菲律賓被疫苗醜聞害慘了！許多人拒絕接種麻疹疫苗，70人喪生
Measles outbreak in Philippines kills 70, with vaccine fear mongering blamed
菲律賓麻疹疫情導致70人死亡，散播疫苗恐慌被指責
來源：衛報 翻譯：世界播
The deaths, mostly of children, are part of an alarming wave of measles cases worldwide over the past few years
這些死亡案例是過去幾年世界範圍內令人震驚的麻疹病例的一部分，其中主要是兒童死亡。
The Philippines health department declared a measles outbreak in Metro Manila and Central Luzon. Most of those affected are children, like this one being treated at a hospital in the capital of Manila. Photograph: Francis R Malasig/EPA
菲律賓衛生部宣布在馬尼拉大都市和中央呂宋爆發麻疹。受影響的大多數是兒童，就像這位在首都馬尼拉的一家醫院接受治療的孩子一樣。照片：Francis R Malasig/EPA
The Philippines is in the midst of a growing measles crisis, with at least 70 deaths, mainly of children, in the past month.
菲律賓目前正處於日益嚴重的麻疹危機之中，在過去的一個月里，至少有70人死亡，主要是兒童死亡。
In January, there were 4,302 reported cases of measles in the country, an increase of 122% on the same period last year. The outbreak has been blamed on a backlash against vaccinations.
1月份，全國報告麻疹病例4302例，比去年同期增長122%。這次爆發被歸咎於對疫苗接種的強烈反對。
The outbreak has continued into February. Last week, a measles outbreak was declared in Metro Manila – populated by 12 million people with many living in poverty-stricken slums. This follows 196 reported cases in January, compared to just 20 recorded in the same period last year. In Manila, 55 children under the age of four have died of measles since the beginning of the year.
疫情持續到2月份。上周，馬尼拉大都市宣布爆發麻疹——這裡有1200萬人居住，許多人生活在貧困的貧民窟中。在此之前，一月份有196宗呈報個案，而去年同期只有20宗。在馬尼拉，自今年年初以來，已有55名4歲以下兒童死於麻疹。
「We are declaring an outbreak as cases have increased in the past weeks and to strengthen surveillance of new cases and alert mothers and caregivers to be more vigilant,」 said Francisco Duque, the health secretary, in a statement.
衛生部長弗朗西斯科·杜克在一份聲明中表示：「隨著過去幾周病例的增加，我們宣布霍亂爆發，並加強對新病例的監測，並提醒母親和照顧者提高警惕。」
It follows on from reports from the department of health and the World Health Organisation (WHO) which showed that, as of December 2018, there were more than 20,000 reported measles cases in the Philippines, a 500% increase on the year before.
聲明在衛生部和世界衛生組織的報告之後發表。健康世界衛生組織(WHO)顯示，截至2018年12月，菲律賓報告的麻疹病例超過2萬例，比前一年增加了500%。
Measles is a highly contagious disease, but population immunity can be achieved if more than 95% of the population is vaccinated. However, in the Philippines, vaccinations are currently only at 55% according to UNICEF, down 15% on last year. This has been blamed mainly on fear-mongering over inoculations.
麻疹是一種高度傳染性的疾病，但是人口免疫是可以實現的，只要超過95%的人口接種疫苗。然而，根據聯合國兒童基金會的數據，菲律賓的疫苗接種率目前僅為55%，比去年下降了15%。這主要歸咎於對接種的恐懼。
Lotta Sylwander, UNICEF Representative in the Philippines, said UNICEF was 「deeply concerned」 about the outbreak.
聯合國兒童基金會駐菲律賓代表洛塔·西爾萬德表示，聯合國兒童基金會對疫情「深感關切」。
「Immunisation in the Philippines has declined sharply from 88% in 2014 to 73% in 2017, leaving 2.5 million children under five who are not vaccinated for measles,」 said Sylwander. 「There has been a notable unwillingness on the part of parents to vaccinate their children on time.」
西爾萬德說：「菲律賓的免疫接種比例已從2014年的88%大幅下降到2017年的73%，導致250萬5歲以下兒童沒有接種麻疹疫苗。」「家長們顯然不願意及時給孩子接種疫苗。」
The measles crisis in the Philippines has been mounting since early last year, after a scandal around a dengue vaccination made parents hesitant about vaccinating their children. Dengvaxia, which was given to school children across the country, was accused of making children at risk of contracting a more serious form of the disease. Links were made to the deaths of several children, though nothing was ever proven.
菲律賓的麻疹危機自去年初以來一直在加劇，此前一樁登革熱疫苗醜聞讓家長們對給孩子接種疫苗猶豫不決。給全國各地的學童注射Dengvaxia疫苗，被指控使兒童有可能患上一種更嚴重的疾病。與幾名兒童的死亡有聯繫，儘管從未得到證實。
According to data from the Epidemiology Bureau, of the 70 who have died from measles since the beginning of the year, 79% were not vaccinated.
根據流行病學局的數據，今年以來死於麻疹的70人中，79%沒有接種疫苗。
The outbreak in the Philippines follows an alarming wave of measles cases worldwide, which has been blamed mainly on conspiracies and misinformation around vaccinations, particularly in Europe and the US. There has been a 30% increase on measles cases worldwide since 2016, according to WHO.
菲律賓疫情爆發緊隨世界範圍內麻疹病例的驚人浪潮之後，這主要歸咎於疫苗接種方面的陰謀和錯誤信息，尤其是在歐洲和美國。據世衛組織統計，自2016年以來，全球麻疹病例增加了30%。
Overall, south-east Asia is one of the few regions where measles vaccinations are on the rise but other countries in the region have seen recent outbreaks similar to the Philippines. In November last year, a measles crisis was declared in the majority-muslim southern regions of Thailand, which have high levels of poverty, even though the disease was said to be almost eradicated in Thailand. There were 4,000 measles cases reported in Thailand last year, causing the deaths of at least 22 children.
總體而言，東南亞是少數幾個麻疹疫苗接種正在上升的地區之一，但該地區其他國家最近也出現了類似菲律賓的疫情。去年11月，泰國大多數穆斯林南部地區爆發了麻疹危機，這些地區的貧困程度很嚴重，儘管據說泰國幾乎根除了麻疹。泰國去年報告了4 000例麻疹病例，造成至少22名兒童死亡。
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