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听力课堂,开放式英语学习平台！www.TingC 听力课堂,开放式英语学习平台！www.TingC WHO: Dengue Fever Numbers Rise on La Réunion 世界卫生组织: 留尼汪岛患登革热人数上升 The World Health Organization on Tuesday said tens of thousands of people are believed to be infected with dengue fever on La Réunion. The island -a French territory-is a popular vacation destination in the Indian Ocean. 世界卫生组织周二表示，据信有数万人在留尼汪岛感染了登革热。这个岛是法国的领土。它是印度洋上一个很受欢迎的度假胜地。 Dengue is a set of viruses found in tropical and sub-tropical parts of the world. Humans get dengue from being bitten by mosquitos infected with the virus. 登革热是地球上的热带和亚热带地区发现的一系列病毒。 人类因被感染病毒的蚊子叮咬而得登革热。 Health officials on the island told the WHO of the disease outbreak in March 2018. About 50,000 probable cases of the disease were reported between 2018 and April of this year. That includes 22,000 so far in 2019, the health agency said in a statement. 岛上的卫生官员于2018年3月将这种疾病的爆发告诉了世界卫生组织。2018年至今年4月期间，报告了大约5万例疑似这种疾病的病例。卫生机构在一份声明中说，其中包括迄今为止2019年的2.2万例。 The WHO described the rise of confirmed and probable cases reported last year as unprecedented. 世界卫生组织称，去年报告的确诊病例和疑似病例数量的增长是前所未有的。 There is no treatment. But with early discovery and good medical care, fewer than one percent of people infected die from the disease. 虽然没有治疗方法，但是能够早期发现和受到良好的医疗护理，只有不到1%的感染者死于这种疾病。 The WHO said 14 people have died in the Réunion outbreak since 2018. The territory has a population of 866,500. 世界卫生组织称，自2018年以来，已有14人死于留尼汪岛的疾病爆发。该地区有86万6千5百人口。 Around the world, the number of dengue cases dropped from 2017 to 2018. But there has been a huge increase in 2019, especially in Vietnam, Australia, Cambodia, China, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore. 世界范围内，登革热感染病例从2017年到2018年的数量有所下降。但是在2019年有大幅上升，尤其是在越南、澳大利亚、柬埔寨、中国、老挝、马来西亚、菲律宾和新加坡这些地区。 More about dengue 关于登革热的更多知识 About one in four people infected with dengue will get sick. Of those who do get sick, the symptoms can be mild to severe. 大约四分之一的登革热感染者会生病。生病的这些人中，症状从轻微到严重各不相同。 Severe dengue can be deadly and often requires hospitalization. Only a small percenta