2020年CRI 中国成功分离出病毒毒株，疫苗有望（在线收听）

Chinese authorities have announced plans to extend the Lunar New Year holiday to help control the novel coronavirus outbreak.

中国政府宣布延长农历新年假期的计划，以帮助控制新型冠状病毒的爆发。

The holiday started on Friday and was originally set to end on Thursday.

春节假期从上星期五开始，原定于本周四结束。

Now, officials say it's required to be extended "to a proper extent."

当下，官方认为春节假期需要“适当延长”。

The decision was disclosed after a meeting of the country's leading group on the prevention and control of the ongoing epidemic.

预防及控制当下疫情的国家领导小组举行了一场会议后，披露了这一决定，

The meeting also calls for efforts to minimize death rates, train more medical professionals, and pool resources to make an early breakthrough in vaccine research and development.

会议还呼吁努力将死亡率降到最低，培训更多的医疗专业人员，并集中资源以便在疫苗研发方面尽早取得突破。

A senior health official says China is at a crucial time in the prevention and control of the ongoing outbreak.

一名高级卫生官员表示，中国正处于预防和控制疫情爆发的关键时刻。

National Health Commission director Ma Xiaowei says the one-week Lunar New Year holiday is the best time to allow massive isolation and disinfection to take effect.

国家卫生健康委员会主任马晓伟表示，为期一周的春节假期是大规模隔离和消毒的最佳时间。

He says experts have predicted that the epidemic has entered a rather grave and complex period.

他表示，专家预判现在疫情进入一个比较严重复杂的时期。

"According to the recent clinical data, the novel coronavirus seems to be more infectious, and we need more clinical data to analyze the virulence and pathology of the virus. Currently, the transmission of the epidemic is rather speedy, which has posed some challenges and pressures on the prevention work."

“根据近期的临床资料来看，病毒的传播力似乎有所增强，病毒的毒性和病例需要更多的临床资料我们再加以分析。从现在看疫情传播的速度比较快，对防控工作带来了一些挑战和压力。”

Research finds that the virus is infectious during the incubation period, which ranges from one to 14 days.

研究发现，该病毒在潜伏期便具有传染性，潜伏周期1到14天。

Ma urges efforts to strengthen community-based prevention and control work across the country and strict management of personnel who have traveled to other parts of the country from Wuhan.

马晓伟敦促在全国范围内加强以社区为基础的预防和控制工作，并对从武汉流入全国其他地区的人员进行严格管理。

"We have urged Hubei Province and the city of Wuhan to take strict preventive measures, asking close contacts of the pneumonia patients to stay at home, reducing gatherings, and timely quarantining patients and suspected patients."

“敦促湖北省和武汉市依法采取最严格的防控措施，要求与肺炎患者密切接触的人呆在家里，减少聚会，并及时隔离患者和疑似患者。”

He also calls for efforts to strengthen monitoring and preventive measures to contain the possible spread of the virus in rural areas.

他还呼吁加强监测和预防措施，以遏制该病毒在农村地区的传播。

Chinese authorities have suspended group tours nationwide in an effort to reduce passenger flows amid the outbreak.

中国有关部门暂停全国旅行性团队旅游，以减少疫情爆发期间的旅客流量。

Tour groups that have departed can complete their trips as scheduled, but travel agencies are required to pay close attention to the health of travelers.

已出行的旅游团队，可按合同约定继续完成行程，行程中，要密切关注游客身体状况。

Meantime, authorities have also suspended the trading of wild animals across the country.

与此同时，有关部门还暂停了全国范围内的野生动物交易。

In Beijing, the municipal education authority has postponed the beginning of the spring semester until further notice.

北京市教育部门推迟了春季学期的开学时间，具体开学时间另行通知。

The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that it has started developing vaccines against the novel coronavirus.

中国疾病预防控制中心宣布，该中心已开始研发新型冠状病毒疫苗。

At this point, the virus has been isolated and a process is underway to identify the seed strain.

目前，该病毒已成功分离，正在选择种子株。

Researchers say they are also screening drugs targeting pneumonia caused by the virus and studying how the virus mutates.

研究人员表示他们也在对新型冠状病毒性肺炎进行药物筛查，并研究该病毒如何突变。

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has confirmed that the United States has tabled a proposal to evacuate personnel from its Wuhan consulate amid the coronavirus outbreak.

中国外交部证实，在冠状病毒爆发期间，美方提出将美驻武汉总领馆人员从武汉撤回美国。

Spokesperson Hua Chunying says China will make arrangements and provide assistance to the U.S. side in line with international practice and provisions on epidemic prevention.

外交部发言人华春莹表示，中方根据国际惯例，依照中方有关防疫规定，作出相应安排，提供必要协助。

The French government has also announced it will repatriate potentially hundreds of the country's citizens from Wuhan.

法国政府也宣布，可能会从武汉撤离数百名法国公民。

Those citizens will be taken on a direct flight to France and then be held in quarantine for 14 days.

这些公民将乘坐直飞班机返回法国，随后进行14天的隔离。

Retired NBA star Kobe Bryant was one of the five people killed in a helicopter crash in southern California on Sunday.

周日，一架直升机在南加州坠毁，造成5人死亡，遇难者包括退役NBA球星科比·布莱恩特。

Guo Yan has details:

郭彦将带来详细报道：

Local police say there were no survivors in the crash in Calabasas, a city in Los Angeles County.

当地警方表示，这起事故发生在洛杉矶县卡拉巴萨市，没有幸存者。

The helicopter crashed into a hillside and caught on fire.

直升机撞上一个小山坡后起火。

An investigation is ongoing.

调查正在进行中。

Local media reported that the helicopter crashed on the way to a local academy for a basketball practice.

当地媒体报道称，这架直升机在飞往当地一所篮球训练学校途中坠毁。

Kobe's daughter Gianna was also on board.

科比的女儿吉安娜也在飞机上。

The 41-year-old played for 20 years with the Los Angeles Lakers and won five NBA championships.

这位41岁的球员为洛杉矶湖人队效力了20年，并赢得了5个NBA总冠军。

Kobe was known for traveling via helicopter, dating back to his days on the Lakers.

众所周知，科比乘直升机旅行，这可追溯到他在湖人队的日子。

He typically traveled from Newport Beach, California to the Staples Center in Downtown Los Angeles in his private helicopter.

他通常乘坐私人直升机从加利福尼亚州纽波特海滩飞往洛杉矶市中心的斯台普斯中心。

U.S. aircraft manufacturer Boeing has completed the first test flight of its new version of 777X passenger jet.

美国飞机制造商波音公司完成了其新型777X客机的首次试飞。

The aircraft took off from Everett in Washington State, and flew almost four hours before it landed at Seattle's Boeing Field.

飞机从华盛顿州埃弗里特起飞，飞行近四个小时后降落在西雅图的波音机场。

The plane is the world's largest twin-engine commercial aircraft.

该飞机是世界上最大的双引擎商用飞机。

Boeing delivered 380 commercial airplanes in 2019, its lowest number since 2008.

波音公司在2019年交付了380架商用飞机，这是自2008年以来的最低水平。