2020-02-12-Inside the Race to Contain the America’s First Coronavirus Case

Inside the race to contain the America’s first coronavirus case

It started with a stubborn cough. A visit to a local urgent care facility. A test being sent off to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And then a 35-year-old resident of Snohomish County, Wash., who had returned from a family visiting in Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the outbreak, being named the first confirmed case of the coronavirus in the United states.

从持续不断的咳嗽开始，然后到当地社区检查，将身体检查报告送到疾病控制中心，一名刚刚从武汉疫情中心探亲回美国的35岁男子被确诊为美国首例新冠状病毒患者。

The Snohomish Health District, the stuff of 113 had poured 1000 hours into coronavirus control since the patent’s test was senet to the C.D.C.

在美国华盛顿州的斯霍密斯郡的卫生区的113名员工，从患者的报告被送到疾病健康中心以来已经为抗病毒奋战1000小时了。

Within the United States, containing the virus is a local responsibility. It is health officials at the country and municipal level who are scrambling to isolate the sick, learn where they have been and monitor the people who have come into contact with them. Health workers are also debunking rumors, calming fears and bracing for the expected emergence of new cases.

在美国境内，抗战病毒是当地区政府的职责，社区以及市级工作人员正忙着隔离病毒，了解患者去了哪些地方，以及监督与患者接触的其它人，他们还要揭穿谣言，安抚惶恐，做好准备应对新案例的发生做。

The Snohomish County patient has been discharged from the hospital with instructions of doctors to remain in isolation at home for now. Snohomish health officials declined to release his name.

斯诺霍密斯的患者已经出院，医生嘱咐他现阶段在家隔离。工作人员拒绝透露患者姓名。

The man said he was continuing to get better and he thanked those who cared for him. He expressed his desire to return to his normal life and “not to be in the public eye.”

患者表示他正在慢慢变好，感谢那些关心过他的人。他表示非常渴望回到正常生活，且不想受到大众的关注。

Stubborn cough 持续不断的咳嗽

Send off 送到某地

Discharged from the hospital 出院

Be braced for sth 为某做好准备

Debunk v.揭穿 Debunking rumors 揭穿谣言

Scramble to do sth 抓紧做某事

Pour sth into sth 倾注…做某事

I Poured 1000hours into my online courses

Contain v.一般是包含，但是也有控制，遏制的意思

Come into contact with sb. 与某人接触

The place is looking for people who have come into contact with the suspect.

He was so excited that he could not contain himself

The government is scrambling to contain the outbreak of coronavirus.

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