據(jù)新華社5日報道,美國新澤西州埃塞克斯縣貝爾維爾市市長邁克爾·梅爾哈姆日前表示,他的新冠病毒抗體檢測結(jié)果呈陽性,他相信自己是去年11月感染新冠病毒的。
Belleville Mayor Michael Melham said he has tested positive for coronavirus antibodies, adding that he believes he was sick with the virus in November.
美國北澤西網(wǎng)站報道,梅爾哈姆在一份新聞稿中說,他去年11月下旬到大西洋城參加市長聯(lián)盟會議返回后發(fā)病,癥狀包括發(fā)冷、出現(xiàn)幻覺和體溫急劇上升,“感覺就像我是一個正在戒除毒癮的人……從未覺得我會病得這么厲害”。
Melham said he was sick toward the end of November and suffered from chills, hallucinations and a "skyrocketing temperature" after he left the League of Municipalities Conference in Atlantic City. "It felt as if I was an addict going through withdrawal," Melham said in a press release. "I didn’t know what was happening to me. I never felt that I could be so sick."
梅爾哈姆說,當時醫(yī)生診斷他得了流感。經(jīng)過休息和補液后,他的身體狀況好轉(zhuǎn)。梅爾哈姆沒有接受流感測試,也沒有出國旅行史。梅爾哈姆說,這是他成年以后病得最重的一次。
The doctor told Melham he had the flu and that he would get better after rest and fluids, the release said. He did not take a flu test and said he did not travel overseas. Melham said it was the sickest he had ever been in his adult life.
4月下旬,他進行了新冠病毒抗體檢測,4月29日得知檢測結(jié)果呈陽性。他認為自己可能屬于早期未被發(fā)現(xiàn)的新冠病毒感染病例,不太可能是后來被感染的無癥狀者。
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據(jù)新華社報道,毗鄰紐約的新澤西州是美國疫情第二嚴重的州。新澤西州3月4日報告首例新冠確診病例。
另據(jù)美國疾控中心估計,約四分之一新冠病毒感染者從未出現(xiàn)癥狀。
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 25% of people infected with the coronavirus never develop symptoms.
據(jù)央視新聞報道,梅爾哈姆的事件令許多人感到吃驚,因為美國今年1月下旬才報道首例新冠肺炎確診病例,比梅爾哈姆提到的感染日期,晚了兩個多月。也有不同聲音認為,梅爾哈姆只憑自己有新冠病毒抗體,就認為自己去年11月的癥狀就是新冠肺炎,缺乏更科學的驗證。
據(jù)新華社報道,美國公共衛(wèi)生專家認為,新冠病毒可能今年頭兩個月已在美國悄然傳播,但當時檢測量很少,并且檢測條件嚴苛。
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