Common questions on COVID-19 新冠肺炎常見問題－速意翻譯社的部落格

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Common questions on COVID-19
茲彙整新冠肺炎常見問題7則供英語文教學參考
 

How long does the coronavirus last on surfaces? 新冠病毒在物體表面能存活多久？
It is not certain how long the virus that causes COVID-19 survives on surfaces, but it seems to behave like other coronaviruses. Studies suggest that coronaviruses (including preliminary information on the COVID-19 virus) may persist on surfaces for a few hours or up to several days. (幾小時到幾天)
 

What is the treatment for the coronavirus disease? 新冠肺炎怎麼治療？
There is no specific treatment for disease caused by a novel coronavirus. However, many of the symptoms can be treated and therefore treatment based on the patient's clinical condition. (無特定治療方式，視臨床狀況而定)
 

What are the symptoms of the coronavirus disease? 新冠肺炎有何症狀？
The most common symptoms are fever, cough, shortness of breath (呼吸急促), and breathing difficulties (呼吸困難). In more severe cases infection can cause pneumonia (肺炎), severe acute respiratory syndrome (嚴重急性呼吸道症候群), and even death. The period within which the symptoms would appear is 2-14 days.
 

What is the incubation period of the coronavirus disease? 新冠肺炎的潛伏期？
The “incubation period” (潛伏期) means the time between catching the virus and beginning to have symptoms of the disease. Most estimates of the incubation period for COVID-19 range from 1-14 days, most commonly around five days. These estimates will be updated as more data become available. (1-14 天)
 

Who is most at risk for the coronavirus disease? 什麼人最容易感染新冠肺炎？
People of all ages can be infected by the new coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Older people, and people with pre-existing medical conditions (such as asthma (氣喘), diabetes (糖尿病), heart disease) appear to be more vulnerable to becoming severely ill with the virus.
 
WHO advises people of all ages to take steps to protect themselves from the virus, for example by following good hand hygiene and good respiratory hygiene. (無分老幼，但已有宿疾者較易成為重症)

What happens when you get the coronavirus disease? 感染新冠肺炎會怎樣？
People with COVID-19 generally develop signs and symptoms, including mild respiratory symptoms and fever (呼吸道症狀和發燒), on an average of 5-6 days after infection (mean incubation period 5-6 days, range 1-14 days). Most people infected with COVID-19 virus have mild disease and recover (大部分感染者病況輕微，且會康復).
 

Is the coronavirus disease more severe than the flu? 新冠肺炎比流行感冒嚴重嗎？
COVID-19 causes more severe disease than seasonal influenza. While many people globally have built up immunity to seasonal flu strains, COVID-19 is a new virus to which no one has immunity. That means more people are susceptible to infection, and some will suffer severe disease. Globally, about 3.4% of reported COVID-19 cases have died. By comparison, seasonal flu generally kills far fewer than 1% of those infected. 
(許多人對季節流感已有免疫力，但新冠是新病毒，我們對它都沒免疫力，更容易感染，且有人會得重症。流感死亡率小於1%，但新冠肺炎全球平均死亡率是3.4%。)