China continues to pull out all the stops in her determination to avoid any exponential growth in the numbers of coronavirus variant cases. In one of the more notable efforts, disinfection of cross-border trains has come to pass in southerly Guangxi Province.
中国继续竭尽全力避免冠状病毒变异病例数量呈指数级增长。其中一项更引人注目的工作是在南部的广西省对跨境列车进行消毒。
A year ago, the world witnessed the first defining moment of the epidemic that was the image of disinfectant being sprayed en masse in to air in Wuhan, a sight which brought home the fact that we were being stalked by an invisible killer.
一年前，世界目睹了疫情的第一个决定性时刻，武汉空气中大量喷洒消毒剂的画面，让我们意识到，我们正被隐形杀手跟踪。
Ever since, China has stopped at nothing to prevent the spread of COVID. And that of course includes extensive measures at border controls, steps to sanitize not only people, but also vehicles.
自此，中国不遗余力地阻止新冠病毒的传播。当然，这包括广泛的边境管制措施，以及对人员和车辆进行消毒的措施。
But disinfecting an entire train by conventional means would take hours. As a result, an innovative solution to the problem has been recently introduced at the border of China and Vietnam.
但用传统方法对整列火车进行消毒需要几个小时。因此，最近在中国和越南边境推出了解决该问题的创新解决方案。
The T8702 train departs from Pingxiang in Guangxi Province each day at 06:05 on its return journey to Nanning, having crossed into China from Dong Dang in Vietnam that is just a few kilometres short of the Friendship Pass border crossing.
T8702次列车每天06时05分从广西凭祥出发，从距离友谊关口岸仅几公里的越南同登进入中国，返回南宁。
It is in Pingxiang where passengers’ entry formalities are carried out, before they get back on their freshly-disinfected train. This now takes place at speed on the Chinese side of the border, as the train passes though a purpose-built disinfection facility that recently went into operation.
乘客在凭祥办理入境手续，然后登上刚刚消毒的火车。现在，这一切正在中国边境快速进行，火车穿过最近投入运行的专用消毒设施。
As the train approaches, a series of spray jets are activated, located in the track below and on poles mounted on either side. In a few seconds, the jets do the job of disinfecting the train’s entire exterior that with manual labour would take 20 or 30 people an hour or more.
当火车接近时，一系列喷射器被激活，这些喷射器位于轨道下方和两侧的杆上。几秒钟内，喷气式飞机就完成了对火车整个外部的消毒工作，如果是体力劳动，则需要 20 或 30 人每小时或更长时间才能完成。
State news agency, Xinhua, has released a video of the disinfection process in action, which can seen via this link.
官方通讯社新华社发布了一段消毒过程的视频，可以通过此链接观看。
That takes care of the disinfection of trains coming into China, but what about aircraft?
这解决了进入中国的火车的消毒问题，但飞机呢？
At present, the exterior surfaces of incoming aircraft are not subject to disinfection procedures.
目前，进港飞机的外表面未进行消毒程序。
For now, the assumption is that the virus cannot survive on the exterior of an aircraft in the thin air at 35,000 feet and at a temperature of minus 60 degrees Celsius.
目前的假设是，在 35,000 英尺高空、-60 摄氏度的稀薄空气中，病毒无法在飞机外部存活。
But the possibility that it might remains. The Nanjinger earlier today spoke with an industry insider at Nanjing Lukou International Airport, who said, “The fact that we haven’t seen it does not necessarily mean it does not exist”.
但这种可能性仍然存在。今天早些时候，《南京人》在南京禄口国际机场采访了一位业内人士，他表示，“我们没有看到它，并不一定意味着它不存在”。
