双语阅读 | 英国成为首个批准新冠疫苗的西方国家

辉瑞和一家德国制药公司的疫苗获得紧急批准。英国将于下周开始接种疫苗。

Still, the World Health Organization forecast there won't be enough vaccine to stop new surges for another three to six months.

尽管如此，世界卫生组织预测在未来三到六个月内将没有足够的疫苗来阻止新的激增。

Other countries aren' t far behind: Regulators in the United States and the European Union also are vetting the Pfizer shot along with a similar vaccine made by competitor Moderna Inc. British regulators also are considering another shot made by AstraZeneca and Oxford University.

其他国家也紧随其后：美国和欧盟的监管机构也在审查辉瑞公司的疫苗以及其竞争对手莫德纳公司生产的一种类似疫苗。英国监管机构也在考虑阿斯利康和牛津大学的另一个尝试。

Hancock said Britain expects to begin receiving the first shipment of 800,000 doses within days, and people will begin receiving shots as soon as the National Health Service gets the vaccine.

汉考克说，英国预计将在几天内开始收到第一批80万剂疫苗，一旦国家卫生服务体系获得疫苗，人们就会开始接受注射。