Governments around the world may create “vaccine（疫苗）passports” to help open up societies. The passport would be a record of the holder     1    （get）the COVID-19 vaccine. It could be downloaded on a smartphone or it could be added to the microchip in identity     2    （card）. Businesses such as restaurants and theatres might require people to show their passport before they enter. People may also need one     3    （enter）some places to watch sporting events. Supporters of the passports say it would also allow people to travel overseas more     4    （easy）. The World Health Organization is looking at a possible international plan,     5     would require countries to agree on what kind of passport is necessary.

People who are     6     vaccine passports say they are unfair and could create inequality in society. Many people do not want     7     vaccine. Some people say it goes against their religion. Other people do not trust the vaccine and say it     8    （test）enough and is therefore unsafe. Some people worry about the     9    （secure）of their health data. These people may not be able to go to restaurants or get on airplanes. In addition, the vaccine is not     10    （avail）to everyone in the world. A professor said, “For many low-income countries, most people won't be vaccinated for many years.”

W.H.O. Declares Global Emergency as Wuhan Coronavirus Spreads

The World Health Organization declared a     1     (globe) health emergency on Thursday as the coronavirus outbreak spread well beyond China,     2     it emerged last month.

The declaration “is not a vote of no-confidence in China,” said Dr. Tedros, the W.H.O.’s director-general. “On the contrary, the W.H.O.     3     (continue) to have confidence in China’s capacity to control the outbreak.”

The declaration comes now, he said, because of fears that the coronavirus may reach countries with weak health care systems, where it could go wild,     4     (potential) infecting millions of people and killing thousands.

    5    ( Declare) emergencies is always a hard decision, Dr. Tedros said on Wednesday. Border closings and flight cancellations may cause     6     (hard) for millions of healthy people near the epicenter, and massive     7    (economy) disruption.

The WHO’s role is only     8     offer advice. Governments then make their own decisions about     9     they protect themselves. Nonetheless, emergency declarations signal that the world’s top health advisory body thinks the situation is grave.

Despite the emergency declaration, the W.H.O. opposes restrictions on travel to China or on trade with it. Measures the agency considers unjustified include border closures, visa restrictions and the quarantining(隔离) of apparently healthy visitors from the     10    (affect) regions.

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