By Gustavo Palencia

古斯塔沃·Palencia

TEGUCIGALPA, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez on Wednesday asked the World Health Organization (WHO) to make the Central American nation a priority in deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines, citing the devastating effects of two hurricanes.

路透社特古西加尔巴2月10日-洪都拉斯总统胡安·奥兰多·埃尔南德斯(Juan Orlando Hernandez)周三要求世界卫生组织(WHO)将中美洲国家列为新冠病毒疫苗的优先交付国，理由是两场飓风造成的破坏性影响。

Honduras, which was already experiencing high poverty levels, faces about $1.9 billion in damages from hurricanes Eta and Iota, a United Nations economic commission for the region estimated, although the government said the impact was far greater.

联合国负责该地区的经济委员会估计，洪都拉斯已经处于高度贫困状态，飓风埃塔(Eta)和伊奥塔(Iota)造成的损失约为19亿美元，不过政府表示，影响要大得多。

"We want to make Honduras an example of how we can stand up from natural disasters and the pandemic," Hernandez said in statement issued after a virtual meeting with WHO officials.

埃尔南德斯在与世卫组织官员举行虚拟会议后发表的声明中说:“我们希望让洪都拉斯成为我们如何应对自然灾害和疫情的榜样。”

Hernandez urged the WHO to prioritize the country in its distribution of vaccines through the COVAX scheme, an international program that aims to secure fair access to COVID-19 vaccines for poor countries.

埃尔南德斯敦促世卫组织在通过COVAX计划分发疫苗时优先考虑该国。COVAX计划是一个旨在确保贫穷国家公平获得COVAX疫苗的国际项目。

Honduras has reported 156,606 official cases of COVID-19 in the country, as well as 3,789 deaths.

洪都拉斯已报告156606例新冠肺炎确诊病例，3789人死亡。

So far, the government has secured 1.4 million AstraZeneca AZN.L vaccines for 700,000 people, according to the health ministry. It also sent letters of intent to Chinese and Russian laboratories.

到目前为止，政府已经获得了140万阿斯利康AZN。L卫生部表示，70万人可接种疫苗。它还向中国和俄罗斯的实验室发出了意向书。

Honduras is set to receive AstraZeneca vaccines for 1.9 million people through the COVAX scheme, with the first batch scheduled to arrive at the end of February.

通过COVAX计划，洪都拉斯将为190万人接种阿斯利康疫苗，第一批疫苗计划于2月底到达。

Hernandez has called the back-to-back hurricanes the worst disaster to ever hit Honduras.

埃尔南德斯称这次连续的飓风是洪都拉斯有史以来最严重的灾难。

More than four million people have been affected by Eta and Iota, with 2.5 million people in need, an evaluation late last year found. Then, some 92,000 people were still in shelters and 62,000 houses were affected.

去年年底的一项评估发现，超过400万人受到Eta和Iota的影响，其中250万人需要帮助。当时，约有92,000人仍住在避难所，62,000所房屋受到影响。

(Reporting by Gustavo Palencia in Tegucigalpa; Additional reproting and writing by Stefanie Eschenbacher; Editing by Aurora Ellis)

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