World races to contain COVID-19 Delta variant

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governments around the world raced to head offa surge in COVID-19 cases driven by the Delta variant, with US President Joe Biden offering new incentives to vaccine holdouts and Israel authorizing booster shots.

世界各國(guó)政府競(jìng)相使出渾身解數(shù)阻止德?tīng)査兎N導(dǎo)致新冠病例激增，美國(guó)總統(tǒng)喬·拜登(Joe Biden)為拒絕接種疫苗的人提供了新的激勵(lì)措施，以色列批準(zhǔn)了加強(qiáng)注射。

Head off：阻止，轉(zhuǎn)移方向 ????Holdout：堅(jiān)持，抵抗

The World Health Organization warned the highly transmissible strain of the virus, first detected in India, could unleash?a "fourth wave" of cases in its Eastern Mediterranean zone -- an area stretching from Morocco to Pakistan.

世界衛(wèi)生組織(World Health Organization)警告稱，這種高度傳染性的病毒株最早在印度發(fā)現(xiàn)，可能會(huì)在東地中海地區(qū)引發(fā)“第四波”疫情。該地區(qū)從摩洛哥延伸至巴基斯坦。

unleash v./?n?li??/ ~ sth (on/upon sb/sth) 發(fā)泄；突然釋放；使爆發(fā)?? The government's proposals unleashed a storm of protest in the press. 政府的提案引發(fā)了新聞界的抗議浪潮。

Mediterranean adj. /?med?t??re?ni?n/ 地中海的?? a Mediterranean country 地中海國(guó)家

Those countries are especially at risk because vaccination rates are low -- only 5.5 percent of the region's population has been fully vaccinated. So in nations where vaccines are more available, public officials are sounding the alarm.

由于疫苗接種率很低——該地區(qū)只有5.5%的人口接種了疫苗，這些國(guó)家面臨的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)尤其大。因此，在疫苗更充足的國(guó)家，政府官員敲響了疫情的警鐘。

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has also urged people living in Covid hotspots -- even the vaccinated -- to mask up indoors.

美國(guó)疾病控制和預(yù)防中心(CDC)還敦促生活在新冠疫情活躍地區(qū)的人，即使是接種過(guò)疫苗的人，也要在室內(nèi)戴上口罩。

The surge in cases across America has left the early vaccine adopters angry at those who have so far opted against the jab.

美國(guó)各地病例的激增讓早期注射疫苗的民眾對(duì)那些迄今為止選擇拒絕注射的人感到憤怒。

The global coronavirus situation is a mixed one: while some places like the French territory of La Reunion and Spain's Catalonia region are instituting new curbs, others are easing up on restrictions.

全球新冠疫情形勢(shì)喜憂參半：像法屬領(lǐng)土留尼汪島和西班牙加泰羅尼亞地區(qū)等一些地方正在實(shí)施新的限制措施，但其他地區(qū)正在放松限制。

Portugal said it would lift its anti-virus measures in several phases from Sunday, with shops and restaurants allowed to open for longer hours and working from home no longer compulsory.

葡萄牙表示，將從周日開(kāi)始分階段取消防病毒措施，允許商店和餐館延長(zhǎng)營(yíng)業(yè)時(shí)間，并不再?gòu)?qiáng)制要求員工在家工作。

Compulsory??adj. /k?m?p?ls?ri/ （因法律或規(guī)則而）必須做的，強(qiáng)制的，強(qiáng)迫的? It is compulsory for all motorcyclists to wear helmets. 所有騎摩托車(chē)的人都必須戴頭盔，這是強(qiáng)制性的。? compulsory education/schooling 義務(wù)教育

Japan hit a new record for the number of daily cases -- more than 10,000 -- on Thursday, and a state of emergency already in place in Tokyo was to be extended to four more regions.

周四，日本每日確診病例超過(guò)1萬(wàn)人，創(chuàng)下新紀(jì)錄，東京已經(jīng)進(jìn)入緊急狀態(tài)，并擴(kuò)大到另外四個(gè)地區(qū)。

In Mexico, the national statistics institute said more than 200,000 deaths from the coronavirus were recorded in 2020 -- 35 percent more than originally reported by the government.

在墨西哥，國(guó)家統(tǒng)計(jì)局表示，2020年有20多萬(wàn)人死于冠狀病毒，比政府最初報(bào)告的多35%。

China is racing to vaccinate at least 65 percent of its 1.4-billion population by the end of the year.

中國(guó)正在加快疫苗注射，爭(zhēng)取年底疫苗注射人口達(dá)到14億人口的65%。

So far, the virus has killed more than 4.1 million people around the world, with the United States having the highest death toll, at more than 612,000. - NDTV

到目前為止，新冠病毒已經(jīng)造成全球410萬(wàn)人口死亡，其中美國(guó)死亡人口最多，達(dá)到61萬(wàn)2千人。

原文鏈接：http://www.dailynews.lk/2021/07/31/world/255354/world-races-contain-covid-19-delta-variant