世界卫生组织总干事谭德塞日前发表新年寄语，表示如果全球各国齐心协力抑制病毒蔓延，人类将在2022年战胜新冠疫情。他还警告称，疫苗分配中持续的不平等将增加病毒变异的风险。

 

The World Health Organization (WHO) chief says he is optimistic that the coronavirus pandemic will be defeated in 2022, provided countries work together to contain its spread.

世界卫生组织总干事谭德塞表示，只要各国联起手来抑制病毒蔓延，他对于人类在2022年战胜新冠疫情充满乐观。

 

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu warned against "narrow nationalism and vaccine¹ hoarding²" in a new year statement.

谭德塞博士在新年寄语中称，要警惕“狭隘的民族主义和疫苗囤积”。

 

Global Covid cases now stand at 287m, while nearly 5.5m people have died.

目前全球新冠肺炎病例总数达到了2.87亿，近550万名患者已经丧生。

 

Across the world people are marking the new year but celebrations are muted, with many countries wanting to discourage crowds gathering³.

在世界各地的人们静悄悄地庆祝新年之时，许多国家都致力于防止人群聚集。

 

Coronavirus remains⁴ part of daily life: a disease that has shut borders, split families and in some places made it unthinkable to leave the house without carrying a mask.

步入2022年，新冠病毒仍然是日常生活的一部分。疫情导致边境关闭、家人分离，在某些地方，不戴口罩甚至出不了门。

 

Despite all this, Dr Tedros sounded a positive note in his speech, noting that there are now many more tools to treat Covid-19.

尽管如此，谭德塞博士还是在寄语中表明了积极的态度，并指出如今应对和治疗新冠的手段比以前多很多。

 

But he warned that continuing inequity in vaccine distribution was increasing the risk of the virus evolving.

但是他警告称，疫苗分配中持续的不平等将增加病毒变异的风险。

 

"Narrow nationalism and vaccine hoarding by some countries have undermined equity⁵ and created the ideal conditions for the emergence⁶ of the Omicron variant⁷, and the longer inequity continues, the higher the risks of the virus evolving in ways we can't prevent or predict," he said.

他说：“狭隘的民族主义和某些国家的疫苗囤积造成了不平等，给奥密克戎变异株的出现创造了理想条件。疫苗分配不平等持续时间越长，病毒以我们无法预防或预测的方式变异的风险就越高。”

 

"If we end inequity, we end the pandemic," he added.

他补充道：“如果我们终结不平等，我们就能终结这场疫情。”

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