08-23-07

中國官員稱無望找到礦難生還者 (Chinese Official Says No Hope of Survivors in Mine Disaster)

一名中國的官員說，已經“沒有希望”找到因洪水而被困在礦井內的181名礦工中的生還者。山東省副省長黃聖在星期四對媒體說，水泵仍在從礦井向外抽水，但是已經沒有礦工生還的希望。這些礦工上星期五失蹤。大雨導致水位上漲的柴汶河衝破了河堤，灌進至少兩座礦井。

山東省當局說，煤礦的管理人員和被困礦工的家屬星期一發生了暴力衝突。有5名男子指稱有關官員隱瞞有關他們被困親人的真相。焦慮的親屬說，他們從互聯網和電視上得到的消息比從現場有關部門那裏得到的還要多。

A Chinese official says there is "no hope" of finding survivors of a flood in a coal mine that trapped 181 workers. Shandong province deputy governor Huang Sheng told reporters Thursday that water is still being pumped out of the mine, but that there is no chance of the workers having survived. The coal miners have been missing since Friday, when the rain-swollen Wen River burst through a levee and flooded at least two mine shafts. 

Provincial authorities say violence erupted Monday between mine managers and relatives of the miners, after five men accused the officials of withholding information on the fate of their trapped relatives. Frustrated relatives said they were getting more information from the Internet and television than from authorities at the scene.

聯合國警告世介面臨更大傳染病風險 (UN Warns World at Greater Risk from Infectious Diseases)

世界衛生組織說，傳染病正以前所未有的速度在世界各地傳播，使疾病更難治療。聯合國機構世衛組織星期四發佈的年度世界衛生報告說，20世紀70年代以來，每年都會發現一種或者一種以上的新傳染病。報告說這種速度是“空前”的。

世衛組織還說，結核病等眾所週知的傳染病正在演變成為更頑固、抗藥性更強的類型，破壞了控制疾病的努力。世衛組織說，傳染病擴散的原因是過去50年來國際空中旅客的增加。

僅在過去5年中，世衛組織就確認了1100多起疫情的爆發。世界衛生組織呼籲193個成員國在疫情通報以及並分享病毒以幫助開發防疫苗的方面加強合作。

The World Health Organization says infectious diseases are spreading around the world at a faster rate than ever before, making them more difficult to treat. In its annual World Health Report issued Thursday, the United Nations agency says one or more new diseases have been identified every year since the 1970s, a rate it says is "unprecedented."

The agency also says efforts to control such well-known diseases as tuberculosis have been compromised as they evolve into stronger, more drug-resistant forms. WHO says the spread of infectious diseases is due to growth of international air travel over the last 50 years. 

WHO has confirmed more than 11-hundred outbreaks of different diseases over the past five years alone. It is urging greater cooperation among its 193 members in reporting health outbreaks and sharing viruses to help develop vaccines.