国际邮件引起全国警觉｜Nation raises caution on overseas packages

Beijing is facing increased epidemic control pressure as the city reported three new COVID-19 cases, including two locally transmitted ones, the Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control said on Tuesday.

北京市疾控中心18日表示，北京市新增2例本土新冠肺炎确诊病例和1例核酸检测阳性者，疫情防控压力加大。

The two newly confirmed cases are of the Omicron variant. They are the mother and colleague of the patient reported on Saturday in Haidian district who had contact with international mail from Canada.

2例确诊病例均检出奥密克戎变异株，为15日通报的北京海淀确诊病例的母亲和同事，该病例自述近期曾接触过来自加拿大的国际邮件。

The person who tested positive in a nucleic acid test is a migrant worker in the city's Chaoyang district, who arrived in Beijing in November.

核酸检测阳性者是一位外来务工人员，于2021年11月来到北京朝阳区。

The Beijing CDC confirmed the positive result on Tuesday and said that it was the Delta variant.

2022年1月18日，北京市疾控中心复核该人员核酸检测结果为阳性，并检测出德尔塔变异株特异性突变位点阳性。

"The city has conducted epidemiological investigations related to all of the cases," Pang Xinghuo, deputy director of the Beijing CDC, said at a news conference on Tuesday afternoon. "All of the patients have mild symptoms."

18日下午，北京市疾病预防控制中心副主任庞星火在新闻发布会上表示：“目前已对上述确诊病例和核酸检测阳性者开展流行病学调查，临床分型均为轻型。”

Both districts have implemented a range of measures to control the virus. In Chaoyang district, an additional 35 nucleic acid testing sites have been opened to the public, said Yang Beibei, the district's deputy head.

海淀和朝阳区均落实了一系列疫情防控措施。朝阳区副区长杨蓓蓓表示，朝阳区新增了35处新冠病毒核酸检测采样点。

By 1 pm on Tuesday, Haidian had identified 29 close contacts of the district's two new cases and their test results are waiting to be examined.

截至18日13时，海淀区共排查两病例密接29人，核酸采样结果待出。

Haidian had launched its emergency response after the previous case was reported in the district on Saturday, when it launched mass nucleic acid testing. By Tuesday afternoon, 60,035 people in the district had been tested and all of them were negative.

15日报告新增病例后，海淀区启动了应急响应并开展大规模核酸检测。截至18日下午，共采集60035人，结果均为阴性。

Because the first cases of the Omicron variant in Beijing and Shenzhen were people who had contact with parcels from North America, the State Post Bureau said it has ordered stronger measures to ventilate and disinfect sites where items mailed from overseas are handled.

由于北京和深圳的第一例奥密克戎病例均接触过来自北美的国际邮件，国家邮政局表示，要加强疫情防控政策措施，切实抓好国际邮件快件处理场所消毒通风等工作。

Postal workers must wear protective equipment, receive booster shots and undergo regular testing, it said onthe website. International packages must be isolated, cleaned and held for a waiting period to ensure they are free from the virus.

国家邮政局在其网站上表示，邮件快件揽投人员应当全程规范佩戴口罩，尽快完成加强针接种并定期进行核酸检测。必须对进口国际邮件快件进行隔离、清洁并在消毒后静置，以确保该邮件没有携带病毒。

Zhang Liubo, chief disinfection expert of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said: "The virus can stay alive for seven days, even longer since the northern hemisphere is in winter and experiencing low temperatures. However, not all the parcels with positive test results are infectious. They can be infectious only when the virus is alive."

中国疾病预防控制中心消毒学首席专家张流波表示：“北半球目前正是寒冬季节，储运过程温度低，飞机货仓气温也很低，有利于病毒存活，所以病毒存活七天甚至更长时间是有可能的。不是所有的新冠核酸检测阳性的物品，都有具有传染性。只有物品上面的病毒具有活性，人接触时才能有可能被感染。”

Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan has stressed a quick response and swift containment of clusters of COVID-19 cases as Spring Festival approaches.

春节临近，国务院副总理孙春兰强调，应尽早扑灭聚集性疫情。

epidemiological

英 [ˌepɪˌdi:mɪə'lɒdʒɪkl]；美 [ˌepɪˌdimɪr'lɒdʒɪkl]

adj. 流行病学

nucleic acid

英 [nju:ˌkli:ɪkˈæsɪd]；美 [nuˌkliɪkˈæsɪd]

n. 核酸

parcel

英[ˈpɑːsl]；美[ˈpɑːrsl]

n.包袱，包裹;（土地的）一块;一批，一群;（货物的）一宗

ventilate

英 [ˈventɪleɪt]；美 [ˈventɪleɪt]

vt. 使通风;通风;公开;公开讨论

cluster

英 [ˈklʌstə(r)]；美 [ˈklʌstər]

n. 团，群，簇;〈语音〉辅音从

v. 聚集

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