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马来西亚首相慕尤丁星周一宣布，为了抑制新冠病毒的传播，马来西亚将从本周三（3月18日）开始全面封锁边境，这一措施将持续到3月31日。
Malaysian Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced on Monday that Malaysia will be in a nationwide lockdown from Wednesday (Mar 18) until March 31 to curb the spread of Covid-19.

新加坡卫生部本周日（3月15日）公布，本地新确诊14例新冠病毒感染病例。
There are 14 more cases of COVID-19 infection in Singapore, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Sunday (Mar 15).

14个病例中，两例可追踪到2月15日在裕廊战备军人协会俱乐部举行的私人晚宴感染群。
Amongst the 14 new cases, two are part of the cluster involving the private dinner function at SAFRA Jurong on 15 February;

三例可与先前确诊病例有关。
Three are linked to previous cases;

九例为外来病例。
Nine are imported cases.

卫生部建议新加坡人推迟所有非紧急的海外旅行。
The MOH has advised Singaporeans to defer all non-essential travel abroad.

（意大利）意大利疫情继续恶化。据世界卫生组织称，意大利单日死亡人数达到368， 超过中国的最高值，2月13日的254例。
Italy – the outbreak continues worsening. Italy reports 368 deaths on Sunday, exceeding the highest single-day number in China on Feb 13, which is 254, according to the World Health Organization.

（西班牙）目前确诊病例数逼近8000例，死亡人数达288。西班牙政府已宣布关闭所有学校、餐厅以及酒吧。
Spain – The number of confirmed cases is closing on 8000, while the number of deaths reaches 288. Spain authorities has ordered closing of all schools, restaurants and bars.

新加坡卫生部本周五（3月13日）称，新加坡新确认13例新冠病毒感染，包括9例外来病例。新加坡本地总确诊病例数已达200.
There are 13 new confirmed cases in Singapore with 9 imported cases, said the Ministry of Health on Friday (Mar 13). The total number of confirmed cases has reached 200.

新加坡防疫措施也进一步升级。政府宣布：
The government rolls out more precautionary measures against the Coronavirus:

巴西总统博索纳罗的新闻秘书法比奥·瓦金加藤在新冠病毒检测中呈阳性。
Mr. Fabio Wajngarten, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s communications secretary, has tested positive for coronavirus.

据巴西《圣保罗页报》报道，瓦金加藤上周六（3月7日）在佛罗里达州美国总统特朗普的度假村参加了一个正式会议并与总统合影。
According to the Estado de S.Paulo newspaper, Mr. Wajngarten attended an official meeting at US President Donald Trump’s resort in Florida on Saturday and took a photo next to the President.

特朗普总统做出回复，称他“并不担心”。
When being asked about the news, President Trump said he was ‘not concerned’.

尽管已进行封锁，意大利的疫情依旧持续恶化。目前，全国累计确诊人数高达12462人，累计死亡病例达827例，今天新增确诊病例高达2313例。
The outbreak of Coronavirus in Italy continue to worsen, despite the government’s best effort to lockdown. Currently, the total number of confirmed cases in Italy reaches 12,462 and the total number of deaths is 827. There are 2313 new confirmed cases just in today.

据路透社3月11日报道，虽然意大利的“零号病人”尚未完全确认，但很可能是从德国感染，并带入意大利的。
According to Reuter’s report on Mar 11, although patient zero in Italy is not yet confirmed, it is highly probable that he was infected in Germany and the virus is imported into Italy.

意大利作为欧洲新冠疫情最严重的国家，目前死亡人数已接近500。疫情之下，意大利可能成为世界上首个全国封锁的国家。
As the country in Europe most struck by the coronavirus, Italy’s death toll is closing on 500. Under the circumstances, Italy may become the first country in the world to do a nationwide lockdown.

意大利总理朱塞佩·孔特星期一临时决定进行新闻发布会，称现在是国家“最黑暗的时刻”，而人们“必须立刻调整生活习惯”。
In an unscheduled news conference, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said that it is the country’s ‘darkest hour’ and people ‘need to change our habits right now’.

新加坡卫生部本周一（3月9日）确认本地新增10例新冠病毒病例，其中6例可联系到裕廊战备军人协会俱乐部(Safra)的私人晚宴。
The Ministry of Health(MOH) of Singapore confirmed 10 new cases of Coronavirus infections on Monday (Mar 9), of whom six are linked to the Joy Garden private dinner function at Safra Jurong.

该感染群目前已造成36例确诊，成为本地最大的感染群。
The Safra Jurong cluster currently is the largest cluster in Singapore with 36 cases in total.

意大利本周日（3月8日）新冠确诊人数创新高，激增1332例。目前该国全国总确诊人数已达到6021例。
The newly confirmed cases of coronavirus infections make a new high on Sunday (Mar 8) by 1332 cases, putting the total number to 6021.

疫情之下，意大利政府7日发布紧急封城法令草案，要将米兰为首府的伦巴第大区全面封锁，以防新冠病毒传播，另有其他11个省也会面临封锁。
Under the breakout, Italy government drafted proposals for the lockdown of 12 regions, including the heavily populated Lombardy region with Milan as its capital, to prevent further spreading the virus.

新冠疫情在美国近日连续加剧，目前已出现415例确诊病例及19例死亡。
The situation with coronavirus continues escalating over the past few days, there have been 415 confirmed cases and 19 deaths as of now.

美国华盛顿大学在3月7日出现第一例确诊病例，为一名工作人员。校方随后在6日正式发邮件宣布停课，将线下课程转为线上课程，从3月9日周一正式实行。
A first confirmed case, a staff at the University of Washington, was discovered on Mar 7. The school later sent an official email saying that ‘starting Monday, March 9, classes will no longer be meeting in person’.