Friday, 27 May 2011
Destruction of smallpox virus delayed
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天然痘ウィルスの処分が延期される
Summary
27 May 2011
Member states of the World Health Organisation (WHO), meeting in Geneva, have voted to postpone for a further three years a decision on whether to destroy the last remaining stocks of the deadly smallpox virus.
世界保健機構(WHO)のメンバー国が、ジュネーブで会合し、致命的な天然痘ウィルスの最後に残っているストックを処分するかどうかの決定をさらに３年延期することを可決した。
deadly：致命的な
Vocabulary
was eradicated：was destroyed and is no longer a danger to public health around the world 根絶された
has raged：has continued with strong opinions on either side 怒鳴り散らしている
high time：an appropriate and right thing to do 頃合い
samples：small amounts of the virus used for research
re-emerged：came back
deliberately：not as an accident but on purpose 意図的に
to sway：to persuade
a compromise：a decision which everyone agreed on but is not really what either side wanted 折衷案
postponing：delaying
the fate of：the future of