英語ニュース 音読練習

エボラの大流行を食い止めるための闘い

出典：TIME





The CDC says more needs to be done to fight Ebola before it's too late

Ebola [iːˈboʊlə] … エボラ出血熱

The window of opportunity to stop the Ebola outbreak in West Africa is “closing quickly,” a top health official said Tuesday.

window … 何かをするための時間や期間の枠
outbreak … 大発生、大流行

“The number of cases is so large, the epidemic is so overwhelming and it requires an overwhelming response,” Dr. Tom Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), told reporters Tuesday after returning to the U.S. Monday from a trip to the affected countries.

epidemic … （病気などの）蔓延、流行

Despite the efforts of health workers from the affected countries and elsewhere, cases of Ebola will continue to increase, Frieden said. Moments after his remarks, an aid group announced that another American doctor fighting the outbreak in Liberia has been infected.

Liberia [laɪˈbɪriə] … リベリア

Groups like Doctors Without Borders that are treating patients are overwhelmed by the high number of cases, and have had to turn away infected people because of lack of space. Frieden said he saw patients lying on the ground in some West Africa clinics. He stressed that Ebola is a global problem, and that closing off affected countries like Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone — many airlines have stopped flying there — will only worsen the outbreak by cutting off access to needed supplies.

turn away … 拒否する、断る、受け入れない
close off … 封鎖する、閉鎖する、隔離する
Guinea [ˈɡɪni] … ギニア
Sierra Leone [sɪˈerə lɪˈoʊnɪ] … シエラレオネ
cut off … 妨げる、断ち切る、遮断する

“Getting supplies and people in is a big challenge,” Frieden said. “The more the world isolates and stops contact with these countries, the harder it will be to stop the outbreak.”