en-us	As outbreaks flatten in places, Japan, India see more cases
zh-cn	随着疫情在一些地方趋于平缓，日本和印度出现了更多病例

en-us	NEW YORK (AP) — Coronavirus infections are spiking in Japan and creating hot spots in India's congested cities just as the U.S. and some of the hardest-hit European countries are considering when to start easing restrictions that have helped curb their outbreaks of the disease.
zh-cn	纽约(美联社)-就在美国和一些受影响最严重的欧洲国家正在考虑何时开始放松有助于遏制疾病爆发的限制之际，日本的冠状病毒感染正在激增，并在印度拥堵的城市形成了热点。

en-us	Japan reported more than 500 new cases for the first time Thursday, a worrisome rise since it has the world's oldest population and COVID-19 can be especially serious in the elderly. 
zh-cn	日本周四首次报告了500多例新病例，这一数字令人担忧，因为它拥有世界上最年长的人口，而且COVID-19在老年人中可能尤其严重。

en-us	Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a state of emergency, but not a lockdown, in Tokyo and six other prefectures earlier this week. 
zh-cn	本周早些时候，日本首相安倍晋三(Shinzo Abe)宣布东京和其他六个县进入紧急状态，但不是封锁。

en-us	Companies in the world's third-largest economy have been slow to embrace working from home, and many commuters were on Tokyo's streets as usual.
zh-cn	世界第三大经济体的公司在接受在家工作方面一直进展缓慢，许多通勤者像往常一样走在东京的街道上。

en-us	India, whose 1.3 billion people are under a lockdown until next week, has sealed dozens of hot spots in and around the capital, and will supply residents with food and medicine while not allowing them to leave. 
zh-cn	印度13亿人口被封锁到下周，已经封锁了首都内外的数十个热点地区，并将向居民提供食品和药品，同时不允许他们离开。

en-us	The number of confirmed cases exceeds 5,000, with 166 deaths, according to India’s Health Ministry.
zh-cn	根据印度卫生部的数据，确诊病例的数量超过了5000例，其中166人死亡。

en-us	Meanwhile, deaths, hospitalizations and new infections have been leveling off in places like Italy and Spain, which together have more than 30,000 deaths. 
zh-cn	与此同时，意大利和西班牙等地的死亡、住院和新感染一直在趋于平稳，这两个国家总共有超过3万人死亡。

en-us	Even New York has seen encouraging signs amid the gloom. 
zh-cn	就连纽约也在阴霾中看到了令人鼓舞的迹象。

en-us	At the same time, politicians and health officials warn that the crisis is far from over and a catastrophic second wave could hit if countries let down their guard too soon.
zh-cn	与此同时，政界人士和卫生官员警告称，危机远未结束，如果各国过早放松警惕，可能会出现灾难性的第二波浪潮。

en-us	“We are flattening the curve because we are rigorous about social distancing,” New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. “But it’s not a time to be complacent. It’s not a time to do anything different than we’ve been doing.”
zh-cn	纽约州州长安德鲁·科莫(Andrew Cuomo)说：“我们正在拉平这条曲线，因为我们对社会距离非常严格。”“但现在不是自满的时候。现在不是做任何与我们一直在做的不同的事情的时候。”

en-us	The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 has climbed to about 1.5 million worldwide, with nearly 90,000 deaths, according to figures compiled by Johns Hopkins University. 
zh-cn	根据约翰·霍普金斯大学(Johns Hopkins University)汇编的数据，全球COVID-19确诊病例的数量已攀升至约150万例，其中近9万人死亡。

en-us	The true numbers are almost certainly much higher, because of limited testing, different rules for counting the dead and concealment by some governments.
zh-cn	真实的数字几乎肯定要高得多，因为有限的测试，不同的统计死亡人数的规则，以及一些政府的隐瞒。

en-us	The U.S. has by far the most confirmed cases, with over 430,000 people infected. 
zh-cn	到目前为止，美国是确诊病例最多的国家，有超过43万人感染。

en-us	New York state on Wednesday recorded its highest one-day increase in deaths, 779, for an overall death toll of almost 6,300, more than 40% of the U.S. total of around 15,000.
zh-cn	纽约州周三创下死亡人数最高单日增幅779人，总死亡人数近6，300人，占美国约15，000人总数的40%以上。

en-us	“The bad news is actually terrible,” Cuomo said. 
zh-cn	“坏消息实际上很可怕，”库默说。

en-us	Still, the governor said hospitalizations are decreasing and many of those now dying fell ill in the outbreak’s earlier stages.
zh-cn	尽管如此，州长说住院人数正在减少，许多现在垂死的人在疫情爆发的早期就生病了。

en-us	In a sign of how much the virus has affected air travel, the number of Americans getting on airplanes sank to a level not seen since the 1950s, the dawn of the jet age. 
zh-cn	有迹象表明，这种病毒对航空旅行的影响有多大，美国登机人数降至自20世纪50年代喷气式飞机时代破晓以来未曾见过的水平。

en-us	The Transportation Security Administration screened fewer than 100,000 people on Tuesday, a drop of 95% from a year ago.
zh-cn	周二，美国运输安全管理局(Transportation Security Administration)对不到10万人进行了筛查，比一年前下降了95%。

en-us	In Britain, Prime Minister Boris Johnson was improving and sitting up in bed, authorities said, after he had spent a second night in intensive care due to COVID-19 symptoms.
zh-cn	当局表示，在英国，首相鲍里斯·约翰逊(Boris Johnson)由于COVID-19症状连续第二晚在重症监护病房度过后，病情正在好转，并在床上坐了起来。

en-us	Dr. Anthony Fauci, the United States’ top infectious-diseases expert, said the Trump administration has been working on plans to eventually reopen the country amid evidence that social distancing is working to stop the virus’s spread.
zh-cn	美国首席传染病专家安东尼·福奇(Anthony Fuci)博士表示，特朗普政府一直在制定最终重新开放国家的计划，有证据表明，社会距离正在阻止病毒的传播。

en-us	But he said it’s not time to scale back such measures: “Keep your foot on the accelerator because this is what is going to get us through this,” he said at Wednesday’s White House briefing.
zh-cn	但他在周三的白宫简报会上表示，现在还不是缩减此类措施的时候：“脚踏实地，因为这将帮助我们度过难关。”

en-us	Vice President Mike Pence warned that Philadelphia was emerging as a potential hot spot. 
zh-cn	副总统迈克·彭斯(Mike Pence)警告称，费城正在成为一个潜在的热点。

en-us	Washington, D.C., Louisiana, Chicago, Detroit and Colorado were also seeing worsening outbreaks.
zh-cn	华盛顿特区、路易斯安那州、芝加哥、底特律和科罗拉多州的疫情也在恶化。

en-us	Pence said he would speak to leaders in African American communities who are concerned about disproportionate impacts from the virus. 
zh-cn	彭斯说，他将与非洲裔美国人社区的领导人交谈，他们担心病毒造成的不成比例的影响。

en-us	Fauci acknowledged that historic disparities in health care have put African Americans at risk for diseases that make them more vulnerable in the outbreak.
zh-cn	福奇承认，医疗保健方面的历史性差异使非裔美国人面临疾病的风险，这些疾病使他们在疫情爆发时更容易受到伤害。

en-us	Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte is expected to announce in the coming days how long the country’s lockdown will remain in place amid expectations that some restrictions could be eased. 
zh-cn	意大利总理朱塞佩·孔戴(Giuseppe Conte)预计将在未来几天宣布该国的封锁将持续多久，预计一些限制可能会放松。

en-us	Discussions are focused first on opening more of the country’s industries.
zh-cn	讨论首先集中在开放更多的国家产业上。

en-us	Proposals being floated include immunity certificates, which would require antibody blood tests, and allowing younger workers to return first, as they are less vulnerable to the virus.
zh-cn	正在提出的提案包括免疫证书，这将需要抗体血液测试，并允许年轻工人首先返回，因为他们不太容易受到病毒的影响。

en-us	In Spain, which has tallied more than 14,000 dead, Budget Minister María Jesús Montero said Spaniards will progressively regain their “normal life” from April 26 onward but warned that the deescalation of the lockdown will be “very orderly to avoid a return to the contagion.”
zh-cn	西班牙预算部长玛丽亚·杰斯·蒙特罗(María Jesús Monte o)表示，从4月26日起，西班牙人将逐步恢复“正常生活”，但警告称，封锁的解除将是“非常有序的，以避免疫情再次蔓延”。西班牙的死亡人数已超过1.4万人。

en-us	Without giving specifics, French authorities have likewise begun to speak openly of planning the end of the country’s confinement period, which is set to expire April 15 but will be extended, according to the president’s office. The virus has claimed more than 10,000 lives in France.
zh-cn	据总统办公室称，法国当局同样开始公开谈论计划结束该国的禁闭期，但没有给出具体细节。禁闭期将于4月15日到期，但将会延长。在法国，这种病毒已经夺走了1万多人的生命。

en-us	Earlier this week, Austria and the Czech Republic jumped out ahead of other European countries and announced plans to relax some restrictions.
zh-cn	本周早些时候，奥地利和捷克跳到了其他欧洲国家的前面，并宣布了放松一些限制的计划。

en-us	British government officials, beset with a rising death toll of more than 7,000, said there is little chance the nationwide lockdown there will be eased when its current period ends next week.
zh-cn	受到死亡人数超过7000人的不断上升的英国政府官员的困扰，他们表示，下周目前的封锁结束后，全国范围内的封锁得到缓解的可能性很小。

en-us	The desire to get back to normal is driven in part by the damage to world economies. 
zh-cn	恢复正常的愿望在一定程度上是由对世界经济的破坏推动的。

en-us	France has entered a recession and Germany, Europe’s economic powerhouse, is also facing a deep recession. 
zh-cn	法国已经进入衰退，欧洲经济强国德国也面临深度衰退。

en-us	Japan could contract by a record 25% this quarter, the highest since gross domestic product began to be tracked in 1955.
zh-cn	日本本季度可能出现创纪录的25%的收缩，这是自1955年开始跟踪国内生产总值(GDP)以来的最高水平。

en-us	For most, the virus causes mild to moderate symptoms such as fever and cough. 
zh-cn	对大多数人来说，该病毒会引起轻微到中度的症状，如发烧和咳嗽。

en-us	But for some older adults and the infirm, it can cause pneumonia and death.
zh-cn	但对于一些老年人和体弱者来说，它可能会导致肺炎和死亡。