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Not long ago, Singapore was being hailed as one of the countries that had gotten its coronavirus response right.
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不久前,新加坡还被誉为新冠疫情应对得力的国家之一。
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Then the second wave hit. |
之后出现了第二波疫情。 |
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Clusters that government testing appeared to have missed quickly grew and the number of daily cases shot up.
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政府漏检的聚集性病例迅速增加,每日新增病例数量激增。
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Since March 17, Singapore's number of confirmed coronavirus cases grew from 266 to 21,707 cases, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
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根据约翰斯·霍普金斯大学的数据,自3月17日以来,新加坡新冠肺炎确诊病例从266例增加到21707例。
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As the situation worsens, the government has increasingly adopted technology in its response.
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随着疫情的恶化,政府应对时越来越多地采用了技术手段。
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In March, it launched a nationwide contact-tracing app that uses Bluetooth to help users find out if they had close contact with someone confirmed to have been infected.
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今年3月,新加坡推出了一款全国范围内的联系人追踪应用。该应用使用蓝牙技术,帮助用户确认自己是否与确诊的感染者有过密切接触。
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The government says it's also using Spot in another capacity — at a local isolation facility where the robot helps bring medicine to patients.
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政府表示,他们还在当地一家隔离机构使用了“斑点”机器狗,它 可以帮助把药品送到病人手中。
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It also has been deployed for public safety reasons, such as helping "inspect hazardous packages from afar," the company states on its website. |
该公司在其网站上表示,机器狗也被用于公共安全目的,比如帮助“远程检查危险包裹”。 |
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As the coronavirus pandemic has halted the global travel industry, the United Nations and its partners are working to cushion the economic impact of COVID-19 on small island developing States, which are already reeling from climate-related challenges, such as rising sea levels and devastating storms.
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随着冠状病毒大流行使全球旅游业停顿,联合国及其合作伙伴正在努力减轻COVID-19对小岛屿发展中国家的经济影响,这些小 岛屿发展中国家已经摆脱了与气候相关的挑战,例如海平面上升和毁灭性的风暴。
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“It is hard to imagine a more difficult situation, the catastrophe of COVID-19 and the disaster of a category five cyclone all wrapped into one,” said Sheldon Yett, Pacific Representative for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
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联合国儿童基金会太平洋儿童基金会代表谢尔登·谢特说:“很难想象会有更加困难的情况,COVID-19的灾难和五级飓风的灾 难全部包裹在一起。”
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