South Africa: UN health agency sends experts to help battle against COVID-19

5 August 2020

Health?UN

new “surge team” of leading UN health experts is on its way to South Africa to ramp up?the COVID-19 response there, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.

ramp up ：V to increase or cause to increase 增加; 使增加

ramp /r?mp/ ?

1.a slope that joins two parts of a road, path, building, etc. when one is higher than the other 斜坡；坡道?Ramps should be provided for wheelchair users. 應(yīng)該給輪椅使用者提供坡道。

2.?a freeway exit ramp 高速公路的出口坡道

3.a slope or set of steps that can be moved, used for loading a vehicle or getting on or off a plane （裝車或上下飛機(jī)的）活動梯，活動坡道·a loading ramp?裝貨用的活動坡道

4?ramp sth←→?upto make sth increase in amount 使…的數(shù)量增加.

5.非正式用語--敲詐，詐騙（尤指涉及股價詐漲的詐騙和敲詐）

With the southernmost country on the continent, now among the top five of the world’s most affected,?WHO?underscored?that it is critical to strengthen its?COVID-19?response.

Underscore和underline都提及過，有強(qiáng)調(diào)、下劃線之意

“At this time, when the COVID-19 epidemic in South Africa is spreading rapidly, it is important that we work together to?intensify?our fight against the virus”,?said?Owen?Kaluwa, WHO Representative for South Africa.?

intensify v. /?n?tens?fa?/ ?to increase in degree or strength; to make sth increase in degree or strength （使）加強(qiáng)，增強(qiáng)，加劇?? Violence intensified during the night. 在夜間暴力活動加劇了。

To help manage the?coronavirus?outbreak, WHO will be deploying?43 experts from various fields, including seasoned infectious disease?epidemiologist?and public health expert, David Heymann, who headed the response to the 2003 epidemic of the closely-related viral respiratory disease, SARS.

deploy v. ??/d??pl??/ ?

1.( technical 術(shù)語 ) to move soldiers or weapons into a position where they are ready for military action 部署，調(diào)度（軍隊或武器）?2 000 troops were deployed in the area. 那個地區(qū)部署了2 000人的部隊。

2.( formal ) to use sth effectively 有效地利用；調(diào)動??to deploy arguments/resources 利用論據(jù)╱資源

epidemiologist?/?ep??di?mi??l?d??st/：流行病學(xué)家

WHO will be complementing scaled-up?national and provincial responses to minimize the spread and impact of COVID-19.

scaled-up?/'skeild'?p/?比例增大的

“Our collective efforts are necessary to identify cases, isolate and provide care, follow up contacts and fully implement physical distancing and other key public health measure”, said the WHO official.?

Nuts and bolts

nuts and bolts ：the essential or practical details 必不可少的細(xì)節(jié); 實際的細(xì)節(jié)·In practice, there is no need to be concerned with the nuts and bolts of the IBM Cognos 8 Web Services. 在實踐中，不需要細(xì)究IBM Cognos 8 Web服務(wù)的具體細(xì)節(jié)。

WHO will fund the international surge team and South Africa will provide administrative resources. The team will be jointly led by WHO Regional Director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, and Executive Director of the agency’s Health Emergencies Programme, Michael Ryan, who will work virtually from Brazzaville, Congo, and Geneva respectively, to support the experts?on the ground.

Brazzaville?/'br?z?vil; 'brɑ:-/?n. 布拉柴維爾（剛果首都）

on the ground：在地上，當(dāng)場，在決斗

“Dr. Moeti and Dr. Ryan have become familiar and trusted figures in the fight against COVID-19”, said South African Minister of Health, Zweli Mkhize. “They have been supporting and complementing our national efforts and we have had very fruitful and honest discussions with them”.?

Before their deployments in the provinces of Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, Kwazulu Natal and Mpumalanga, the delegation completed an initial period of quarantine and testing.

“These provinces have been identified as the ones needing the most urgent support where the first team can make the most impact”, according to General Health Director Sandile Buthelezi.

Tasks ahead

The surge team aims to contribute to national efforts, including in surveillance?and streamlining?of?epidemiological systems.

surveillance n. ?/s???ve?l?ns/ ?[ U ] the act of carefully watching a person suspected of a crime or a place where a crime may be committed （對犯罪嫌疑人或可能發(fā)生犯罪的地方的）監(jiān)視

streamline v. /?stri?mla?n/ ?

1.to give sth a smooth even shape so that it can move quickly and easily through air or water 使成流線型??The cars all have a new streamlined design. 這些汽車都是流線型新款。

2.to make a system, an organization, etc. work better, especially in a way that saves money 使（系統(tǒng)、機(jī)構(gòu)等）效率更高；（尤指）使增產(chǎn)節(jié)約?The production process is to be streamlined. 生產(chǎn)流程還需改進(jìn)。

Epidemiological?/?ep??di?mi??l?d??kl/ ?流行病學(xué)的

It intends to improve case management by promoting WHO’s global COVID-19 response guidelines and reduce the burden on hospitals by increasing community buy-in to assure greater?compliance with public health measures.

compliance n. /k?m?pla??ns/ ?~ (with sth) the practice of obeying rules or requests made by people in authority 服從；順從；遵從

‘Key priority’

WHO’s Regional Office for Africa has made supporting South Africa “a key priority”, according said Dr Moeti, who affirmed that working together “will help flatten the curve and save lives”.?

“Our solidarity which spans?the globe is a model partnership for an effective response”, she concluded. “United we will defeat COVID-19.”

span /sp?n/ ?

名詞?1.持續(xù)時間?I worked with him over a span of six years. 我和他共事達(dá)六年之久。 ?Small children have a short attention span . 幼兒注意力持續(xù)時間短。2.~ (of sth) a range or variety of sth 范圍；包括的種類?Managers have a wide span of control. 經(jīng)理的職權(quán)范圍很大。3.（橋或拱的）墩距，跨距，跨度；4.寬度；翼展

動詞?1.to last all through a period of time or to cover the whole of it?持續(xù)；貫穿?His acting career spanned 55 years.?他的演藝生涯長達(dá)55年。2.to include a large area or a lot of things?包括（廣大地區(qū)）；涵蓋（多項內(nèi)容）?The operation, which spanned nine countries, resulted in 200 arrests.?這次行動涉及九個國家，逮捕了200人。?3. to stretch right across sth, from one side to the other?橫跨；跨越

原文鏈接：https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/08/1069582

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