200多名科学家发公开信呼吁世卫组织重视新冠病毒空气传播_BEC初级作文

200多名科学家发公开信呼吁世卫组织重视新冠病毒空气传播

A spokesperson for WHO told CNBC on Monday it was aware of the open letter and technical experts at the organization were currently reviewing its contents.

本周一（7月6日），世卫组织的一位发言人告诉美国消费者资讯与商业频道，他们已经知晓了这封公开信，世卫组织的技术专家目前正在审查其内容。

The WHO has previously said it continually assesses “ongoing research on the ways that Covid-19 is spread and will continue to share updated findings.”

世卫组织此前曾表示，将继续评估“正在进行的关于新冠病毒传播方式的研究，并将继续分享最新发现”。

The authors of the letter argue the virus is borne through the air and can infect people when inhaled, whether carried aloft by large droplets after a sneeze or much smaller droplets that could glide the length of the room.

这封公开信的作者认为，病毒是通过空气传播的，人们吸入后会造成感染，无论病毒是被打喷嚏后的大飞沫传播到空气中，还是被小得多的、可以在室内到处漂移的飞沫携带。

They claim that their emerging evidence indicates airborne transmission could be more important than the WHO has acknowledged to date.

他们声称，新出现的证据表明，空气传播可能比世卫组织目前所认为的更为重要。

Airborne transmission is different from droplet transmission, the WHO states in a scientific brief on its website. It notes that airborne transmission refers to the presence of extremely small particles that can remain in the air for long periods of time and be transmitted to others over distances greater than one meter.