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The new Omicron variant of coronavirus is likely to pose a very high global risk, and some regions will face "severe consequences" from it.
新冠病毒的新变种奥密克戎，很可能会构成“非常高”的全球风险，可能在一些地区产生“严重后果”。
That's the warning from the WHO's advising countries to accelerate the vaccinations of high priority groups.
这是世界卫生组织发出的警告，该组织建议各国加快对高优先人群的疫苗接种。
13 countries we know now have reported confirmed or probable new cases of the variant,
我们目前了解到的是，已有13个国家报告了确诊或疑似该变种的新病例，
but what has not been established yet is how transmissible or dangerous it is,
但尚未确定的是，这一变种的传染性或危险程度如何，
or how effectively the current vaccines will protect against it.
以及目前的疫苗是否能够对其有效抵御。
Well, let's hear now from the WHO's Director-General who says the emergence of Omicron means that we can't afford to let our guard down.
接下来让我们一起听听世界卫生组织的总干事的言论，他表示，奥密克戎的出现意味着我们决不能放松警惕。
The emergence of the highly mutated Omicron variant underlines just how perilous and precarious our situation is.
高度变异的奥密克戎变体的出现，突显了我们的处境是多么危险和不稳定。
We shouldn't need another wake-up call. We should all be wide awake to the threat of this virus.
我们需要的不是又一次警钟。我们都应该充分认识到这种病毒的威胁。
But Omicron's very emergence is another reminder that although many of us might think we are done with COVID-19, it is not done with us.
奥密克戎变体的出现再次提醒我们，尽管我们中的许多人可能认为新冠大流行已经结束，但事实并非如此。
We are living through a cycle of panic and neglect.
我们正在经历恐慌和忽视的循环。
Hard-won gains could vanish in an instant.
来之不易的成果可能会在瞬间消失。
Our most immediate task, therefore, is to end this pandemic.
因此，我们最紧迫的任务是结束这种大流行病。
We don't yet know whether Omicron is associated with more transmission, more severe disease, more risk of reinfections, or more risk of evading vaccines.
我们现在还不知道奥密克戎变体是否与更大的传播风险、更严重的疾病、更大的再感染风险或躲避疫苗的风险有关。
Scientists at WHO and around the world are working urgently to answer these questions.
世卫组织和世界各地的科学家正在紧急工作，寻找这些问题的答案。
