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進入《中英對照讀新聞》Bangladesh to Resume Polio Vaccinations 孟加拉將恢復小兒麻痺疫苗接種
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Bangladesh will vaccinate about 18 million children aged 5 and under against polio, which has re-emerged after a five-year absence, the country、s health minister said.
孟加拉將對約1800萬名5歲及以下兒童接種疫苗以預防小兒麻痺症，這病絕跡5年後已再度重現，該國衛生部表示。
The national vaccination campaign starts Sunday and ends in June, Minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain told reporters.
這項全國性疫苗接種活動自週日開始，到6月結束，衛生部長坎達克．莫沙拉夫．荷珊告訴記者說。
Bangladesh carried out extensive vaccination programs from 1995-2004, with the last polio case reported in August 2000, according to the government and the World Health Organization.
孟加拉自1995年至2004年進行大規模疫苗接種計畫，上一個小兒麻痺病例在2000年8月傳出，據該國政府與世界衛生組織指出。
But the country、s efforts to be declared polio-free were thwarted when 9-year-old Rahima Akhter was recently paralyzed by the waterborne disease in the eastern district of Chandpur.
不過，孟加拉東部贊德布爾地區9歲孩童拉希瑪．阿克特最近感染這種經由水傳染的疾病而癱瘓，使得該國希望被宣告為小兒麻痺絕跡國家的努力受挫。
WHO says polio is still endemic in India, Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan.
世衛組織表示，小兒麻痺症在印度、阿富汗、奈及利亞及巴基斯坦仍是地方性疾病。
The virus invades the nervous system and can cause irreversible paralysis. It spreads when people-mostly children under 5-who are not vaccinated come into contact with the feces of those with the virus, often through water.
這種病毒會侵襲神經系統，並導致無法復元的癱瘓。這種疾病因未接種疫苗的人（大部分為5歲以下兒童），接觸到帶有這種病毒的人的排泄物而散播開來，通常是經由水傳染。
新聞辭典
vaccinate：注射疫苗，常在要預防的疾病名稱之前加上against，例句：People are vaccinated against measles.（人們接種麻疹疫苗。）名詞為vaccination。
absence：名詞，不在；缺席。She never speaks ill of anyone in his or her absence. （她從不在背後說別人的壞話）。absence of mind 即「心不在焉」。
endemic：形容詞，（疾病等）地方性的。反義字為pandemic，指普遍流行的、蔓延各地的。
