纽约时报英国的抗疫路线(1)（打印版）

Britain, which had stood apart from other nations in the relaxed nature of its response to the coronavirus,

面对新冠疫情，英国采取的原本是有别于其他国家的松弛态度，

hardened those measures significantly on Monday, urging people to stop going to pubs or restaurants,

到了周一，英国却突然大幅收紧防疫措施，敦促民众勿要前往酒吧、餐厅等公共场所，

and putting in place strict quarantine policies for those infected by the virus.

对已经感染的患者也推出了严格的隔离政策。

The shift, announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson after a meeting of a government crisis committee,

英国首相鲍里斯·约翰逊在政府危机委员会会议后宣布了这一政策转变，

brought Britain closer in line with Italy, France and Germany,

至此，英国终于同意大利、法国，德国等

which have closed borders and shut down large parts of their countries.

已经关闭边境，封锁境内大部分地区的国家站到了同一队伍。

But Britain is still putting off some steps, most conspicuously the closing of schools.

尽管如此，英国还是推迟了部分措施，尤其是关闭学校政策的落地。

With reported cases of the virus surging to 1,543, an increase of 171 in a single day,

鉴于报告确诊病例已激增至1543例，当日新增已经高达171例，

Mr. Johnson said Britain was on the cusp of a rapid spread that demanded more draconian countermeasures.

约翰逊表示，英国已经处于疫情迅速蔓延的风口浪尖，需采取更为严厉的应对措施才行。

He likened the latest steps to the kinds of changes the British people were asked to make in wartime.

他将英国最新推出的举措比作战争年代英国人民被要求做出的那种改变。

"I can't remember anything like it in my lifetime," said Mr. Johnson,

约翰逊在首相办公室所在的唐宁街10号召开了新闻发布会，在场的还有医疗顾问和科学顾问。

flanked by his medical and scientific advisers, at a news briefing at 10 Downing Street, the prime minister's offices.

“在我印象中，我这辈子都还没有遇到过类似的情况，”约翰逊说道。

"I don't think there's been anything like it in peacetime."

“在我看来，整个和平时期都还从未出现过这样的情况。”

The prime minister's remarks, at the first of what he said would be daily briefings,

首相在他所谓的每日例会的开场便说出了这席话，

were meant to reset the government's communication strategy,

意在重新调整政府此前的沟通策略，

which had come under fire for being muddled, opaque and failing to justify

因那些策略十分混乱、不透明，

why Britain was out of step with other countries facing major outbreaks.

且未能充分说明英国为何要与陷入重大疫情的其他国家步调不一致而颇受民众批评。

But the measures still left plenty of unanswered questions.

然而，这些措施仍然遗留了诸多悬而未决的问题。

The government is not ordering pubs, restaurants or clubs to close,

比如，尽管政府强烈劝阻人们不要光顾，

even though it is strongly discouraging people from patronizing them.

却并没有命令酒吧、餐馆或俱乐部关门。

While Mr. Johnson said he "emphatically" opposed public gatherings, he did not ban them either.

约翰逊说他“强烈”反对公开集会，却也没有明令禁止这一行为。