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这里是美联社一分钟新闻。

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says he has enlisted¹ former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg to boost contact tracing in the region, aimed at finding people infected with COVID-19 and then getting them into isolation².

纽约州州长安德鲁·科莫说，他已邀请前纽约市市长迈克尔·布隆伯格在该地区加强接触者追踪工作，目的是追踪感染新冠肺炎的患者，然后将他们隔离。

The World Health Organization is defending itself against accusations³ it acted too slowly to warn the world about COVID-19. Its director says the WHO declared the outbreak to be a global emergency, when there fewer than 100 cases outside China, where it originated, giving the world "enough time to respond."

对于“行动过于迟缓，未能就新冠肺炎向世界及时发出警告”一事，世界卫生组织为自身进行了辩护。世卫组织总干事表示，疫情在中国爆发后，当时中国以外的地区只有不到100例病例，该组织立即宣布疫情为全球紧急情况，这给世界争取了“足够的时间作出反应”。

Despite protests against stay-at-home orders in some states, there is broad support for restrictions⁴ aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus. An AP-backed poll this week finds more than 60 percent of respondents say restrictions to curb⁵ COVID-19 are "about right." 25 percent say the restrictions "don't go far enough. Only 12 percent said restrictions "go too far."

尽管在一些州，人们抗议居家令，但对旨在减缓新冠病毒传播的限制措施却广泛地支持。本周，一项由美联社支持的民意调查发现，超过60%的受访者表示，遏制新冠肺炎的限制措施“总体得当”。25%的人表示，这些限制“远远不够”。只有12%的人认为限制措施“太过夸张”。

Tensions between the U.S. and Iran are going up again, as Iran's revolutionary guard conducted a space launch that could advance the country's long-range missile program. President Donald Trump⁶ threatened to shot down and destroy" any Iranian gunboats that harass⁷ U.S. navy ships.

美国和伊朗之间的紧张关系再次升温，伊朗革命卫队(revolutionary guard)进行了一次可能推进该国远程导弹计划的太空发射。特朗普总统威胁要击落并摧毁“骚扰美国海军船只的伊朗炮艇”。