2020年CRI 武汉在院新冠肺炎患者清零 税收优惠政策实施期限延长四年（在线收听）

After more than three months of dealing with COVID-19, Wuhan cleared its last coronavirus case in hospital on Sunday.

Spokesperson Mi Feng for the National Health Commission says 93.4 percent of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland have recovered.

"Because of the hard efforts of the medical workers in Wuhan, and those who were dispatched to help the city in the fight against COVID-19, there are now no coronavirus patients in Wuhan's hospitals. For the next step, we will continue to follow the instructions from the central government and prevent any potential domestic resurgence of cases are imported infections. We'll also try to address the need of the general public."

As for imported COVID-19 cases, about 60 percent of them had been discharged from hospital as of Saturday.

The spokesman warns that as the pandemic continues to spread overseas, China still faces increasing risk from imported cases.

China's top legislature started its regular session on Sunday to review draft laws and revisions.

Over 120 members of the NPC Standing Committee attended the meeting, and more than 40 others participated in the event through online video connections.

A draft revision to the law on the prevention and control of environmental pollution by solid waste returned for its third review.

A draft biosecurity law was submitted for a second reading.

Bills presented to the legislature also include draft revisions to the laws on animal epidemic prevention and on the People's Armed Police Force, as well as draft amendments to the copyright law.

Lawmakers are also deliberating a draft decision on the convening date of the third annual session of the 13th NPC.

The legislative session will run until April 29.

China has announced that tax exemptions will be extended by an additional four years to further improve finance services for small business.

According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Finance and State Taxation Administration, the exemptions that expired at the end of last year will be extended to December 2023.

Chinese authorities decided in 2017 that financial institutions will b?e exempted from value-added taxes on income from interest from loans to small and micro-sized businesses and individually-owned businesses.

The White House Coronavirus Task Force coordinator says social distancing measures need to continue through the summer despite positive projections on the virus.

Dr. Deborah Birx said this as parts of the US seek to reopen after a month of government lockdowns.

"Social distancing will be with us through the summer to really ensure that we protect one another as we move through these phases."

Birx highlighted the need for a breakthrough in testing technology that could screen larger populations in a timely manner.

The United States on Friday recorded over 36,000 new cases of COVID-19.

Global deaths linked to the virus passed 200,000 on Saturday, with more than one quarter of them in the United States.

Italy has recorded over 197,000 coronavirus infections with more than 26,000 deaths.

260 people died from COVID-19 on Sunday, the lowest number recorded in a day since March 15.

The number of new infections fell with more than 2,000 reported on Sunday.

The government is expected to gradually resume social, economic and productive activities next month.

Saudi Arabia and China have signed a deal for expanding coronavirus testing capacity.

Chinese Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Chen Weiqing says the project will significantly enhance the Saudi capacity in virus detection and contribute to the Saudi people's fight against the pandemic.

Under the deal worth around 260 million U.S. dollars, China will provide 9 million COVID-19 tests and necessary devices and supplies, as well as 500 Chinese medical experts to conduct the tests and train Saudi medics.

在抗疫三个多月后，武汉市于周日实现在院新冠病毒患者清零。

国家卫生委员会发言人米峰表示，中国大陆确诊的新冠肺炎病例中，93.4%的患者已康复。

“经过武汉和全国援鄂医务人员的共同努力，武汉在院新冠肺炎患者清零。下一步将落实中央要求，继续做好外防输入、内防反弹工作，同时满足群众医疗需求。”

截至周六，约60%的输入性新冠肺炎病例已出院。

该发言人警告称，境外疫情继续扩散蔓延，输入我国风险持续加大。

中国最高立法机关于周日开始例行会议，审议法律草案和修订案。

120多名全国人大常委会委员参加会议，另有40余人通过网络视频连线参加会议。

《固体废物污染环境防治法(修订草案)》第三次提交审议。

《生物安全法草案》提交二审。

提交立法机关审议的法案还包括《动物防疫法》、《人民武装警察部队法》的修改草案，以及《著作权法》的修改草案。

立法委员也在审议第十三届全国人大三次会议召开日期的决定草案。

该立法会议将持续到4月29日。

中国宣布将税收优惠政策再延长四年，进一步改善对小型企业的金融服务。

根据财政部和国家税务总局发布的通知，去年年底到期的免税政策将延长至2023年12月。

中国有关部门于2017年决定，对金融机构向小型企业、微型企业和个体工商户发放小额贷款取得的利息收入，免征增值税。

白宫冠状病毒工作组协调员表示，尽管对病毒的预测是积极的，但社交距离措施需要持续整个夏天。

黛博拉·伯克斯博士发表此番言论时，美国部分地区在政府封城一个月后寻求重新开放。

“整个夏天，我们都会保护社交距离，真正确保我们在走过这些阶段的时候，能够互相保护。”

伯克斯强调，需要在检测技术上取得突破，以便及时筛查出更多人群。

美国周五记录了超过3.6万例新增新冠肺炎病例。

上周六，全球死于新冠病毒的人数超过20万人，其中美国占比超过四分之一。

意大利记录了超过19.7万例冠状病毒感染病例，超过2.6万例死亡病例。

周日有260人死于新冠肺炎，这是自3月15日以来单日最低死亡病例数。

新增感染人数有所下降，周日报告的新增病例超过2000例。

预计政府下个月将逐步恢复社会、经济和生产活动。

沙特阿拉伯与中国签署了一项提高冠状病毒检测能力的协议。

中国驻沙特大使陈伟庆表示，该项目将显著提升沙特的病毒检测能力，为沙特人民抗击疫情作出贡献。

根据这项价值约2.6亿美元的协议，中方将提供可以完成总计900万人次新冠肺炎测试必要的设备和材料，同时派遣500名医疗专家来沙特进行相关测试工作并培训沙方医疗人员等。