2020年CRI 最后一支援鄂医疗队撤离武汉 特朗普宣布"断供"世卫组织

China has decided¹ to send teams of medical experts to Ethiopia, Burkina Faso and Saudi Arabia to help the countries fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

Foreign Ministry² spokesperson Zhao Lijian says China will never forget the support from African countries during country's most difficult times fighting the pandemic.

He also says China will maintain close cooperation with Saudi Arabia to safeguard the safety and health of peoples of the two countries.

Chinese authorities say over 6,700 asymptomatic COVID-19 patients have been detected on the mainland.

Close to 1,300 of them have been re-categorized as confirmed cases, while over 4,400 cases have been discharged from medical observation.

Around 1,000 asymptomatic cases are still under medical observation.

The last medical team aiding Hubei in the fight against the novel coronavirus left the provincial³ capital Wuhan on Wednesday.

The team consisting of over 180 medical workers from the Peking Union Medical College Hospital arrived in the city on Jan 26 to assist the Tongji Hospital.

So far, they have treated 109 critically ill patients.

A makeshift hospital built for treating COVID-19 patients in Wuhan has ceased operation.

Leishenshan Hospital was built in 10 days and started to receive patients in early February.

Authorities said the hospital will not be dismantled⁴ immediately, but will be kept for a while.

China has launched a major epidemiological survey of the novel coronavirus to evaluate the scale of asymptomatic infections and immunity⁵ levels across the population.

Surveys will be conducted in nine provincial-level regions, including hardest-hit Hubei and its provincial capital Wuhan.

China has basically blocked the local transmission of the virus, but medical experts have warned that much remains⁶ unknown about the coronavirus and that the task of fending⁷ off a new surge of cases remains daunting⁸.

China has announced that it will expand the pilot policy of selective tariffs⁹ on domestic sales to all comprehensive bonded¹⁰ zones.

It will allow manufacturers operating in bonded warehouses¹¹ and selling products to the domestic market to declare their products either as imported raw materials or as finished or partly finished products, depending on their assessment¹² of the convenience and the tax pressure on their companies.

Experts suggest the move can help cut the tax burden on enterprises, stabilize¹³ foreign trade and expand domestic demand.

The UN chief has reaffirmed support for the World Health Organization.

This comes shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump¹⁴ announced his country is halting its payments to the organization.

Trump made the announcement when he was defending his own handling of the outbreak in the United States.

In his response, Antonio Guterres notes that it is "not the time to reduce the resources for the operations of WHO or any other humanitarian¹⁵ organization in the fight against the novel coronavirus."

The International Monetary¹⁶ Fund is predicting that China's economy will likely grow at 1.2 percent this year and rebound¹⁷ strongly to 9.2 percent in 2021.

The organization says the COVID-19 would precipitate¹⁸ global growth into the deepest recession since 1930s but a recovery of 5.8 percent is expected if the pandemic fades.

It also predicts the economy of the United States to contract by 5.9 percent this year, and bounce back to 4.5 percent next year.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that western countries' demands that China pay reparations for damages caused by the coronavirus are "unacceptable."

The foreign minister noted¹⁹ that China does not focus solely²⁰ on domestic developments but has been making every effort to help other countries and share its experience in combating the coronavirus.

The US Navy has removed 126 medical staff members from its hospital ship docked off Los Angeles after seven of them tested positive for COVID-19.

The personnel from the USNS Mercy were taken to a nearby base and remain under quarantine.

Officials say none of the sailors so far needs hospitalization.

The ship left San Diego on March 23 when all were screened before they boarded.

It arrived in Los Angeles four days later to provide relief to the city amid the pandemic by accepting patients from hospitals who were not infected with the virus.

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

3 provincial   

adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人

参考例句：

• City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
• Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。

4 dismantled   

拆开( dismantle的过去式和过去分词 )； 拆卸； 废除； 取消

参考例句：

• The plant was dismantled of all its equipment and furniture. 这家工厂的设备和家具全被拆除了。
• The Japanese empire was quickly dismantled. 日本帝国很快被打垮了。

5 immunity   

n.优惠；免除；豁免，豁免权

参考例句：

• The law gives public schools immunity from taxation.法律免除公立学校的纳税义务。
• He claims diplomatic immunity to avoid being arrested.他要求外交豁免以便避免被捕。

6 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

7 fending   

v.独立生活，照料自己( fend的现在分词 )；挡开，避开

参考例句：

• He is always spending his time fending with the neighbors. 他总是与邻里们吵架。 来自互联网
• Fifth, it is to build safeguarding system and enhance the competence in fending off the risk. 五是建立政策保障体系，提高防范和抵御风险的能力。 来自互联网

8 daunting   

adj.使人畏缩的

参考例句：

• They were faced with the daunting task of restoring the house.他们面临着修复房子的艰巨任务。
• Starting a new job can be a daunting prospect.开始一项新工作有时会让人望而却步。

9 tariffs   

关税制度； 关税( tariff的名词复数 )； 关税表； （旅馆或饭店等的）收费表； 量刑标准

参考例句：

• British industry was sheltered from foreign competition by protective tariffs. 保护性关税使英国工业免受国际竞争影响。
• The new tariffs have put a stranglehold on trade. 新的关税制对开展贸易极为不利。

10 bonded   

n.有担保的，保税的，粘合的

参考例句：

• The whisky was taken to bonded warehouses at Port Dundee.威士忌酒已送到邓迪港的保稅仓库。
• This adhesive must be applied to both surfaces which are to be bonded together.要粘接的两个面都必须涂上这种黏合剂。

11 warehouses   

仓库，货栈( warehouse的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The whisky was taken to bonded warehouses at Port Dundee. 威士忌酒已送到邓迪港的保稅仓库。
• Row upon row of newly built warehouses line the waterfront. 江岸新建的仓库鳞次栉比。

12 assessment   

n.评价；评估；对财产的估价，被估定的金额

参考例句：

• This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
• What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？

13 stabilize   

vt.（使）稳定，使稳固，使稳定平衡；vi.稳定

参考例句：

• They are eager to stabilize currencies.他们急于稳定货币。
• His blood pressure tended to stabilize.他的血压趋向稳定。

14 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

15 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

16 monetary   

adj.货币的，钱的；通货的；金融的；财政的

参考例句：

• The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

17 rebound   

v.弹回；n.弹回，跳回

参考例句：

• The vibrations accompanying the rebound are the earth quake.伴随这种回弹的振动就是地震。
• Our evil example will rebound upon ourselves.我们的坏榜样会回到我们自己头上的。

18 precipitate   

adj.突如其来的；vt.使突然发生；n.沉淀物

参考例句：

• I don't think we should make precipitate decisions.我认为我们不应该贸然作出决定。
• The king was too precipitate in declaring war.国王在宣战一事上过于轻率。

19 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

20 solely   

adv.仅仅，唯一地

参考例句：

• Success should not be measured solely by educational achievement.成功与否不应只用学业成绩来衡量。
• The town depends almost solely on the tourist trade.这座城市几乎完全靠旅游业维持。