持有枪支依旧合法,但4月底之前不允许携带枪支上街或去公共场所。当局希望以此降低杀人犯罪率,去年有1600人遭谋杀,即一天至少4人因此丧生。这些措施的批评者指出,这些杀人事件大多涉及未经注册的武器。他们认为,没有注册武器的罪犯,仍然不可能遵守禁令。
The pharmaceutical company Pfizer is recalling a million packets of birth-control pills in the United States because they may contain the wrong amount of contraceptive agent. Jonathan Blake reports.
药品公司辉瑞在美国召回一百万盒避孕药,因为这些药物内的避孕剂分量不当。Jonathan Blake报道。
The tablets affected are made by Pfizer but sold here under the Akrimax Pharmaceuticals brand. Fourteen batches of a tablet called Lo/Ovral are affected along with another 14 of a generic equivalent. Some packets have too many active tablets, others too few, meaning a woman taking the pills could become pregnant accidentally. The tablets are not among the most popular birth-control drugs here. Those being recalled have expiry dates ranging from July 2013 to March 2014. Pfizer is advising any women who may have taken the affected pills to return them to their pharmacy and start using alternative contraception.
这些药片是辉瑞生产的,但却是以Akrimax医药公司的商标出售的。有14批名为Lo/Ovral的药片受到另外14批仿制药的影响,有的盒内的有用药片太多,有的太少,这意味着,服用这些药片的妇女会有怀孕的风险。这些药片并不是最通用的避孕药,被召回的这些药物的有效期分布于2013年7月到2014年3月。辉瑞建议服用这些受感染的药物的妇女,马上将药物退回药房,改用其他避孕药。