2020年CRI 联合国发起新冠肺炎全球响应计划（在线收听）

President Xi Jinping says China is ready to work with all parties to step up coordination against the novel coronavirus.

He made the remarks in a phone call with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Xi Jinping says China is willing to share experience in pandemic prevention, control and treatment, and will continue to provide support and assistance to help Germany fight against COVID-19.

A Foreign Ministry spokesperson says China expects a positive signal from the G20 special summit on the COVID-19 pandemic.

Geng Shuang says the summit later today is an opportunity for all parties to discuss common actions.

"China expects the special summit to send a positive signal on enhancing solidarity, working together to cope with the pandemic, stabilizing the economy, building consensus and taking actions. China is willing to work with the G20 members to push the summit for positive results."

The summit is the first video leaders' meeting in the history of the G20.

Chinese President Xi Jinping will participate.

Commercial flights will partly resume in Wuhan starting from April 8.

The plan excludes international flights and flights between Wuhan and Beijing.

Hubei province is also preparing to resume operations of domestic and international cargo flights.

UN chief Antonio Guterres has launched a 2-billion-U.S. dollar global humanitarian response plan to fight COVID-19 in some of the world's most vulnerable countries.

The plan will be implemented by UN agencies, with international nongovernmental organizations playing a direct role in the response.

Guterres says the world faces an unprecedented threat as COVID-19 has rapidly covered the globe.

Data from the World Health Organization shows that over 400-thousand cases of COVID-19 have been reported globally so far.

More than 18-thousand people have lost their lives as the virus has affected nearly 200 countries and regions.

Over 240-thousand cases have been reported across the six most affected countries.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus calls on all countries to take further action to fight against the pandemic.

"It's a dangerous virus and we have been saying to the world that the window of opportunity is narrowing and the time to act was actually more than a month ago, or two months ago, that's what we have been saying. But we still believe that there is opportunity."

Over 150 countries and regions each have fewer than 100 confirmed cases.

The Iranian army has launched a 2,000-bed hospital in the capital Tehran as Iran struggles to stem the novel coronavirus.

Army Commander-in-Chief Abdolrahim Mousavi says it will help the country's health institutions to fight the pandemic.

"Until today, we have prepared more than 6,000 beds and are capable of increasing them to up to 15,000 across the country."

Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has ordered the armed forces to contribute to the health ministry's fight against the disease.

Iran is the worst-hit country by the coronavirus in the Middle East.

More than 27-thousand people in the country have been infected, with over 2-thousand dead.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree postponing a vote on constitutional amendments.

The Kremlin says the decision has been made to avoid health risks to Russian citizens posed by the pandemic.

An official statement says a separate Presidential Executive Order shall be issued to set a new date for the nationwide vote.

Putin has emphasized that ensuring public safety and health is the top priority.

The vote had been scheduled for April 22.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says social distancing measures seem to be working as the rate of hospitalizations has slowed in recent days.

"Now, that is almost too good to be true, but the theory is given the density that we are dealing with it spreads very quickly. But if you reduce the density you can reduce the spread very quickly."

New York City plans to close streets to cars and ban contact sports like basketball in parks to further reduce density and the risk of infections.

Nearly 31,000 people have tested positive for the coronavirus statewide and almost 18,000 in New York City alone.

285 people have died from the coronavirus in the state of New York, the epicenter of the U.S. outbreak.

习近平主席表示中国愿同各方一道，加强协调抗击新冠病毒。

他在与德国总理安格拉·默克尔通电话时发表了上述言论。

习近平表示，中方愿同德方分享防控和治疗经验，愿继续提供力所能及的支持和援助，帮助德国抗击新冠肺炎。

外交部发言人表示，中国期待G20应对新冠肺炎特别峰会传递出积极信号。

耿爽说，今天稍晚举行的峰会是各方讨论采取共同行动的重要契机。

“中方期待此次特别峰会就加强团结、携手应对、稳定经济、凝聚共识、采取行动传递出积极信号。中方愿同二十国集团成员一道，共同推动此次峰会取得积极务实成果。”

该峰会是二十国集团历史上首次举行视频领导会议。

中国国家主席习近平将出席会议。

武汉将从4月8日起恢复部分商业航班。

该计划不包括国际航班和北京往返航班。

湖北省也准备恢复国内和国际货运航班。

联合国秘书长安东尼奥·古特雷斯发起20亿美元全球人道主义响应计划，以帮助最脆弱国家抗击新冠肺炎疫情。

该计划将由联合国各机构实施，非政府国际组织也将在响应中发挥直接作用。

古特雷斯表示，由于新冠病毒已经快速覆盖全球，世界正面临着史无前例的威胁。

世界卫生组织提供的数据显示，迄今全球报告的新冠肺炎确诊病例已超过40万例。

病毒感染了近200个国家和地区，致超过1.8万人失去生命。

其中疫情最严重的6个国家累计报告超过24万例确诊病例。

世卫组织总干事特德罗斯·阿达诺姆·盖布雷耶苏斯呼吁各国采取进一步行动对抗疫情。

“这是种危险的病毒，我们一直对世界说机会窗口正在逐渐缩小，应该在一或两个月关采取行动，这是我们一直在说的事情。但我们依旧相信现在仍有机会。”

目前有150多个国家和地区报告的病例不到100例。

伊朗努力阻止新冠病毒蔓延，军方在首都德黑兰建立的拥有2000张床位的医院投入使用。

陆军总司令阿卜杜拉希姆·穆萨维表示，军方将帮助伊朗医疗机构抗击疫情。

“到今天为止，我们已经准备了6000多张病床，并有能力在全国安设最多1.5万张床位。”

伊朗最高领袖阿亚图拉·阿里·哈梅内伊已命令军方支援卫生部抗击病毒。

伊朗是中东地区受新冠病毒冲击最严重的国家。

该国有超过2.7万人感染，2000多人死亡。

俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京签署法令，推迟对宪法修正案的投票。

克里姆林宫表示，做出该决定是为了避免新冠疫情给俄罗斯公民带来健康威胁。

一份官方声明表示，将发布另一份总统令，为全民公投设置新日期。

普京强调称，确保公共安全和健康是第一要务。

投票原定于4月22日举行。

纽约州州长安德鲁·科莫表示，随着近日住院治疗率的降低，社交距离措施似乎正在起作用。

“虽然现在情况几乎好得让人不敢相信，但理论上讲，由于我们所说的密度问题，病毒会扩散得非常快。但如果减少密度，就能非常迅速地降低扩散。”

纽约市计划禁止车辆上街，禁止在运动场打篮球等身体接触运动，来进一步减少密度和感染风险。

纽约州有近3.1万人在冠状病毒检测中呈阳性，其中仅纽约市就有近1.8万人。

纽约州有285人死于新冠病毒，该州已成为美国的疫情中心。