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本周四（2月20日），英国保守党伦敦市长候选人贝利发的一条推特引起极大争议。推文中说：“伦敦可以主办2020奥运会。我们具备基础设施也有经验。因为新冠病毒疫情爆发，全世界也许会需要我们担起重任。作为市长，我会确保伦敦准备好应对需求，再一次主办奥运会。”
A tweet sent by Conservative Party London candidate Shaun Baily this Thursday (Feb 20) has raised a lot of discussions. The tweet says, “London can host the Olympics in 2020. We have the infrastructure and the experience. And due to the coronavirus outbreak, the world might need us to step up. As Mayor, I will make sure London is ready to answer the call and host the Olympics again.”

韩国2月20日新冠病毒疫情大规模爆发，在仅仅一天之内，就增加了53例确诊病例。现在韩国总确诊病例达到104。
The Coronavirus infection reached an outbreak in South Korea on Feb 20. Within only one day, there are 53 new cases confirmed for Coronavirus infection, putting the total number at 104.

其中大邱市疫情尤其严重。一共有43例确诊出现在大邱市和临近的庆尚省。
The outbreak in Daegu city is especially severe. There are a total of 43 cases confirmed in Daegu and neighbouring Gyeongsang province.

最近，新冠病毒的传播受到了全世界人们的关注，而在南美中部国家巴拉圭，另一种病毒的传播也变得愈发严重。
Recently, the spread of Coronavirus has caught the eyes of people all around the world, while in South America country, Paraguay, another virus is also raising more and more concerns.

日本“钻石公主号”游轮上已出现454个确诊病例。目前已有500名呈阴性的乘客下船回家，剩余乘客将会在未来几天依次下船。
So far, there have been 454 confirmed cases of Coronavirus infections on the Princess Diamond cruise ship. 500 passengers who were tested negative for Coronavirus have disembarked today and the remaining passengers will leave progressively over the next few days.

然而！有关另一艘游轮的最新消息可能会让人们的心再度高高吊起。
At the moment, news about another cruise ship is making people anxious again.

此前日本一名60岁的男性司机本月16日确诊感染新冠病毒。在追踪过程中发现，该司机曾在2月初载过10名共同社员工中，其中一位是负责首相官邸采访任务的女记者，并与安倍首相有过近距离接触。
A 60-year-old Japanese male driver was confirmed to have been infected with Coronavirus on Feb 16. It was revealed upon tracking that the driver drove 10 employees of Kyodo News, one of whom was a female in charge of interviewing the Prime Minister’s official Residence and have had close contacts with Prime Minister Abe.

事件发生在17日早晨，香港旺角的一家超市外，3名蒙面男子持刀恐吓一名补货工人并抢走了价值2000港币的厕所卫生纸。
A robbery took place outside a supermarket in Mong Kok district, Hong Kong on the morning of Feb 16. Three masked men terrorized a delivery worker for the supermarket with knives and robbed rolls of toilet paper worth around HKD 2,000.

警方随后逮捕了两名涉事男子，仍有一人在逃，并找回了一部分被抢的“赃物”。
Two robbers were arrested by the police while one is still at large. Some of the stolen items have also been recovered.

新加坡政府刚刚把疫情防御措施进行了大升级！从2月19日零点开始，凡是从中国返新的本地人和长期签证持有者皆会收到政府下发的居家通告。
Singapore government has taken precautionary measures targeting Coronavirus to a whole new level! A new Stay-Home Notice will be introduced for Singapore residents and long-term pass holders returning from

与先前的缺席假不同，居家通告要求受影响人士在家隔离的14天中不可以外出，甚至不可以出门用餐以及日常采购。
Unlike the current leave of absence (LOA), the Stay-Home Notice requires these people to remain at home at all times for 14 days without any exceptions, including going out for meals and grocery shopping.

目前日本的新冠病毒确诊人数已达416，是除中国以外确诊病例最多的国家，其中包括“钻石公主号”上的355例和日本境内的61例。
Right now, Japan has the second highest number of Coronavirus infections outside China, with a total number of 416 cases confirmed, which include 355 passengers on the Diamond Princess Cruise ship and 61 cases in Japan.

新加坡星期日（2月16日）又增三起病例，两例可以联系到神召会恩殿堂，一例与第41起病例是亲属关系。
Three new cases of Coronavirus infection are confirmed on Sunday (Feb 16), amongst which two can be linked to the cluster at Grace Assembly of God and one is a relative of case No. 41.

第15例感染者今日治愈出院。她属于新加坡1月30日从中国撤侨92人的一批并在抵达新加坡后出现发热症状而入院，她曾一度入住重症监护室。
Case No.15 has fully recovered and is discharged today. She was one of the 92 people who were evacuated from China on Jan 30 and was detected with a fever upon arriving in Singapore. She was then hospitalised and had been in ICU at one time.

本地星期六（2月15日）新增5例新冠病毒感染病例，其中3人与神召会恩殿堂有关联。
5 new cases of Coronavirus infection are confirmed on Saturday (Feb 15), amongst which 3 are linked to the Grace Assembly of God.

目前本地总确诊人数达到72， 18人已治愈出院，54人仍在治疗中，而其中6人在重症监护室。
That puts the total number of infected cases at 72. 18 people have fully recovered and been discharged, 54 still in hospital, amongst which 6 remain in ICU.