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新冠病毒周报
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.
全球确诊病例310多万例，死亡人数近21.8万人，康复人数近93.6万人。
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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.
仅美国一国就有大约三分之一的全球病例。在不到3个月的时间里，这里已经有5.8万多人死亡，比越南战争20年的死亡人数还要多，另有11.6万人已经康复。
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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.
一项调查发现，超过一半的住在家里的美国老年人，其中许多患有慢性病，在社会隔离的第一个月里推迟了医疗。
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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.
尽管严格规定每个人都要戴口罩，但副总统彭斯昨天在梅奥诊所的正式访问中却没有戴口罩。
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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.
武汉的医院检测到了空气中的冠状病毒飞沫。科学家不知道它是否能传播病毒。
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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.
瑞典采取了比其他斯堪的纳维亚国家更为宽松的限制措施，目前的死亡率已经明显高于欧洲其他许多国家。
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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个国家和地区尚未报告一例新型冠状病毒病例。
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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
为了解决土豆过剩的问题，比利时要求居民每周吃两次薯条。传统上，比利时人每周吃一次薯条
