BBC News: 世衛(wèi)組織贊揚伊朗應(yīng)對病毒取得重大進展

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Rescuers in eastern China are trying to free people from under the rubble of a hotel, that was being used as a quarantine facility. Scores of people who are being monitored because they had a close contact with confirmed cases of the corona virus were trapped, when the five-story hotel in Quan Zhou collapsed.

中國東部的救援人員正試圖將人們從作為隔離的酒店廢墟下解救出來。由于與確診的冠狀病毒病例有過密切接觸，數(shù)十名被監(jiān)測的人在泉州五層樓高的酒店倒塌時被困住。

The World Health Organization has praised health workers in Iran for making what it called tremendous progress in tackling the virus. But the Iranian health ministry says the number of suspected cases of the disease has risen to over 16,000.

世界衛(wèi)生組織贊揚伊朗衛(wèi)生工作者在應(yīng)對病毒方面取得巨大進展。但是伊朗衛(wèi)生部表示，疑似病例的數(shù)量已經(jīng)上升到16000多例。

The Italian authorities say they will recruit retired doctors to try to contain the disease, which has now killed more than 230 people there. Thousands of more are tested positive, including a prominent politician. Pope Francis will conduct service via live streaming.

意大利當局表示，他們將招募退休醫(yī)生來控制疾病，目前已有230多人死于新型冠狀肺炎。還有數(shù)千人被檢測出陽性，其中包括一位著名的政治家。教皇方濟各將通過直播進行服務(wù)。

Lebanon has announced it will default the foreign currency debt for the first time in the country's history. The authorities say Lebanon will not pay a 1.2-billion-euro bond, that will mature on Monday. The prime minister said the Lebanon's debt has become more than it could bear.

黎巴嫩首次宣布將拖欠外幣債務(wù)。當局表示，黎巴嫩不會支付于周一到期的12億歐元債券。黎巴嫩總理說，黎巴嫩的債務(wù)已經(jīng)超出所能承受范圍。

Three senior members of the Saudi royal family are reported to have been arrested in the Kingdom. They include the former crown prince Mohammed bin Nayef.

據(jù)報道，沙特王室的三名高級成員被捕。其中包括前王儲穆罕默德·本·納耶夫。

Thousands of civil servants in Burkina Faso have been protesting against a new tax on their bonuses, marching through the capital Ouagadougou, some chanted bread and freedom.

布基納法索數(shù)千名公務(wù)員抗議對獎金征收新稅，他們游行穿過首都瓦加杜古，高呼面包和自由。

The Polish president Andrzej Duda has approved a law that will provide millions of extra dollars in funds to public media outlets. The government says the money will cover funding shortfalls. But the organization "Reporters Without Borders" has accused Poland's governing law and justice party of transforming public broadcasters into government propaganda mouthpieces, a claim the government rejects.

波蘭總統(tǒng)安杰伊•杜達批準一項法律，將為公共媒體提供數(shù)百萬美元的額外資金。政府表示，這筆錢將彌補資金短缺。但“無國界記者”組織指責波蘭執(zhí)政的法律與公正黨將公共廣播機構(gòu)變成政府宣傳喉舌，政府對此予以否認。

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