EPISODE 3: EL VIRUS EN TURKMENISTÁN

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Today, we are finally going to talk a little about el coronavirus – the coronavirus. In English speaking countries we seem to be moving more towards using Covid-19, but in Spanish it is still referred to as el coronavirus.
This news story is about a little known country in Asia called Turkmenistan, which borders Afghanistan and Iran, and its reaction to the virus.

Before you listen to part one, let’s look at some vocabulary….
Plantar cara – to face up to something/ to fight or deal with
Detener – to arrest – detiene….
Negar – to deny – niega
Una fuente – a source
Part 1.
Question: How has Turkmenistan approached the coronavirus epidemic?


Part 2.
Vocab;
Turcomano – Turkmen – language in Turkmenistan
Turkmenbashi – the capital city
Contagiados – infected
Contagiar – to infect/ contagiarse – to get infected
Diagnosticar – to diagnose
Infección viral respiratoria – respiratory infection
Folletos – leaflets
Pandemia – the pandemic
Question: How is the virus supposedly being covered up in the hospitals in the capital?




Parts 1 and 2
Questions…
1.    Give more information about the website Chronicles of Turkmenistan.
2.    Give more information about the presumed cases of the virus that came in from Azerbayjan.
3.    Give one example of how the Health Ministry is trying to deny the existence of the virus in Turkmenistan.

 Transcript
Turkmenistán ha plantado cara al coronavirus...ignorándolo. Las autoridades han decidido prohibir hablar de ello y se resisten a admitir que dentro de sus fronteras haya ningún caso.
"La Policía detiene a la gente solo por mencionarlo", denuncia Alfonso Armada, de Reporteros Sin Fronteras.
"Turkmenistán se ha convertido en uno de casi treinta países del mundo (...), cuyas autoridades niegan los casos confirmados de coronavirus", advierte el sitio web Chronicles of Turkmenistan, una de las pocas fuentes independientes y cuya página está bloqueada en el país.
Sin embargo, periodistas que trabajan para Radio Azatlyk, el servicio en turcomano de Radio Free Europe, aseguran que hay varios casos, así como diez pasajeros presuntamente contagiados que llegaron al puerto de Turkmenbashi, a bordo de un ferry de Azerbaijan
Un corresponsal de Chronicles of Turkmenistan informó además del ingreso de "muchos" pacientes con infecciones respiratorias en el hospital en la capital, pero que a todos se les diagnostica oficialmente una infección viral respiratoria aguda.
La referencia al coronavirus ha desaparecido de los folletos dedicados a la prevención de enfermedades que distribuye el Ministerio de Sanidad, y, según Radio Azatlyk, citado por este portal, los policías pueden detener a residentes solamente por conversar sobre la pandemia del virus.

News story adapted from.....

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