VOA常速英语2021--因Delta变体有高度传染性,英国推迟重新开放（在线收听）

Israel's new government on Monday approved a contentious parade by Israeli nationalists through Palestinian areas around Jerusalem's Old City. It sets the stage for possible renewed confrontations just weeks after an 11-day war with Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. Hamas called on Palestinians to "resist" the march.

以色列新政府星期一批准了以色列民族主义者发起的有争议的游行，他们将穿越巴勒斯坦地区在耶路撒冷老城去周围游行。这为可能再次发生的对抗打下了基础，就在几周前，以色列与哈马斯激进分子在加沙地带爆发了11天的战争。哈马斯呼吁巴勒斯坦人“抵抗”游行。

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has delayed plans to lift coronavirus restrictions by a month because of the highly contagious Delta variant, first identified in India. Johnson said on Monday that restrictions will now be lifted on July 19 instead of June 21. He made those comments at a news conference in London on Monday. He said he is confident the country will be able to reopen on July 19. By then, he said, two-thirds of the British population are expected to be fully vaccinated. Meanwhile, Zimbabwe is reintroducing a lockdown in an attempt to contain the spread of a COVID-19 outbreak. Vice President Constantino Chiwenga said in a televised speech this weekend that complacency has resulted in a spike in COVID-19 cases. In India, a number of states eased coronavirus restrictions on Monday, including the capital Delhi, as the number of new infections dropped to the lowest level in 74 days. Also Monday, U.S.-based biotech company Novavax announced that Phase 3 clinical trials of its COVID-19 vaccine show it more than 90 percent effective at preventing the disease and providing good protection against variants.

英国首相鲍里斯·约翰逊将取消冠状病毒限制的计划推迟了一个月，原因是在印度首次发现的Delta变体具有高度传染性。约翰逊周一表示将在7月19日解除限制，而不是6月21日。星期一，他在伦敦的一个新闻发布会上发表了上述言论。约翰逊表示，他确信英国将能够在7月19日重新开放。他说，到那时，预计三分之二的英国人口将完全接种疫苗。与此同时，津巴布韦正在重新实施封锁，以试图遏制新冠疫情的蔓延。副总统康斯坦丁诺·奇温加本周末在一次电视讲话中说，自满是新冠病例激增的罪魁祸首。在印度，包括首都德里在内的多个州周一放宽了对新冠病毒的限制，新增感染病例降至74天来的最低水平。同样在周一，总部设在美国的生物技术公司Novavax宣布，其新冠疫苗的3期临床试验显示，它在预防新冠病毒以及提供良好的抗变体保护方面的有效性超过90%。

The new chief of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan says U.N. peacekeepers are being blocked from accessing some sensitive areas, this despite an agreement by South Sudan's government to cooperate with the mission. Nicholas Haysom was appointed by U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres earlier this year to oversee the activities of 14,500 U.N. soldiers and 2,000 police officers in the country. Via remote, I'm Marissa Melton, VOA News.

联合国驻南苏丹特派团新任负责人表示，尽管南苏丹政府同意与特派团合作，但联合国维和人员仍被阻止进入一些敏感地区。尼古拉斯·海松今年早些时候被联合国秘书长安东尼奥·古特雷斯任命，负责监督1.45万名联合国士兵和2千名警察在南苏丹的活动。我是玛丽莎·梅尔顿，为您远程报道美国之音新闻。