【摘要2020.4.26.自由】◎茅毅
Korean health authorities said Thursday
they were beefing up medical equipment against a potential massive coronavirus
outbreak, saying the country could face another round worse than the initial
outbreak in Daegu.
南韓衛生當局週四說，他們正充實對抗一波潛在大規模冠狀病毒爆發的醫療裝備，還表示該國恐面臨另一波比大邱最初爆發更嚴重的疫情。
"Right now we have no shortage of
ecmo（extracorporeal membrane oxygenation）devices
and quarantine beds," Yoon Tae-ho, a senior Health Ministry official,
said. "But we’re preparing for the possibility of a bigger outbreak."
「現在我們沒有缺乏葉克膜（體外膜氧合）設備和隔離病床」，保健福祉部高級官員尹泰皓說。「但我們正為一波更大爆發的可能性做準備。」
Health authorities said they are aiming to
begin clinical trials of plasma therapy using captured plasma from virus
survivors in July, though the treatment has yet to demonstrate concrete
effectiveness. They added there have been three domestic cases of the
treatments.
衛生當局說，他們正打算於7月開始運用從感染病毒的倖存者體內取得之血漿進行血漿療法臨床試驗，儘管這種療法尚未展現出具體效果。他們補充說，國內已有3起這種治療案例。
新聞辭典
beef up：片語，加（增）強、充實、擴大。We
need to find some new players to beef up our team.（為加強本隊實力，我們需要招納幾名新球員。）
extracorporeal：形容詞，體外的。Extracorporeal
life support（ECLS）is
a world-famous life-saving method.（體外維生是一種世界知名的救命方法。）
plasma：名詞，血（電、乳）漿。The
hospital collected over 100 plasma bags from today’s blood donating activity.（這家醫院從今天的捐血活動，收集了逾百袋血漿。）
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