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

世卫组织目前的指南指出，新冠病毒主要通过呼吸道飞沫和密切接触在人与人之间传播。近日全球两百多名科学家发布公开信，表示，新冠病毒也可以在空气中传播，并呼吁世卫组织重视这一传播路径。世卫组织发言人表示，已了解到这篇文章，专家们正在就公开信的内容进行审议。

A group of 239 scientists from 32 different countries have published an open letter to the World Health Organization and other health agencies, calling for them to update their information on the coronavirus.

来自32个国家的239名科学家向世界卫生组织和其他卫生机构发表了一封公开信，呼吁他们更新关于新冠病毒的信息。

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1

In an article entitled “It is Time to Address Airborne Transmission of COVID-19,” the group of scientists argue that the WHO needs to give more weight to the role of the airborne spread of Covid-19. The New York Times first reported the news on Saturday.

在一篇题为《是时候解决新冠病毒空气传播问题了》的文章中，这组科学家认为，世卫组织需要更加重视新冠病毒空气传播的作用。《纽约时报》率先在上周六（7月4日）报道了这一消息。

airborne [ˈeəbɔːn] adj.：空气传播的；风媒的

“There is significant potential for inhalation exposure to viruses in microscopic respiratory droplets (microdroplets) at short to medium distances (up to several meters, or room scale), and we are advocating for the use of preventive measures to mitigate this route of airborne transmission,” the scientists wrote in the paper.