05-09-08

中国病毒感染死亡人数达到34人 (Death Toll from Virus Hits 34 in China)

中国突发的严重肠道病毒感染造成的死亡人数现在达到34人，同时有几千名儿童患病。

中国官方新华社说，在东部的安徽省又有两名儿童死亡。大多数的死亡病案都在安徽省。

今天(星期五)早些时候当局说，南方的广东省一名八个月大的女婴和广西省的一名18个月的男童这个星期死亡。

这次突发的病毒被认为是EV71型病毒，这种病毒造成手、足、口的严重病情， 并导致高烧、瘫痪和病毒性脑膜炎。

新华社说，今年发现了将近2万4千多个手足口病例。

The death toll in China from an outbreak of a severe intestinal virus that has sickened thousands of children now stands at 34.

China's official Xinhua news agency says two children died in the eastern province of Anhui, where the majority of the casualties have been recorded.

Earlier today (Friday), authorities said an eight-month-old girl in southern Guangdong province and an 18-month-old boy in Guangxi province died this week.

The outbreak has been traced to the "enterovirus 71" virus, which causes a severe form of hand, foot and mouth disease that can lead to high fever, paralysis and viral meningitis.

Xinhua says more than 24-thousand cases of hand, foot and mouth disease have been reported this year.

缅甸政府扣押物资后联合国暂停空运 (UN Suspends Aid Flights to Burma After Government Seizes Supplies)

联合国已经暂停向缅甸空运救援物资。在此之前，缅甸政府扣押了空运到这个军政府统治之国的所有救援物资，这些救援物资是要帮助上星期热带风暴的难民。

联合国世界粮食计划署的官员星期五表示，至少有两批运到缅甸的粮食和装备被扣押。有关官员说，他们别无选择，在此事获得解决之前，只能暂时停止进一步的救援运送。

缅甸政府的决定大概会激起国际社会更大愤怒。缅甸还不允许外国救援人员进入缅甸帮助向成千上万需要救援的人们分发救援物资。

缅甸同意接受外国援助，但坚持让缅甸人来分发救援物资。

The United Nations has suspended aid flights to Burma after authorities there seized all of its relief supplies flown into the military-ruled country to aid victims of last week's killer cyclone.

Officials with the UN's World Food Program say (today/ Friday) two shipments of food and equipment to Burma have been impounded. They say the Burmese government's behavior is unacceptable and that they have no choice but to suspend further aid shipments until the matter is resolved.

The Burmese government's actions are likely to further ignite international outrage. Burma has also refused to allow foreign aid workers into the country to help distribute aid to the hundreds of thousands who need it.

Burma has agreed to accept foreign aid, but insists that its own nationals be used to distribute relief supplies.