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新冠病毒週報
Coronavirus weekly digest
2020年4月29日 April 29, 2020
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More than 3.1 million cases have been confirmed worldwide, with almost 218,000 deaths and nearly 936,000 recoveries.
全球確診病例310多萬例，死亡人數近21.8萬人，康復人數近93.6萬人。
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The U.S. alone has roughly one-third of the global cases. More than 58,000 people have died here in less than three months, a larger death toll than the two decades of the Vietnam War, and another 116,000 have recovered.
僅美國一國就有大約三分之一的全球病例。在不到3個月的時間裡，這裡已經有5.8萬多人死亡，比越南戰爭20年的死亡人數還要多，另有11.6萬人已經康復。
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And a survey finds that more than half of older Americans living at home, many with chronic conditions, put off medical treatment during the first month of social distancing.
一項調查發現，超過一半的住在家裡的美國老年人，其中許多患有慢性病，在社會隔離的第一個月裡推遲了醫療。
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Despite strict protocols requiring everyone to wear a mask, Vice President Pence went without one during an official visit to the Mayo Clinic yesterday.
儘管嚴格規定每個人都要戴口罩，但副總統彭斯昨天在梅奧診所的正式訪問中卻沒有戴口罩。
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Airborne droplets of coronavirus were detected at hospitals in Wuhan, China. Scientists don’t know if it was capable of transmitting the virus.
武漢的醫院檢測到了空氣中的冠狀病毒飛沫。科學家不知道它是否能傳播病毒。
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Sweden took a more relaxed approach to restrictions than other Scandinavian countries, and the death rate has now risen significantly higher than many other countries in Europe.
瑞典採取了比其他斯堪的納維亞國家更為寬鬆的限制措施，目前的死亡率已經明顯高於歐洲其他許多國家。
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There are still 34 countries and territories that have yet to report a single case of the novel coronavirus.
目前仍有34個國家和地區尚未報告一例新型冠狀病毒病例。
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To handle a glut of potatoes, Belgium has asked its residents to eat French fries twice a week.Traditionally, Belgians eat fries once a week
為了解決土豆過剩的問題，比利時要求居民每週吃兩次薯條。傳統上，比利時人每週吃一次薯條
