有跡象表明這一新毒株會(huì)損害我們繼續(xù)為人們接種疫苗的能力，或者新毒株比已有和已知毒株更危險(xiǎn)或更致命。”
英文來(lái)源：哥倫比亞廣播公司新聞網(wǎng)
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