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This is AP News Minute.

这里是美联社一分钟新闻。

With coronavirus deaths climbing rapidly in New York, the governor Andrew Cuomo announced Friday he will use his authority to take ventilators and protective gear from private hospitals and companies that aren’t using them. Meanwhile, New York State tallied¹ its biggest daily jump yet in deaths. Almost 15-thousand remained hospitalized.

随着纽约冠状病毒死亡人数迅速攀升，该州州长安德鲁·科莫周五宣布，他将利用职权从私人医院和不使用防护装备的公司处采购呼吸机和防护装备。与此同时，纽约州的死亡人数创下了迄今为止的最大单日涨幅。近1.5万人仍在住院治疗。

Passengers on an illfated cruise ship were finally allowed to disembark, touching² dry land for the first time in weeks. 14 critically ill passengers were sent to Florida hospitals. Those healthy enough to travel were taken on buses to the airport with instructions to immediately go into self quarantine.

一艘爆发疫情的邮轮上的乘客终于获准下船，这是首周来他们第一次登上陆地。14名危重乘客被送往佛罗里达州的医院。那些身体健康的人被直接送往机场，并被要求立即进行自我隔离。

In Chicago, a section of the city's largest convention center is being converted to treat coronavirus patients with mild symptoms. The exhibit space at the Mccormick Place Convention Center has five hundred beds currently available with many more planned.

在芝加哥，这个城市最大的会议中心的一部分被改造成治疗有轻微症状的冠状病毒患者。麦考密克会展中心的展览空间目前设有500个床位，还有更多的床位正在规划中。

And American soul singer Bill Withers³, the man behind the 1970s classics " Lean on me" and "Ain't no sunshine" has died of heart complications at 81.

美国灵魂歌手比尔·威瑟斯(Bill Withers)因心脏并发症去世，享年81岁。威瑟斯创作了上世纪70年代的经典歌曲《依靠我》(Lean on me)和《阳光不再》(Ain't no sunshine)。