美联社新闻一分钟 AP 彭斯介绍美国应对疫情新进展（在线收听）

At the present moment, we have 43 domestic cases of the coronavirus, 48 cases of individuals who have returned to the United States. Of the domestic cases, 29 of the 43 are either in California or Washington state. And we have we have communities that are facing what the experts tell us could potentially be a cluster in those communities. Sadly, today, there were four additional fatalities raising the number of the six Americans have lost their life to the coronavirus. And on behalf of the president and all of the American people, we extend our deepest condolences and sympathies to the families. We also met today with some of the leaders of the top pharmaceutical companies in the country. The president spoke to them not just about vaccines, which many of the companies are already beginning to work on, but just as importantly, the development of therapeutics.

目前，我们国内冠状病毒感染病例43例，从外返美感染病例48例。国内感染病例中，29例发生在加利福尼亚州或华盛顿州。我们的社区可能面临着专家所说的潜在集体感染。不幸的是，今天又有四人死于冠状病毒，美国死亡总人数增加至六人。我们代表总统和全体美国人民向他们的家属表示最深切的哀悼和同情。我们今天还会见了美国顶级制药公司的一些领导。总统不仅和他们谈论了疫苗问题，很多家公司已经开始研发疫苗，还谈到了同样重要的开发治疗方法问题。

And it is remarkable to think that there may well be a vaccine going to clinical trials within the next six weeks. The nature of trials, as the experts have explained to us, is that the vaccine might yet not be available till late this year or early next year. The therapeutics giving relief to people that contract the coronavirus could literally be available by this summer or early fall. What every one of our experts and leaders have been saying for more than a month now remains true. The degree of risk has the potential to change quickly, especially if we see sustained spread of the disease around the world, which could qualify this disease as a pandemic. As Dr. Fauci said this morning, we will see more cases of community spread in the United States. As we've emphasized for some time now, we all need to prepare for the potential need. Prepare for the worst. Hope for the best.

值得注意的是，未来六周内很可能会有一种疫苗进入临床试验。专家告诉我们，按照试验的性质，疫苗可能要到今年年底或明年初才能完成。为感染冠状病毒的人提供缓解的治疗方法可能在今年夏天和初秋就能实现。我们的每一位专家和领导人一个多月来的观点仍然是正确的。该病毒的风险等级有可能迅速变化，特别是如果这种疾病在世界各地持续蔓延，那么这种疾病可能成为一种流行病。正如弗契博士所说，我们将在美国看到更多社区传播的病例。我们也一直在强调，我们都需要为潜在的需求做好准备。做最坏的打算。抱最好的希望。