世衛：Covid疫情將持續至2022年
【摘要2021.11.1.一.自由】◎陳成良
The Covid pandemic will "go on for a
year longer than it needs to" because poorer countries are not getting the
vaccines they need, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.
世界衛生組織（WHO）稱，由於貧窮國家無法獲得所需的疫苗，冠狀病毒病（Covid
）大流行將「不可避免地延長1年」。
Dr Bruce Aylward, senior leader at the
WHO, said it meant the Covid crisis could "easily drag on deep into
2022".
世衛組織高層領導人布魯斯‧艾爾沃德博士表示，這意味著Covid危機可能「很容易拖延到2022年」。
Less than 5% of Africa’s population have
been vaccinated, compared to 40% on most other continents.
非洲只有不到5％人口接種疫苗，其他大多數大陸的比例為40％。
Dr Aylward appealed to wealthy countries
to give up their places in the queue for vaccines in order that pharmaceutical
companies can prioritise the lowest-income countries instead.
艾爾沃德博士博士呼籲富裕國家放棄他們在疫苗隊列中的位置，讓製藥公司可以優先向最貧窮國家供應疫苗。
The People’s Vaccine - an alliance of
charities - has released new figures suggesting just one in seven of the doses
promised by pharmaceutical companies and wealthy countries are actually
reaching their destinations in poorer countries.
慈善機構聯盟「人民的疫苗」發佈的新數據顯示，製藥公司和富裕國家承諾捐贈的疫苗，只有7分之1真正送達貧困國家的目的地。
新聞辭典
Covid：為「Coronavirus
disease」（冠狀病毒病）縮寫。武漢肺炎被世衛正名為「Covid-19」（2019冠狀病毒病），並非「新冠肺炎」。
drag：動詞，指拖、拉、緩慢行進。例句：There’s
no telling how long the talks could drag on.（誰也說不準談判還會拖多久。）
prioritise︰給予…優先權，把事情優先順序排好。例句：You
must learn to prioritize your work.（你必須學習安排工作的優先順序。）
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