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The World Health Organization has rejected a call to move or postpone the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro over concerns about the Zika virus outbreak.
因擔憂寨卡病毒爆發，有人呼吁轉移或推遲里約奧運會，世界衛生組織對此予以否決。
A group of more than 150 health experts signed an open letter calling for the games to be delayed or moved to a different city for fear that that the thousands of tourists traveling to the games will cause the virus to spread more rapidly around the world.
超過150名健康專家組成的小組簽署一封公開信，要求推遲奧運會或轉移到另一個城市，稱擔憂成千上萬的游客參加比賽將使病毒在世界各地傳播加快。
But the World Health Organization said canceling the Rio Games wouldn't "significantly alter" the international spread of the disease.
但世界衛生組織表示，取消里約奧運會不會“顯著改變”該疾病的國際傳播。
The group claims that Brazil is only one of 60 countries battling an outbreak, and people continue to travel to those areas for a variety of reasons. However, the organization does advise pregnant women not to travel to affected areas, including Rio.
該組織聲稱，巴西僅是對抗疾病爆發的60個國家之一，人們因各種原因繼續前往這些地區。然而，世衛組織確實建議孕婦不要前往受影響的地區，包括里約。
This is similar to what Dr. Tom Frieden, the head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has said.
這類似于美國疾病控制和預防中心主任弗里登所說，
"I don't think there is any reason from a public health standpoint to cancel or postpone the Olympics. The risk is for pregnant women," said Frieden.
“從公共健康的角度來看，我不認為有任何理由取消或推遲奧運會。對孕婦有風險。”弗里登說。
Studies have found that the Zika virus is responsible for birth defects such as microcephaly, which is when children are born with an abnormally small head and an underdeveloped brain.
研究發現，塞卡病毒會導致出生缺陷如小頭畸形，即當孩子生下來會出現異常小頭以及未充分發育的大腦。
Frieden also advised pregnant women to avoid travel to affected areas and to make sure sexual partners wear a condom, since the disease can also be transmitted sexually.
弗里登還建議孕婦避免前往受影響地區，并確保性伴侶戴安全套，因為疾病也可以通過性傳播。
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