en-us	Singapore is trying a new way to get its residents to stay away from each other. 
zh-cn	新加坡正在尝试一种新的方式来让民众保持安全社交距离。 

en-us	The four-legged robot "dog" will patrol the area starting this weekend and broadcast a pre-recorded message to visitors to remind them of the importance of social distancing, authorities said. 
zh-cn	有关部门表示，这只机器狗将从周末开始在这一地区巡逻，并向游客播放预先录制的信息，提醒他们保持社交距离的重要性。 

en-us	The device will also be equipped with cameras that will scan the surroundings and help officials estimate the number of people gathering in parks, they said. 
zh-cn	据称，机器狗还将配备摄像头，可以扫描周围环境，帮助官员估计聚集在公园的人数。 

en-us	These cameras will not be able to track and/or recognize specific individuals, and no personal data will be collected," the government said in a statement. 
zh-cn	政府在一份声明中表示：这些摄像头无法跟踪和识别特定的个人，也不会收集任何个人数据。 

en-us	The new measure is an experiment to improve enforcement of social distancing throughout Singapore as it contends with an alarming recent spike in cases. 
zh-cn	这项新措施是一项实验，目的是改善新加坡各地的社交距离执行情况。新加坡近期新冠肺炎确诊病例激增，令人担忧。 

en-us	The pilot project is currently set to run in a limited trial for two weeks at one park during off-peak hours. 
zh-cn	目前，该试点项目将在非高峰时段在一个公园试行两周。

en-us	But if all goes well, authorities will consider expanding the program. 
zh-cn	但如果一切顺利，政府将考虑推广该计划。 

en-us	Not long ago, Singapore was being hailed as one of the countries that had gotten its coronavirus response right. 
zh-cn	不久前，新加坡还被誉为新冠疫情应对得力的国家之一。 

en-us	Then the second wave hit. 
zh-cn	之后出现了第二波疫情。

en-us	Clusters that government testing appeared to have missed quickly grew and the number of daily cases shot up.  
zh-cn	政府漏检的聚集性病例迅速增加，每日新增病例数量激增。  

en-us	Since March 17, Singapore's number of confirmed coronavirus cases grew from 266 to 21,707 cases, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.  
zh-cn	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。 

en-us	As the situation worsens, the government has increasingly adopted technology in its response. 
zh-cn	随着疫情的恶化，政府应对时越来越多地采用了技术手段。 

en-us	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. 
zh-cn	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。 

en-us	The government says it's also using Spot in another capacity — at a local isolation facility where the robot helps bring medicine to patients. 
zh-cn	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。 

en-us	It also has been deployed for public safety reasons, such as helping "inspect hazardous packages from afar," the company states on its website.
zh-cn	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”。