澳大利亞夏季流感爆發(fā)，死亡人數(shù)比往年同期增長200%

CANBERRA, May 22 (Xinhua) -- The number of influenza deaths in Australia since the beginning of the year have tripled from the same period in 2018, the government said on Wednesday.

新華網(wǎng)堪培拉5月22日電--澳大利亞政府今日表示，自今年年初以來，澳大利亞的流感死亡人數(shù)比2018年同期增長了兩倍。

Data released by the Department of Health on Wednesday revealed that 99 people have died from the flu in Australia between January 1 and May 20.

衛(wèi)生部周三公布的數(shù)據(jù)顯示，自1月1日至5月20日，澳大利亞已有99人死于流感。

It is a near 200 percent increase from the 34 deaths in the same period in 2018 and from the five-year national average, which is also 34.

2018年同期的死亡人數(shù)為34例，與近5年全國平均值(也是34例)持平，對比這個數(shù)字2019年增長了近200%。

The number of cases of laboratory-confirmed influenza was 54,432, a 450 percent from the five-year average of 9855 and a 304 percent increase from 13,444 in the same period in 2018.

2019年至今，經(jīng)實驗室確診的流感病例為54432例，比近五年平均數(shù)9855例增加了450%，比2018年同期的13444例增加了304%。

In Victoria, Australia's second biggest state by population, influenza has killed 26 people -- three children and 23 aged-care residents -- compared to zero deaths at the same time in 2018.

在澳大利亞人口第二大的維多利亞州，流感已造成26人死亡，其中3名兒童和23名養(yǎng)老院老人，而在2018年，這一數(shù)字為零。

Jenny Mikakos, the state's Health Minister, told News Corp Australia that the high toll was a result of flu season starting earlier than usual.

該州衛(wèi)生部長Jenny Mikakos對澳大利亞新聞界表示，流感高發(fā)源于流感季來得比往年早。

"We are seeing a lot of communicable diseases spread through overseas travel, that's certainly been the case in terms of measles cases and flu cases," she said.

她說：“我們看到很多傳染病通過海外旅行傳播，在麻疹病例和流感病例方面，情況確實如此。”

"We have seen a very significant summer flu season this year as a result of people coming back from the northern hemisphere with the flu and that spreading in the community.

“今年這個嚴(yán)重的夏季流感的到來，是由于人們從北半球回來時感染了流感病毒，并在社會上逐漸傳播。

"(Juvenile flu deaths) tend to be associated with situations where there might be other illnesses and vulnerabilities involved with those children."

(青少年因流感死亡)往往與這些兒童的其他疾病和體質(zhì)太弱有關(guān)。

More than 11.4 million doses of the influenza vaccine have been administered nationwide.

目前全國已接種流感疫苗1140多萬劑。