Vocabulary (COVID-19)

World Health Organisation (WHO): Organización Mundial de la Salud.
Unknown illness: Enfermedad desconocida
Falling ill: Caer enfermos
Pandemic: Pandemia
Coronaviruses: Coronavirus
Respiratory illness: enfermedades respiratorias
Outbreck:brote/origen
Bats: murciélagos
Pangolins: Pangolines
Vaccine: vacuna
Researchers: investigadores
Treatment: tratamiento
Experts:expertos
Lockdown: encierro/confinamiento
Spread: propagarse
Overloaded: sobrecargados
Overwhelmed: desbordados
Self-isolation: confinados
Quarantine: cuarentena
Working from home: tele-trabajo
Infectious disease:enfermedad infeciosa
Practice physical distancing: distancia física
State of emergency: estado de alarma

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  1. Adrian5 de junio de 2020 a las 3:53

    Una entrada muy útil para la gente que vamos a hacer la eBau, ya que incluye un buen glosario con vocabulario relacionado con la pandemia que estamos viviendo, y es un tema que muy probablemente entre este año en el examen de ingles de la eBau.

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