印尼小儿麻痹症患者数量有所上升

PolioCasesRiseinIndonesia

印尼小儿麻痹症患者数量有所上升

PoliohasstrickendozensofchildreninIndonesiaandiscontinuingtospread.Thegovernmentispreparingforanationalimmunizationdriveinanefforttostopthepotentiallycripplingdisease.

TheWorldHealthOrganizationsaysthenumberofcasesofpolioinIndonesiahasclimbedtoover100andisurgingwiderimmunizationtostopthediseasefrominfectingmorechildren.

TheIndonesiangovernmentlaunchedanemergencyimmunizationcampaigninMay,vaccinatingaround6.5millionchildreninWestJavaprovince,wherethefirstcasewasfound,andintheneighboringprovincesofBantenandJakarta.

Asecondimmunizationdrivehasjustbeencompletedinthesameregion,andthegovernmentisgearingupforanationalimmunizationdaybecausesomecaseshavebeenfoundthroughoutthecountry.

TheheadoftheWHO'spolioimmunizationprograminIndonesia,Dr.BardanJungRana,saysthegovernmentneedstolaunchthenationalimmunizationdriveassoonaspossible.

Dr.Rana:Wedoexpectthecaseswillriseforsometime.We'rehopingtheNID,theNationalImmunizationDay,comessoon,becausethesooneritcomesthequickerwearehopingthatthecaseswillstartdeclining.

PoliohadnotbeenseeninIndonesiafrom1995untilthefirstnewcaseappearedinApril,andtherapidspreadhasdealtamajorblowtoaUnitedNationsprogramaimedattheglobaleradicationofpoliobytheendofthisyear.

Dr.Ranasayspoliowillnotbeeliminateduntilallchildrenarevaccinatedagainstthedisease.

Dr.Rana:Theideaistomakesurethateverychildisimmunizeduntilandunlessweabsolutelygotridofthepoliovirusfromtheworldcompletelyandthat'swhattheaimhasbeen-tohaveglobaleradication.

Poliousuallyattacksthecentralnervoussystem,andcancauseparalysis,muscularatrophy,andsometimesdeath.

Dr.RanasaysthepolioviruswasprobablybroughttoIndonesiafromYemenorSaudiArabiabyinternationaltravelers,whomayhavepassedonastrainthatoriginatedinNigeria.

Thedisease,whichiswaterborne,remainsendemicinsixcountries-Afghanistan,Pakistan,India,Egypt,Nigeria,andNiger.

Nancy-AmeliaCollins,VOAnews,Jakarta.

potentially[pE5tenF（E）li]adv.潜在地

crippling[5kripliN]adj.临界的,极限的

immunization[7imju:nai5zeiFEn]n.使免除

vaccinate[5vAksineit]v.进行预防接种