尽管意大利实行了全国封锁，这一措施还是没有达到遏制新冠病毒传播的理想效果。
Although Italy has initiated lockdown over the country, its effectiveness over the spread of Coronavirus is not ideal.
意大利昨日新增427例死亡，总死亡人数已达3405， 超过中国的数据。中国在三月之前一直是新冠病毒的重症地区，总死亡人数是3245。
The number of deaths rose by 427 yesterday, which put the total number of deaths to 3,405. Italy’s death toll is now more than that of China, which has been the epicentre of the disease until March. The number of reported deaths in China has been 3,245.
本周三（3月18日），中国首次实现境内病例零增长，而境外输入的病例仍增加了34例。
China has reported no new domestic cases for the first time on Wednesday (Mar 18), whereas the number of imported cases was 34.