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Cruise ships are docked at PortMiami, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
 Cruise ships are docked at PortMiami, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

 Cruise ships are docked at PortMiami, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Miami. The U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday that it's working with Holland America on a...
 Cruise ships are docked at PortMiami, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Miami. The U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday that it's working with Holland America on a detailed docking plan that would require two ships carrying passengers and crew from an ill-fated cruise to handle all medical issues without impacting South Florida's already-stressed hospitals. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

 Oceania Cruises' Sirena is docked at PortMiami, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
 Oceania Cruises' Sirena is docked at PortMiami, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

 Crew members work on Oceania Cruises' Sirena cruise ship docked at PortMiami, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
 Crew members work on Oceania Cruises' Sirena cruise ship docked at PortMiami, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

 Two cruise ships are anchored offshore past a lifeguard tower, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
 Two cruise ships are anchored offshore past a lifeguard tower, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has directed all cruise ships to remain at sea where they may be sequestered “indefinitely" during the coronavirus pandemic and be prepared to send any severely ill passengers to the countries where the vessels are registered.
 For most of the South Florida's cruise ships, that means the Bahamas, where people are still recovering from last year's hurricanes.
 The rules, which apply to any vessel carrying more than 50 people, were issued in a March 29 safety bulletin signed by Coast Guard Rear Admiral E.C. Jones, whose district includes Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Puerto Rico.
 More than two dozen cruise ships are either lined up at Port Miami and Port Everglades or waiting offshore, the Miami Herald reported. Most have only crew aboard, but several still carry passengers and are steaming toward South Florida ports. Carnival notified the SEC Tuesday that it has more than 6,000 passengers still at sea.
 Federal, state and local officials have been negotiating over whether two Holland America cruise ships that had been stranded off the coast of Panama with sick and dead passengers would be allowed to dock at Port Everglades this week. More than 300 American citizens are on the two ships.
 The Zaandam, which set sail in early March on a South American cruise, is carrying sick passengers and crew, while passengers not showing symptoms were transferred to a sister ship, the Rotterdam, sent to the region to help. Both ships cleared the Panama Canal and are sailing toward Florida. Two of four deaths on the Zaandam have been blamed on COVID-19 and nine people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the company said.
 Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday that the state's healthcare system is stretched too thin to take on the coronavirus caseload from the Zaandam. “Just to drop people off at the place where we're having the highest number of cases right now just doesn't make a whole lot of sense," DeSantis said.
 President Donald Trump said later that he would speak with his fellow Republican. “They're dying on the ship,” Trump said. “I'm going to do what's right. Not only for us, but for humanity.”
 Under normal conditions, when a passenger or crew member become too ill for the ship's medical team to care for, they call the Coast Guard to provide a medical evacuation to an onshore hospital. Under the new rules, sick passengers would be sequestered indefinitely on board.
 “This is necessary as shore-side medical facilities may reach full capacity and lose the ability to accept and effectively treat additional critically-ill patients," the memo said.
 The document requires all ships in U.S. waters to report their numbers of sick and dead on board each day or face civil penalties or criminal prosecution.
 Cruise ships with sick passengers must consult with the Coast Guard, which may now recommend keeping the sick person on board the ship. The Coast Guard will decide if a transfer is absolutely necessary, but the cruise line would be responsible for arranging on-shore transportation and hospital beds.
 _____ Associated Press reporter Kelli Kennedy contributed from Fort Lauderdale; Gomez Licon reported from Miami.
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 Follow AP coverage of the virus outbreak at https://apnews.com/VirusOutbreak and https://apnews.com/UnderstandingtheOutbreak.

journalist: By FREIDA FRISARO and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON , Associated Press, Associated Press

title: Coast Guard: Cruise ships must stay at sea with sick onboard


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President Donald Trump gestures to a chart as he speaks about the coronavirus with Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, lef...
 President Donald Trump gestures to a chart as he speaks about the coronavirus with Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, left, and Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, right, in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has the biggest megaphone, but it's governors and local officials who will decide what type of restrictions to impose on their citizens to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The Constitution largely gives states the authority to regulate their own affairs.
 Trump has left guidelines limiting social interaction in place until the end of this month, after initially pushing April 12, Easter, as as the date to begin reopening the U.S. economy. Trump was moved by public health experts who showed him death tolls of 100,000 with strict measures in place, and hundreds of thousands of deaths more without. Initially, concerns were over states unwilling to open up by Easter, but now, the friction is over certain states unwilling to issue shutdown orders and calls for the president to issue a nationwide lockdown.
 Some questions and answers about the legal authority for shutting and reopening the U.S. economy.
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 Q. Does the president have the authority to override state and local orders?
 A. No. Under our constitutional system, states have the power and responsibility for maintaining public order and safety. As we've seen since the outbreak began, decisions about limiting social interactions by ordering people to shelter in place, closing businesses and shutting schools are being made by governors and local officials. Those same officials will make the call about when to ease up. Trump's comments “are just advisory," said John Malcolm of the Heritage Foundation.
 An increasing number of states have ordered all nonessential businesses and schools to close at least until the end of April. "This battle is going to be much harder, take much longer, and be much worse than almost anyone comprehends. We have never faced anything like this ever before, and I continue to urge the people of our state to stay in place at home and stay safe," Maryland's Governor Larry Hogan said recently.
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 Q. But the president has set a period until the end of April in which all Americans are being urged to drastically scale back their public activities. Doesn't that amount to a national order?
 A. No. The guidelines are voluntary, and they underscore the limits on Trump's powers. He can use daily briefings and his Twitter account to try to shape public opinion, and he has not been reluctant to do so. “When Donald Trump selects a narrative and begins to advance it, especially through his Twitter account, it has a remarkable effect on those who trust him," said Robert Chesney, a University of Texas law professor wrote on the Lawfare blog. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has resisted calls to shut down the entire state, issuing orders only in four Florida counties, and said during a news conference Tuesday he'd consider a stay at home order if it were specifically recommended by the White House.
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 Q. Still, Trump has invoked some federal laws to address the virus outbreak, hasn't he?
 A. Yes, he has. The Stafford Act allows the expenditure of tens of billions of dollars in emergency assistance. The Defense Production Act allows the president to direct private companies to produce goods or acquire raw materials. Trump has yet to actually order companies to do anything, over the objection of some local officials who have a desperate need for ventilators, masks and other equipment. But Trump can only assert powers that Congress has specifically given him. “There are real limits on the president and the federal government when it comes to domestic affairs,” John Yoo, a University of California at Berkeley law school professor, said on a recent Federalist Society conference call. At the same time, the federal government has the power, under laws aimed at preventing the spread of communicable diseases, to quarantine people when they arrive in the United States and travel between states.
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 Q. Is it clear that state and local governments have authority to impose the severe restrictions we've seen?
 A. Lawsuits already are challenging state actions on religious grounds and as seizures of property for which the government must pay compensation. But for more than 100 years, the Supreme Court has upheld states' robust use of their authority, even when it restricts people's freedoms. In 1905, the court rejected a Massachusetts pastor's complaint that he should not be forced to get a smallpox vaccine or pay a fine, Malcolm noted.
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 Q. But we've seen the federal government curtail the public before, notably during World War II when people of Japanese descent, including U.S. citizens, were put into internment camps, wasn't that the same?
 A. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt used an executive order that designated certain areas as military zones to make camps. The Supreme Court in 1944 did uphold the internment in its notorious decision in Korematsu v. United States as a “military necessity” that was not based on race. In 2018, the court formally overruled Korematsu (even as it upheld Trump’s travel ban on people from several mainly Muslim countries. ) “Korematsu was gravely wrong the day it was decided, has been overruled in the court of history, and — to be clear — ‘has no place in law under the Constitution,’’’ Chief Justice John Roberts wrote.
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 Associated Press Writer Michael Tarm contributed to this report from Chicago.

journalist: By MARK SHERMAN , Associated Press, Associated Press

title: States largely have authority over when to shut down, reopen


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Corporal Mathias Jahn, left, member of the German armed forces Bundeswehr, stands in front of a mobile coronavirus test station and demonstrates his w...
 Corporal Mathias Jahn, left, member of the German armed forces Bundeswehr, stands in front of a mobile coronavirus test station and demonstrates his work in a test run after a press conference at a drive-through (drive-in) COVID-19 testing center in Gera, Germany, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. The appointment-only drive-through testing center began twelfe days ago. Medical staff reach into a car to take a nasopharyngeal swab from a patient. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

 A man wears a face mask as he walks past murals of wildlife outside of a subway station in Beijing, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. China's National Health ...
 A man wears a face mask as he walks past murals of wildlife outside of a subway station in Beijing, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. China's National Health Commission on Wednesday reported a few dozens of new COVID-19 cases, one day after announcing that asymptomatic cases will now be included in the official coronavirus count. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

 A child walks on the deserted Republique square during a nationwide confinement to counter the new coronavirus, in Paris, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Th...
 A child walks on the deserted Republique square during a nationwide confinement to counter the new coronavirus, in Paris, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

 A woman wearing a protective face mask to help stop the spread of the coronavirus rides a bicycle past blooming cherry blossom trees Wednesday, April ...
 A woman wearing a protective face mask to help stop the spread of the coronavirus rides a bicycle past blooming cherry blossom trees Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in Tokyo. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

 A volunteer wearing a face shield and mask manages a counter of COVID-19 infection screening center at the Chulalongkorn University health service cen...
 A volunteer wearing a face shield and mask manages a counter of COVID-19 infection screening center at the Chulalongkorn University health service center in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

 Impoverished Indians offer prayers outside a roadside Hindu temple closed on account of lockdown to prevent the spread of new coronavirus in Prayagraj...
 Impoverished Indians offer prayers outside a roadside Hindu temple closed on account of lockdown to prevent the spread of new coronavirus in Prayagraj, India, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. India's 21-day lockdown has effectively kept 1.3 billion people at home for all but essential trips to places like markets or pharmacies. But the world's largest lockdown has turned into a humanitarian crisis for India's impoverished people. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

 Distressing images of morgue trucks in New York City, taking away the rising number of dead from the coronavirus, have underscored the latest grim projections for the entire country.

 Experts warned that there could be 100,000 to 240,000 deaths in the U.S. even if social distancing guidelines are maintained. America now has more than 4,000 dead from the outbreak.
 Here are some of AP’s top stories Wednesday on the world’s coronavirus pandemic. Follow APNews.com/VirusOutbreak for updates through the day and APNews.com/UnderstandingtheOutbreak for stories explaining some of its complexities.
 WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY:
 — New York is the deadliest hot spot in the U.S., with more than 1,500 deaths statewide, most of them in New York City, which is bracing for things to get much worse in the coming weeks.
 — Donald Trump, the self-styled “wartime president” is enjoying the high ratings of his briefings and boasting they're up there with "The Bachelor." Meanwhile, on the streets of the country, people are recoiling in the wake of each passing stranger's exhalation.
 — The IRS and the Treasury Department say Americans will start receiving their economic impact checks in the next three weeks. AP's business team sets out what you need to do to get your check.
 — Facing intense surges in the need for hospital ICU beds, European nations are on a building and hiring spree, throwing together makeshift hospitals and shipping coronavirus patients out of overwhelmed cities. The key question is whether they will be able to find enough healthy medical staff to make it all work.
 — The coronavirus pandemic couldn't come at a worse time for rural communities across the U.S. that have lost their hospitals. Nearly 200 small-town hospitals have closed nationwide since 2005, often forcing residents to drive much farther for health care. Last year was the worst yet for shutdowns, and officials say hundreds more rural hospitals are endangered by the pandemic.
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 WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:
 For most people, the coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia and death. The vast majority of people recover.
 Here are the symptoms of the virus compared with the common flu.
 One of the best ways to prevent spread of the virus is washing your hands with soap and water. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends first washing with warm or cold water and then lathering soap for 20 seconds to get it on the backs of hands, between fingers and under fingernails before rinsing off.
 You should wash your phone, too. Here’s how.
 TRACKING THE VIRUS: Drill down and zoom in at the individual county level, and you can access numbers that will show you the situation where you are, and where loved ones or people you’re worried about live.
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 IN OTHER NEWS:
 — UN-BAAAAA-LIEVABLE: With humans sheltering indoors to escape the new coronavirus, mountain goats are taking advantage of the peace and space to roam in frisky clumps through the streets of Llandudno, a town in North Wales.
 — DIG, PLANT, BREATHE: As spring’s arrival in the Northern Hemisphere coincides with government stay-at-home orders, the itch to get outside has turned backyard gardens into a getaway for the mind in chaotic times.
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 Follow AP coverage of the virus outbreak at https://apnews.com/VirusOutbreak and https://apnews.com/UnderstandingtheOutbreak

journalist: By The Associated Press, Associated Press

title: What you need to know today about the virus outbreak


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FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2019, file photo job applicants looks at jobs available at Florida International University during a job fair in Miami. On We...
 FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2019, file photo job applicants looks at jobs available at Florida International University during a job fair in Miami. On Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, payroll processor ADP reports on how many jobs its survey estimates U.S. companies added in December. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

 FILE - In this Tuesday, June 4, 2019, file photo, managers wait for job applicants at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood during a job fai...
 FILE - In this Tuesday, June 4, 2019, file photo, managers wait for job applicants at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood during a job fair in Hollywood, Fla. U.S. businesses added 183,000 jobs in Jan. 2020, a solid gain that shows the economy was largely healthy when the coronavirus outbreak spread further around the globe. Large companies added roughly two-thirds of the jobs, while hiring among smaller firms was relatively weak. Manufacturing and mining firms shed jobs, while hiring in health care and hotels and restaurants was strong. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

 FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2019, photo, Gory Rodriguez, of Starbucks, right, interviews a job applicant during a job fair at Dolphin Mall in Miami. On Wed...
 FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2019, photo, Gory Rodriguez, of Starbucks, right, interviews a job applicant during a job fair at Dolphin Mall in Miami. On Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020 payroll processor ADP reports on how many jobs its survey estimates U.S. companies added in December. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

 WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. companies shed 27,000 jobs in March, according to a private survey, a figure that mostly reflected the economy as it stood before the full impact of the viral outbreak.
 Payroll processor ADP said small businesses took the biggest hit, losing 90,000 jobs, while medium-sized and large companies still added workers. Economists forecast that much larger job losses, probably in the millions, will be reported in the coming months.

journalist: By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER , AP Economics Writer, Associated Press

title: U.S. businesses cut 27,000 jobs in March, before virus hit


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In this Friday, March 27, 2020 photo, members of the Islamic Health Society, an arm of the Iran-backed militant Hezbollah group prepare to spray disin...
 In this Friday, March 27, 2020 photo, members of the Islamic Health Society, an arm of the Iran-backed militant Hezbollah group prepare to spray disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. Hezbollah has mobilized the organizational might it once deployed to fight Israel or in Syria's civil war to battle the spread of the novel coronavirus. It aims to send a clear message to its Shiite supporters that it is a force to rely on in times of crisis -- particularly after it suffered a series of blows to its prestige. Opponents angrily accuse Hezbollah of helping bring the outbreak to Lebanon, saying it delayed a halt of flights from Iran for weeks after a woman who had just arrived from Iran emerged as Lebanon's first confirmed coronavirus case. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

 In this Friday, March 27, 2020 photo, members of the Islamic Health Society, an arm of the Iran-backed militant Hezbollah group sprays disinfectants a...
 In this Friday, March 27, 2020 photo, members of the Islamic Health Society, an arm of the Iran-backed militant Hezbollah group sprays disinfectants as a precaution against the coronavirus, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. Hezbollah has mobilized the organizational might it once deployed to fight Israel or in Syria's civil war to battle the spread of the novel coronavirus. It aims to send a clear message to its Shiite supporters that it is a force to rely on in times of crisis -- particularly after it suffered a series of blows to its prestige. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

 In this Friday, March 27, 2020 photo, members of the Islamic Health Society, an arm of the Iran-backed militant Hezbollah group spray disinfectant as ...
 In this Friday, March 27, 2020 photo, members of the Islamic Health Society, an arm of the Iran-backed militant Hezbollah group spray disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. Hezbollah has mobilized the organizational might it once deployed to fight Israel or in Syria's civil war to battle the spread of the novel coronavirus. It aims to send a clear message to its Shiite supporters that it is a force to rely on in times of crisis -- particularly after it suffered a series of blows to its prestige. Opponents angrily accuse Hezbollah of helping bring the outbreak to Lebanon, saying it delayed a halt of flights from Iran for weeks after a woman who had just arrived from Iran emerged as Lebanon's first confirmed coronavirus case. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

 In this Friday, March 27, 2020 photo, Hezbollah members block a road, as others of the Islamic Health Society, an arm of the Iran-backed militant Hezb...
 In this Friday, March 27, 2020 photo, Hezbollah members block a road, as others of the Islamic Health Society, an arm of the Iran-backed militant Hezbollah group, spray disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. Hezbollah has mobilized the organizational might it once deployed to fight Israel or in Syria's civil war to battle the spread of the novel coronavirus. It aims to send a clear message to its Shiite supporters that it is a force to rely on in times of crisis -- particularly after it suffered a series of blows to its prestige. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

 In this Friday, March 27, 2020 photo, members of the Islamic Health Society, an arm of the Iran-backed militant Hezbollah group spray disinfectant in ...
 In this Friday, March 27, 2020 photo, members of the Islamic Health Society, an arm of the Iran-backed militant Hezbollah group spray disinfectant in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. Hezbollah has mobilized the organizational might it once deployed to fight Israel or in Syria's civil war to battle the spread of the novel coronavirus. It aims to send a clear message to its Shiite supporters that it is a force to rely on in times of crisis -- particularly after it suffered a series of blows to its prestige. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

 BEIRUT (AP) — In the streets of Beirut's southern suburbs, Hezbollah paramedics and volunteers on trucks and on foot sprayed disinfectants on shops and buildings. At a hospital where it once treated its wounded fighters, the group's medical staff set up beds for a center to deal with coronavirus patients.
 Hezbollah says it is turning the organizational might it once deployed to fight Israel or in the civil war in neighboring Syria to battle the spread of the virus pandemic in Lebanon.
 It wants to send a clear message to its supporters in Lebanon's Shiite community that it is a force to rely on in a crisis. The Iranian-backed guerrilla group and political powerhouse is under pressure to send that message after a series of blows to its prestige.
 Opponents have angrily accused Hezbollah of helping bring coronavirus to Lebanon. It took more than three weeks for the country to halt flights from Iran after a woman who had just returned from Iran emerged as Lebanon's first confirmed case on Feb. 20. Critics claim Hezbollah was behind the delay, ostensibly to give its members and supporters time to return home, an accusation it denies.
 Since then, Lebanon has recorded nearly 480 cases and 12 deaths.
 "Until when are we going to remain the victims of Hezbollah's bullying?" former Cabinet minister May Chidiac said in a tweet during the weeks before flights were stopped. "This is new proof they control the fate of the nation," added Chidiac, who later tested positive for the virus after returning from Paris.
 In the past few years, Hezbollah angered many in Lebanon for intervening in Syria's civil war to back the Iranian-allied government in Damascus. During Lebanon's wave of protests late last year, some protesters denounced Hezbollah as part of a ruling elite they wanted removed. The U.S. increased sanctions on the group, and Lebanon's financial meltdown has left the government, dominated by Hezbollah and its allies, flailing for solutions.
 Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has been giving regular televised speeches on the pandemic, a sign the group feels it must show it is stepping up.
 "We should feel that we are in a battle and we should fight this battle," he said in a recent hour-long speech.
 Hezbollah has an advantage in that, along with being Lebanon's strongest military force, itboasts the greatest organizational and services might in the country.
 The group has mobilized 24,500 members and volunteers for an anti-virus campaign aimed at helping the government and the Health Ministry, said Hashem Safieddine, a senior official in the group. The ministry is run by a minister chosen by Hezbollah.
 During a tour for journalists in Dahiyeh, the densely-populated southern Beirut suburb that is Hezbollah's stronghold, members of the group's civil defense department, wearing uniforms, masks and gloves, sprayed streets. Volunteers delivered boxes of food to low-income residents.
 At Saint George Hospital, which Hezbollah is turning into a center for coronavirus patients, staff were setting up the first floor with new beds.
 Safieddine said Hezbollah is bringing to bear some of the capabilities it had prepared in case of a new war with Israel. That includes thousands of doctors, nurses and field staff, as well as 100 ambulances. The group's Islamic Health Society plans to set up testing centers.
 "We are soldiers at the service of the Health Ministry," Bilal Assaf, an official with Hezbollah's Civil Defense, told the Associated Press.
 The campaign, heavily touted on Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV, is so far limited to its traditional areas of support.
 In Lebanon's fragmented, sectarian political scene, Sunnis and some Christians sharply oppose Hezbollah's political power and ties to Iran. A few political factions from other sects have launched anti-virus programs, preparing clinics or passing out aid, but they can't match Hezbollah's funding and organization.
 "Hezbollah wants people to know that it is a special project, a project that is above the state" said Ali Hamadeh, a political writer at An-Nahar newspaper who is often critical of the group.
 In Iraq, the Iran-backed, mainly Shiite Popular Mobilization Forces were similarly accused by some Iraqis of helping spread the virus by balking at stopping traffic with Iran. The PMF has led sterilizing campaigns and has offered to bury victims of the outbreak.
 But Hezbollah has come under far harsher criticism. Its ally Iran has been the nation in the Middle East hardest hit by the pandemic, which has killed nearly 2,900 there and infected more than 40,000.
 In an analysis, Jane's Terrorism and Insurgency Centre said the outbreak presents serious challenges for Hezbollah, diverting its attention from Syria, but it might also present an opportunity.
 Given the “weakness of public institutions, the group once again has the chance to showcase the strength of its governance services and social welfare networks,” Jane's said.

journalist: By BASSEM MROUE , Associated Press, Associated Press

title: Hezbollah shifts attention from Syria fight to battle virus


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Former Scandinavian Airlines flight attendant, Mathilda Malm tests her hands for bacteria as she learns basic skills on to assist in nursing homes and...
 Former Scandinavian Airlines flight attendant, Mathilda Malm tests her hands for bacteria as she learns basic skills on to assist in nursing homes and hospitals due to the coronavirus outbreak, in Stockholm, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. The airline announced in mid-March the temporary layoff of up to 10,000 employees, 90% of its workforce amid a drop in demand for international travel as governments clamped down on public events to contain the virus outbreak. With the help of a foundation, it is one of several airlines offering former staff the chance to work on the front line of the pandemic. (AP Photo/David Keyton)

 Former Scandinavian Airlines flight attendants learn basic skills on to assist in nursing homes and hospitals due to the coronavirus outbreak, in Stoc...
 Former Scandinavian Airlines flight attendants learn basic skills on to assist in nursing homes and hospitals due to the coronavirus outbreak, in Stockholm, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. The airline announced in mid-March the temporary layoff of up to 10,000 employees, 90% of its workforce amid a drop in demand for international travel as governments clamped down on public events to contain the virus outbreak. With the help of a foundation, it is one of several airlines offering former staff the chance to work on the front line of the pandemic. (AP Photo/David Keyton)

 STOCKHOLM (AP) — Filip Palmgren had wanted to work on planes since he was a child. Now, after just two years as a flight attendant, the 21-year old has lost his job because of the coronavirus crisis and will be soon heading to work in a hospital instead to help save patients.
 He is part of a first group of 30 laid-off employees of Scandinavian Airlines who have started training this week to learn basic skills to assist in nursing homes and hospitals currently overwhelmed by a surging number of patients and ill medical staff.
 Scandinavian Airlines, known also as SAS, announced in mid-March the temporary layoff of up to 10,000 employees, 90% of its workforce amid a drop in demand for international travel as governments clamped down on public events to contain the virus outbreak. With the help of a foundation, it is one of several airlines offering former staff the chance to work on the front line of the pandemic.
 Palmgren says he signed up out of civic duty when he got the offer from his former employer.
 “I immediately replied to the email,” he said. "I felt this was a very huge opportunity for me to help and to contribute to society and help the healthcare, which I think is very important in these times.”
 In the U.K., budget carrier easyJet and Virgin Atlantic have asked their laid-off staff to do the same, with the support of the British government.
 Many airlines are laying off staff at a dizzying pace. Some are putting employees on temporary leave, in which they are paid with the help of government aid, or shorter hours. Germany's Lufthansa, for example, is doing that with 27,000 out of 35,000 employees. In other cases, employees are losing their jobs outright, and those are being given priority for the medical training programs.
 The trend is less pronounced in the U.S., where passenger airlines are receiving $50 billion in government aid conditioned on the promise not to cut jobs for the next six months.
 Airline cabin crew are considered goods candidates to work in hospitals because they are required to complete medical training to serve onboard flights in case of an emergency. They are also trained in how to handle difficult interpersonal situations, such as unruly passengers on flights, that can help in stressful work places like hospitals.
 “We’re really good at being around people and taking care of people," says 23-year old Mathilda Malm, a former flight attendant who was also part of the training program in the Swedish capital. “And we’re always prepared for every situation and we handle it in a calm way.”
 The program in Sweden is a joint initiative between the Sofiahemmet medical institution in Stockholm, the Novare recruitment firm and the Wallenberg Foundation which is providing financing of around $700,000.
 Oscar Stege Unger is the director of the Wallenberg foundations, but also a board member of SAS who was involved in the decision to lay off the majority of staff.
 “We had to make huge lay offs, temporary layoffs, and we know that there is a lot of really skilled cabin crew that could be of assistance going into the health care. So that's where the idea came,” he said.
 They secured financing for 300 trainees and Unger believes this can be scaled up to help more people left unemployed by the virus outbreak.
 He said he is looking to export the system and is in talks with other airlines in countries like the U.S., U.K. and Australia, where the virus has spread more aggressively.
 So far, some 230 people have died from COVID-19 in Sweden and there are almost 5,000 cases. By contrast, The U.S. on Wednesday recorded a big daily jump of 26,000 new cases, bringing its total infections to more than 189,000, the highest in the world. The U.S. death toll jumped to over 4,000.
 The coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms like fever and cough for most people. But for others, especially older adults and people with health problems, it can cause severe symptoms like pneumonia and lead to death.
 Swedish authorities have advised the public to practice social distancing, but still allow a large amount of personal freedom unlike most other European countries.
 Stockholm mayor Anna Konig Jerlmyr does not want to take chances and says that retrained airlines staff can relieve pressure on healthcare provided, freeing up nurses and nursing assistants from non medical tasks.
 "It is a way of optimizing our resources at a moment where the nurses are giving treatment and health care to the elderly and the students coming in to give assistance,” she said.

journalist: By DAVID KEYTON , Associated Press, Associated Press

title: Reporting for duty: Airline crew sign up to help hospitals


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In this March 26, 2020, photo, Joe Cunningham discusses his worries about finding health care for his ailing wife outside the recently closed Pickens ...
 In this March 26, 2020, photo, Joe Cunningham discusses his worries about finding health care for his ailing wife outside the recently closed Pickens County Medical Center in Carrollton, Ala. The hospital is among the latest rural health care facilities to fall victim to a wave of hospital shutdowns across the United States in recent years. Cunningham said the nearest hospital is about 30 miles away, and he is concerned about what would happen should the coronavirus outbreak worsen in the rural area. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)

 In this March 26, 2020, photo, closed signs hang on a recently closed Pickens County Medical Center in Carrollton, Ala. The hospital is one of the lat...
 In this March 26, 2020, photo, closed signs hang on a recently closed Pickens County Medical Center in Carrollton, Ala. The hospital is one of the latest health care facilities to fall victim to a wave of rural hospital shutdowns across the United States in recent years. With hundreds of other hospitals endangered, residents are worried about getting health care amid the coronavirus outbreak, and administrators are trying to keep other facilities afloat. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)

 CARROLLTON, Ala. (AP) — As the coronavirus spread across the United States, workers at the lone hospital in one Alabama county turned off beeping monitors for good and padlocked the doors, making it one of the latest in a string of nearly 200 rural hospitals to close nationwide.
 Now Joe Cunningham is more worried than ever about getting care for his wife, Polly, a dialysis patient whose health is fragile. The nearest hospital is about 30 miles away, he said, and that’s too far since COVID-19 already has been confirmed in sparsely populated Pickens County, on the Mississippi state line.
 Cunningham is trusting God, but he’s also worried the virus will worsen in his community, endangering his wife without a hospital nearby.
 “It can still find its way here,” said Cunningham, 73.
 The pandemic erupted at an awful time for communities trying to fill health care gaps following the closure of 170 rural hospitals across the nation in the last 15 years. 2019 was the worst year yet, with 19 closures, and eight more have shut down since Jan. 1, according to the Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina.
 While the nation's coronavirus hot spots so far have been big cities like New York and New Orleans, officials fear inadequate testing and the lack of medical resources linked to hospital failures will catch up with smaller population centers.
 The reasons for the closures vary, but experts and administrators cite factors including declining rural populations, rising medical costs, insufficient Medicare reimbursements, large numbers of uninsured patients, state decisions against Medicaid expansion and mismanagement. About 60% of the counties and towns that have lost hospitals are in the South, an analysis by the Sheps Center showed.
 Other communities are trying to keep hundreds of endangered hospitals afloat as resources are stretched thinner than ever and moneymaking services like elective surgeries are curtailed during the outbreak.
 “It’s a scary time to be thinking about losing a hospital when you’ve got a pandemic going on,” said Scott Graham, chief executive officer of Three Rivers and North Valley Hospitals in central Washington. The hospitals serve about 26,000 people in a wide-open area that Graham describes as so remote it's more frontier than rural.
 In North Conway, New Hampshire, a physician at the 25-bed Memorial Hospital already is among the county's seven confirmed cases of coronavirus, said CEO Art Mathisen. The hospital is preparing for the worst as it tries to triple the number of beds and spends upward of $100,000 on rooms with air flow aimed at limiting the spread of contagions, he said.
 About 15% of the U.S. population, or more than 46 million people, lives in rural areas, according to the Census Bureau. They are more likely than urban dwellers to die from chronic respiratory illnesses, heart disease and other problems that put people more at risk for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
 For most people, the coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia, and death.
 In West Virginia, where no city has a population of more than 50,000 and 20% of residents are senior citizens, frustration has mounted over two recent hospital closings that forced patients to seek help farther away, and a third hospital that filed for bankruptcy in October announced Monday it was shutting down in April. There has been talk but no immediate action to open new facilities to deal with coronavirus cases in one of the unhealthiest states.
 “We certainly need our local hospital. We need the beds. We need the equipment, and we need it locally,” said Michael Angelucci, a state lawmaker who operates an ambulance service in rural Fairmont, West Virginia, where a hospital closed this month.
 The pandemic could actually hasten more rural hospital closures, said Michael Topchik of the Maine-based Charter Center for Rural Health. He co-authored a study released in February that found about 450 rural hospitals were vulnerable to shutting down.
 Most rural hospitals make money on emergency room care and elective procedures, which are on hold as health care workers try to ration masks and other protective gear in anticipation of COVID-19 infections, he said.
 “Our study predicts the worse is yet to come if something’s not done to stabilize the safety net,” he said.
 In northern Missouri, Sullivan County Memorial Hospital's chief executive, Tony Keene, said that on top of the recent drop in revenue linked to reduced services, he has been pumping money into preparation for a possible outbreak in the rural area by the Iowa border where the hospital is.
 “We need an infusion of cash, like now,” Keene said. “If we go a couple more weeks, we are going to have to make very serious decisions on whether we pay our vendors or pay our people.”
 The $2.2 trillion coronavirus package approved by Congress last week includes $100 billion for hospitals, but it's unclear how much of that will go toward rural health care centers.
 As Pickens County Medical Center prepared to close on March 6, Mayor Mickey Walker organized a protest outside the public hospital that drew around 70 people — a big crowd in a town of only 950 people. The facility shut down anyway.
 A building beside the shuttered, tan-brick hospital houses medical offices, including the dialysis clinic that treats Joe Cunningham's wife, but Walker said that's not enough. The old folks Walker talks to through church are getting more worried by the day about the new virus.
 “Everybody's just real panicky,” Walker said. “We have all this virus stuff going on, and we don't have a hospital to go to.”
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 Associated Press writers Summer Ballentine in Jefferson City, Missouri; John Raby in Charleston, West Virginia; Michael Casey in Concord, New Hampshire; Kim Chandler in Montgomery, Alabama; Amy Forliti in Minneapolis; and Gillian Flaccus in Portland, Oregon, contributed to this report.
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journalist: By JAY REEVES , Associated Press, Associated Press

title: Hospital closures complicate coronavirus care in rural areas


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FILE - In this Wednesday, March 7, 2018 filer, Juventus' Giorgio Chiellini celebrates at the end of a the Champions League, round of 16, second-leg s...
 FILE - In this Wednesday, March 7, 2018 filer, Juventus' Giorgio Chiellini celebrates at the end of a the Champions League, round of 16, second-leg soccer match between Juventus and Tottenham Hotspur, at the Wembley Stadium in London. The Juventus captain -- who has a master’s degree in business administration -- was the main go-between for millionaire teammates like Cristiano Ronaldo and management when the squad agreed to forgo 90 million euros ($100 million) in wages to help the club during the coronavirus crisis. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

 ROME (AP) — Best known for his aggressive defending on the soccer field, Giorgio Chiellini is proving to be an effective negotiator in the board room, too.
 The Juventus captain — who has a master’s degree in business administration — was the main go-between for millionaire teammates like Cristiano Ronaldo and management when the squad agreed to forgo 90 million euros ($100 million) in wages to help the club during the coronavirus crisis.
 The first agreement of its kind in Serie A since play was halted last month set the precedent that other clubs are preparing to follow.
 “Chiellini first spoke with (club president Andrea Agnelli), then with us,” Juventus forward Paulo Dybala said.
 “We discussed it in a chat and there were different opinions. There were players who were lacking one or two games to reach a bonus, but this was the best thing to do,” added Dybala, one of three Juventus players to test positive for COVID-19.
 The deal allows Juventus to avoid paying four months of wages, or a third of players’ salaries, before closing its fiscal calendar-year on June 30 — a savings made even more crucial since Juventus shares are listed on the Milan stock exchange.
 Chiellini's key achievement was that players will reportedly get back about half of their missed salaries after June 30, or perhaps even more if this season’s Serie A resumes. Juventus declined to comment when asked if wages would be deferred to next season.
 Juventus coach Maurizio Sarri was also involved in the deal worked out by Chiellini.
 “Juventus would like to thank the players and the coach for their commitment at a difficult time for everyone,” Juventus said in a statement announcing the deal over the weekend.
 While Chiellini is Juventus’ player representative for the Italian soccer players’ association (AIC), the deal with the eight-time defending Serie A champion came before the AIC could work out a unilateral league-wide agreement over reducing salaries with the country's soccer governance.
 “Juventus went ahead but that didn’t surprise us. We knew all about it,” AIC president Damiano Tommasi said. “If there are no disagreements between a club and its players, we don’t feel the need to intervene. If they’ve come to an agreement, that’s fine as is.”
 Negotiations at other clubs have not all been so harmonious.
 On Monday when Lionel Messi and his Barcelona teammates said that they were taking a 70% cut in salaries, it came in a letter that criticized club officials for putting too much pressure on them “to do something that we always knew we would be doing.”
 Salary talks between players and clubs are ongoing in the Premier League and elsewhere around Europe, too.
 The 35-year-old Chiellini, who has made no public comments about his role in the negotiations, completed a bachelor’s degree in economics and commerce at the University of Turin in 2010 and then earned his master’s in 2017, graduating cum laude — with honors.
 Chiellini has always been a diligent student, ever since he attended a specialized science and numbers-oriented high school in his hometown of Livorno along the Tuscan coast. He inherited business acumen from his mother, Lucia, who managed the Mediterranean area for a Norwegian shipping company.
 Chiellini’s twin brother, Claudio, is the defender’s agent and also a manager at Juventus.
 Up next for the Chiellinis: working out a contract extension for Giorgio, whose current deal expires on June 30.
 Despite his age, and despite the fact that Chiellini only played in three Serie A matches this season after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament in August, a renewal seems certain.
 The recipient of Luis Suárez’s bite during the 2014 World Cup, Chiellini remains among the best in the game at frustrating opposing forwards.
 Given his role in helping his club keep its finances in order, it’s also now likely that he will follow in the footsteps of Giampiero Boniperti, Roberto Bettega and Pavel Nedved — great Juventus players turned effective managers within the club.
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journalist: By ANDREW DAMPF , AP Sports Writer, Associated Press

title: Captain to chief negotiator: Chiellini works out salary cuts


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National Health Service staff wait in their cars to take a coronavirus test at a drive through centre in north London, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. The n...
 National Health Service staff wait in their cars to take a coronavirus test at a drive through centre in north London, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

 A large sign at the entrance to a park asking people top stay at home to help stop the spread of the coronavirus in London, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. ...
 A large sign at the entrance to a park asking people top stay at home to help stop the spread of the coronavirus in London, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

 A man wearing a mask to help stop the spread of the coronavirus passes advertising display London, Wednesday, April 1, 2020, stating "Community is Kin...
 A man wearing a mask to help stop the spread of the coronavirus passes advertising display London, Wednesday, April 1, 2020, stating "Community is Kindness'. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

 National Health Service staff wait in their cars to take a coronavirus test at a drive through centre in north London, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. The n...
 National Health Service staff wait in their cars to take a coronavirus test at a drive through centre in north London, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

 National Health Service staff wait in their cars to take a coronavirus test at a drive through centre in north London, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. The n...
 National Health Service staff wait in their cars to take a coronavirus test at a drive through centre in north London, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

 LONDON (AP) — When Prime Minister Boris Johnson developed a cough and fever, he got a test for the new coronavirus. Most other Britons won’t be offered one.
 Johnson’s Conservative government was under fire Wednesday for failing to keep its promise to increase the amount of testing being done for COVID-19, even as the country saw its biggest rise yet in deaths among people with the virus, to 2,352.
 The issue has become an incipient political crisis for Johnson, who has mild symptoms and is working from isolation in the prime minister’s Downing Street apartment.
 Richard Horton, editor of medical journal The Lancet, said Britain’s handling of the COVID-19 crisis was “the most serious science policy failure in a generation.”
 In a tweet, he noted that England’s deputy chief medical officer said last week that “’there comes a point in a pandemic where that (testing) is not an appropriate intervention.”
 “Now (testing is) a priority,” Horton said. "Public message: utter confusion.”
 Like some other countries, the U.K. has restricted testing to hospitalized patients, leaving people with milder symptoms unsure whether they have had the virus. Many scientists say wider testing -- especially of health care staff -- would allow medics who are off work with symptoms to return if they are negative, and would give a better picture of how the virus spreads.
 Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick conceded Wednesday that “we do need to go further and we need to do that faster.”
 The U.K. initially performed about 5,000 tests a day, but the government promised to increase that number to 10,000 by the end of last week and to 25,000 by mid-April. The target has not been met, with 8,630 tests carried out Monday, the last day for which figures are available.
 Critics contrast the U.K. with Germany, which reacted quickly as reports of the new respiratory virus emerged from China at the end of last year. It began producing a test for COVID-19 in January, almost a month before U.K. health authorities produced their own test. Germany now has the capacity to do 500,000 tests a week.
 Jenrick said the U.K.’s test tally should hit 15,000 a day “within a couple of days” and 25,000 a day in a couple of weeks. But progress has been agonizingly slow.
 The government says testing front-line health care workers is a priority — however only 2,000 have been tested so far, from a National Health Service workforce of more than 1 million.
 British officials blame shortages of swabs to take samples and of chemicals known as reagents, which are needed to perform the tests.
 “There is a massive demand for raw materials and commercial kits -- this is not unique to the U.K. -- and many places no longer have stock of essential reagents,” said Stephen Baker, professor of molecular microbiology at the University of Cambridge.
 The United States has also struggled to boost its testing capacity. A test produced by the Centers for Disease Control suffered early reliability problems and there were delays in engaging the private sector to ramp up testing capacity. U.S. testing is now growing rapidly, but varies widely from state to state.
 Public health experts have estimated the U.S. should be testing between 100,000 and 150,000 patients daily to track and contain the virus. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Monday that the U.S. is testing “nearly 100,000 samples per day" and had now tested more than 1 million samples for the coronavirus. It wasn’t clear if that figure represented actual patients or samples processed.
 British officials defend their record at developing and deploying a test for COVID-19. They also say that while too little testing is a weakness, so is too much, because testing vast numbers of healthy people would be wasteful.
 That point was echoed by World Health Organization emergencies chief Dr. Mike Ryan, who said a ratio of 10 negative tests to one positive was “a general benchmark of a system that's doing enough testing to pick up all cases.”
 In Britain, about 20% of tests have been positive, suggesting a substantial number of cases is being missed.
 Critics of the British government say the testing debacle is typical of its sluggish and complacent response to the pandemic.
 The U.K. was slower than many European countries to implement measures such as closing schools, bars and restaurants and telling people to stay home to impede transmission of the virus. A nationwide lock-down was imposed just over a week ago.
 After a decade of public spending cuts by Conservative governments, the National Health Service and other public health bodies have very little spare capacity.
 Jonathan Ashworth, health spokesman for the main opposition Labour Party, said health workers “are rightly asking if we've left it too late to buy the kits and chemicals we need, or whether our lab capacity is too overstretched after years of tight budgets.”
 "NHS staff and carers on the front line who need these tests urgently deserve an immediate explanation from the government as to what's going on,” he said.
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 AP Medical Writer Maria Cheng in London and AP Health Writer Matthew Perrone in Washington contributed to this story.

journalist: By JILL LAWLESS , Associated Press, Associated Press

title: UK's Johnson under fire for low number of COVID-19 tests


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NEW YORK (AP) — Deaths from the coronavirus topped 1,000 in New York City as officials warned that the worst of the virus' toll is yet to come.
 The city's Health Department reported late Tuesday that nearly 1,100 people have died of the virus in the city. More than 1,500 deaths from COVID-19 have been recorded across New York state.

 Data released by the city shows that the disease is having a disproportionate effect in certain neighborhoods, mainly in Brooklyn and Queens.
 The city’s ambulance system and police department are under increasing stress from the pandemic, with nearly a quarter of the city’s emergency medical service workers out sick, according to the Fire Department. In all, 2,800 members of the Fire Department are sidelined, including about 950 of the city’s 4,300 EMS workers.
 Nearly 16 percent of the New York Police Department's uniformed force is now out sick. More than 1,000 officers have tested positive for the virus.
 Authorities are racing to build temporary hospitals in locations including Central Park, the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, a cruise ship terminal and a sports complex to handle an expected surge in patients.
 The virus, which causes the disease COVID-19, has spread rapidly across the globe. It causes mild symptoms in many of those infected, but it can cause severe symptoms or death for some, including older adults and those with underlying medical conditions such as respiratory ailments.

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title: Virus cases in NYC top 1,000 as city prepares for worse


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Real Madrid's Sergio Ramos celebrates as he runs past Barcelona's Lionel Messi during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Barcelo...
 Real Madrid's Sergio Ramos celebrates as he runs past Barcelona's Lionel Messi during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, March 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrea Comas)

 Barcelona's Gerard Pique reacts during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, ...
 Barcelona's Gerard Pique reacts during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, March 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

 MADRID (AP) — More than 1 million euros ($1.1 million) was raised for the fight against the coronavirus pandemic with the help of athletes and musicians in Spain, the country's soccer league said Wednesday.
 The final tally was announced four days after the athletes and musicians took part in a four-hour online music festival organized by the league to help purchase medical supplies and support fans confined to their homes.
 More than 665,000 euros ($731,000) had been raised by the end of the donation period on Sunday, with the rest being added following the confirmation of bank transfers and donations made with international credit cards, the league said.
 The league said the money is enough to purchase 115 non-invasive respirators, 500,000 protective gloves, nearly 12,600 sterilized suits and more than 430,000 masks, in addition to the 1 million donated by league sponsor Santander.
 The league said more than 50 million people connected to watch the event, which was broadcast live to 180 countries through the league's international broadcasters and streamed via YouTube and Facebook.
 Barcelona’s Gerard Piqué, Real Madrid’s Sergio Ramos and tennis great Rafael Nadal were among those who participated in the charity event. Celebrities included singers Aitana, Alejandro Sanz, Beret and Luis Fonsi, actress Danna Paola, music bands Morat and Taburete, and Chinese pianist Lang Lang.
 They all participated from home.
 Spain on Wednesday became the third country to confirm more than 100,000 cases of the coronavirus, after the United States and Italy.
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title: Spanish league says charity festival raised $1 million


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【大紀元2020年04月01日訊】（大紀元記者張玉潔綜合報導）中共企圖一邊在相關數據上造假，一邊推動復工，但國際社會已經認清，這種政治操作不會奏效，如今中國經濟已經與中共病毒（武漢肺炎）疫情密不可分，實際情況令中共的假數據不攻自破，中國經濟正因中共病毒陷入窘境。

德國之聲4月1日引述分析表示，疫情令大陸經濟基本停擺，現在中國政府（中共）試圖採用一切手段使經濟機器全面運作，但是，只有政治意願是否就能奏效？

歐盟駐華商會主席伍德克（Jörg Wuttke）警告說，相關數據的內涵和質量讓人懷疑，如果說80%的企業復工復產了，那麼有多少人重新上崗，是90%還是10%呢？

另外，大陸境內已經有數百萬人失去了工作，還有無數小微企業瀕於倒閉。「這些人在消費上會比以前『克制』得多。」伍德克說，「大問題還在後面：世界各地需求減少，中國過去每天向歐洲出口約10億歐元商品，現在得看會減多少。」

法國《回聲報》3月31日發文表示，大陸境內的需求減半，2月份的經濟休克對億萬中國人收入造成衝擊，北京大學最近的一項研究表明，酒店、飯店、零售和建築公司的員工在2月份損失了大約一半收入。

另據近日數據顯示，境外需求也大跌，訂單銳減，很多外貿企業停產關門。比如紡織品重鎮浙江紹興市被曝3月訂單減少78%，65%的企業出現客戶取消訂單的情況。

最近，網絡熱傳大陸企業因海外訂單取消而再次停工的公告，有的企業讓員工放假或輪休，無法確定恢復正常的時間，有的企業表示員工可以提出離職。

除了製造業，服務業外貿也受到重創。4月1日中共商務部網站的數據顯示，大陸1月和2月服務進出口總額同比下降11.6%。其中，建築、旅遊和運輸這三大領域的服務進出口額分別下降28.4%、23.1%和4.4%。

近日有分析師發出警告，儘管最近北京當局放鬆了隔離限制，但人們對疫情的擔心仍然揮之不去。

凱投宏觀的分析師預計，大陸的失業人數和收入減少的情況會持續增加，而且，許多人懷疑疫情是否真的結束了，對出門感到擔心。

美國約翰·霍普金斯大學政治經濟學教授孔誥烽4月1日發表分析文章表示，中國（中共）發布的疫情資訊沒人信，連地方政府和人民都不相信疫情受控，比如北京市仍被嚴格隔離，各地排斥湖北人，電影院開了又被叫停等，「現在如果有人還會相信它（中共），那個人如果不是頭腦有問題，便一定是中共宣傳機器的一員。」他說。

法國《回聲報》的分析文章中也質疑中共官方的疫情數據與實際死亡人數不符，比如武漢，成千上萬的骨灰盒在地上排成一排，死亡人數可能被嚴重低估。

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countries: 美國 歐盟 德國 中國 法國

events: 放假 武漢肺炎 死亡

title: 一邊造假一邊復工 中共「政治意願」不奏效


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【大紀元2020年04月02日訊】（大紀元記者張婷編譯報導）中共病毒（武漢肺炎）疫情持續在全球蔓延，關於病毒的起源始終眾說紛紜，其中包括質疑中共病毒實驗室的疏漏，或導致來源於蝙蝠的病毒洩漏。《華盛頓時報》國家安全記者、專欄作家比爾·格茨（Bill Gertz）3月30日發文披露了中國的蝙蝠冠狀病毒研究和所存在的安全隱患。

中共病毒（SARS-CoV-2）自去年底爆發後，很多人認為源於蝙蝠，因為該病毒與蝙蝠的冠狀病毒非常相似。到目前為止，病毒的確切起源仍然是個謎。

格茨表示，中國研究蝙蝠病毒之領銜人物田俊華曾和蝙蝠尿液接觸，並進行自我隔離14天，此時段和當前爆發病毒的建議隔離時間一致，引人關注。

他說，就在武漢疫情公開後不久，中共官員們拒絕向美國研究人員提供冠狀病毒株樣本。病毒傳播了數週，中共也不允許國際病毒專家去武漢。

中共政府的研究人員發現並隔離出2000多種新病毒，包括致命的蝙蝠冠狀病毒，並在距離被視為疫情爆發中心的野生動物交易市場（華南海鮮批發市場）3英里的地方，開展了各種科學工作。

中國問題專家史蒂芬·摩舍（Steven W. Mosher）敦促中共公開武漢實驗室的研究記錄。

格茨在文章中寫道，一些中共媒體最近幾個月在吹捧病毒研究，並特別強調了在武漢的一名關鍵研究人物田俊華，他是研究蝙蝠病毒的領銜人物之一。

去年12月由中共政府資助、在網上張貼的一段視頻顯示，田俊華在湖北省的一些山洞裡，從捕捉的蝙蝠身上提取樣本並儲存在小玻璃瓶裡。

中共官員聲稱，病毒可能是通過武漢華南海鮮批發市場裡的野生動物傳染給人的，而巧合的是，這個批發市場不遠處就是武漢市疾病預防控制中心（CDC），這也是中國的蝙蝠病毒研究中心。

一個名叫「曠野青春—隱形防線」的中文視頻，記錄了研究人員如何處理含有致命病毒的蝙蝠。這個7分鐘的短片炫耀了中共如何在全球病毒研究中處於領先地位，並揭示在過去12年中發現超過2000種病毒，時間恰在SARS病毒爆發之後的這段時間。

格茨說，目前正在爆發的疫情其背後的致命病毒被稱為SARS Coronavirus–2，已被追溯到蝙蝠。

短片裡提到，在中共發現這些病毒之前，全世界在過去200年預計才發現了2,284種病毒。

中共官媒曾揭示，田俊華有一次沒有穿防護服進山洞裡，結果碰到了蝙蝠的尿液，為了避免傳染，他進行自我隔了14天。巧合的很，這和現在的COVID-19（中共病毒引發的肺炎）疫情建議隔離時間一致。

田俊華在武漢市疾病預防控制中心（CDC）消毒與病媒生物防治所工作。根據《武漢晚報》2017年5月的一篇報導，田俊華自2012年以來收集了數千隻蝙蝠，用於研究蝙蝠病毒。

「蝙蝠身上有大量人類未發現的病毒，」他說。作為研究人員他還從老鼠和黃蜂等身上收集病毒。

在一次意外接觸蝙蝠尿液後，田俊華說，他和妻子保持了安全距離。「只要我在14天潛伏期沒有得病，就說明我幸運地沒有被感染。」他說。

格茨說，自從新冠病毒（中共病毒）爆發以來，武漢CDC網站上有關田俊華或其研究工作的最新相關信息找不到了。他與其他人至少合著了兩篇有關新冠病毒和其影響的科學研究。

格茨多次試圖聯繫田本人也沒有成功。中共駐華盛頓大使館的發言人沒有回應格茨請求置評的電子郵件。

美國國務院的一位官員表示，田俊華和他在蝙蝠病毒研究中的角色令人擔憂。

「他（田俊華）在武漢的CDC生活和工作，該地距離華南動物市場只有幾百碼。他在武漢的一個小組裡供職，近年來為中國（中共）痴迷的病毒捕捉和研究做出了貢獻。」該官員說。

格茨說，一些美國和國際科學家駁回了一些有關武漢新冠病毒（中共病毒）與中國的實驗室相關的報告，他們認為病毒是自然傳到人類身上，並在人與人之間傳播。

但其他科學家則表示，更多證據表明，這個病毒可能是在武漢的一個中國實驗室內研究過，通過被傳染的員工或者是被傳染的實驗動物，洩露出去。

羅格斯大學（Rutgers University）教授、生物安全研究人員理查德·埃布賴特 （Richard Ebright）表示，爆發的這個病毒和武漢病毒研究所2013年發現並在武漢CDC研究的蝙蝠病毒有96.2%的相似度。病毒可能自然地從動物傳染到人類，也可能是從實驗室洩露出來。

「蝙蝠冠狀病毒在中國多個實驗室都有收集和研究，包括武漢市CDC和武漢病毒研究所。」埃布賴特對《華盛頓時報》說，「所以，第一例人感染病例也可能是一個實驗室事故造成的。」

埃布賴特表示，直到疫情大爆發，還有兩個冠狀病毒在中國的P2（而不是武漢病毒研究所安全性較高的P4）實驗室裡研究，P2這樣級別的設施對於防止實驗室員工感染病毒只能提供最小的保護。P2實驗室病毒的收集、培養、分離或動物感染，都給實驗室人員意外感染帶來高風險。

埃布賴特說，那個中國短片裡展示了在田的帶領下，武漢CDC的員工工作時並沒有足夠的個人防護設備，操作不具備安全性，包括臉部和手腕處沒有保護，缺少護目鏡和面部防護。這樣的操作如遇到高傳染性的病毒（就像爆發的這個）會造成巨大的感染風險。

埃布賴特還表示，從相關的新聞和視頻中也可以看到這種意外傳染的可能性，包括在山洞裡被意外感染，或者在野外實驗室裡由於沒有足夠的防護而意外感染，也可能是從山洞或野外實驗室的運輸過程意外感染，甚至在武漢CDC實驗室和武漢病毒研究所裡因缺乏安全措施而感染。

格茨說，有關中共對蝙蝠病毒廣泛研究的報導，很可能將會激發外界更多的呼籲，要求北京公開這項研究的已知情況。

「這是人類歷史上最惡劣的掩蓋，現在全世界都在面對（中共病毒）全球大流行。」美國聯邦眾議員、眾議院外交委員會副主席麥克·麥考爾（Micael T. McCaul）上週說。他表示，中共政府應該要為這次全球疫情承擔責任。

美國人口研究所（Population Research Institute）的中國問題專家史蒂芬·摩舍（Steven W. Mosher）表示，中國（中共）多年來一直在研究可能對人類有害的馬蹄蝠冠狀病毒，這在一些科學雜誌上有詳細記錄。

摩舍說，他們寫到從馬蹄蝠身上收集類似於SARS的冠狀病毒，並證明這些病毒和SARS病毒相似，其中一些自然發生的冠狀病毒還可以直接傳染給人類。

「他們（中共）也寫了關於基因工程的新型致命病毒，正如今天武漢病毒一樣，能夠感染人的肺部組織。」摩舍說。

摩舍呼籲中共政府公開其研究，以幫助衛生官員應對這個全球大流行。

「中國（中共）聲稱這個病毒不是從其生物實驗室中逃脫出來的。好的，那就請把武漢實驗室的研究記錄都公布出來，以示證明。」

責任編輯：林妍#

journalist: 摩舍呼籲中共政府公開其研究，以幫助衛生官員應對這個全球大流行。

countries: 中國 查德 美國

events: COVID-19 新冠病毒 冠狀病毒 武漢肺炎

title: 探尋疫情起源 美專家促中共披露實驗室記錄


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【大紀元2020年04月01日訊】（大紀元記者張頓報導）美國國務院發言人說，習近平向川普（特朗普）總統承諾，將遏制「中共病毒」（武漢肺炎）疫情虛假信息宣傳。外界注意到，曾散布謠言說病毒源自美國的中共外交部發言人趙立堅已經26天沒有公開露面。

3月31日，在華盛頓召開的一場視訊座談會上，美國國務院發言人摩根·奧特加斯（Morgan Ortagus）表示，習近平在27日與川普通話時承諾，將降低中共官方人員協同散布陰謀論的做法。

「習近平主席是否會履行他對川普的承諾，還有待觀察。但至少在短期內，我們已經看到中共官員停止了重複轉推這些陰謀論的做法。」摩根·奧特加斯說，關注信息戰的美國國務院全球接觸中心（Global Engagement Center，簡稱GEC）發現，中共官員已不再像過去幾週，對散播陰謀論如此「激進」。

摩根·奧特加斯介紹，2016年成立的GEC，原本專注於反恐任務，目前正全力應對來自外國的虛假信息戰。GEC成立了三個新團隊，分別負責來自中共、俄羅斯、伊朗的虛假信息。

GEC從今年1月就觀察到中共信息戰的行動，近幾週注意到，中共高階官員已直接參與陰謀論的散播，因此美國高階官員也紛紛走向檯面迎戰。

「我們不能對這種由中共官員帶頭的虛假信息戰坐視不管，過去可能透過GEC或其它單位來糾正，但此次由發言人、國務卿、甚至總統直接參與（反擊中共信息戰）。」摩根·奧特加斯說。

武漢肺炎最遲在去年12月1日就爆發，但中共當局一直隱瞞疫情、打壓傳播疫情真相的醫生、民眾，散布疫情「可防可控」、沒有「人傳人」等虛假信息，致使疫情迅速蔓延。

疫情氾濫後，中共不但內部互相推卸隱瞞疫情的責任，而且有計劃地把病毒的來源甩鍋給美國。

3月12日，中共外交部新聞發言人趙立堅在推特上刊文，質疑美軍在去年10月份武漢召開的世界軍運會上把病毒帶到了中國。

趙立堅說：「零號病人是什麼時候在美國出現的？有多少人被感染？醫院的名字是什麼？可能是美軍把疫情帶到了武漢。美國要透明！要公開數據！美國欠我們一個解釋！」

這是中共高級官員首次把病毒的責任甩鍋給美國，但趙立堅的言論立即遭到美方強烈反擊。

隨後便發生美國傳召中國大使表達不滿、美國國務卿蓬佩奧指控中國「散播虛假訊息」、再到總統川普以「中國病毒」之論反制，中美緊張關係火上澆油。

美國國務院第二天召見中共駐華大使崔天凱，向中方表達「嚴厲的抗議」。同時，美國國務卿蓬佩奧3月16日與中共高級外交官楊潔篪通話時，再次表達「美國強烈反對」，批評中共企圖轉移病毒起源地及推卸瘟疫傳播責任，並正告北京勿散播虛假訊息和荒誕謠言。

蓬佩奧還多次公開指「武漢病毒」，並說：「中國共產黨曾說過，這次的疫情是來自武漢，可不是我說的。」

同時，美國總統川普也多次強調「中國病毒」，反制中共甩鍋給美國的企圖。他說，美軍方並沒有這樣做，絕不允許中共污名化美軍，「我們必須以其起源地稱呼它（病毒）」。

3月27日，川普與習近平通話時說，「我將親自過問」，確保美中兩國排除干擾、合作抗疫。

令外界關注的是，出面挑起這次美中關係風波的趙立堅，已經26天沒有公開露面了。

趙立堅今年2月24日才正式以中共外交部新聞發言人的身分露面，但他履新僅約2星期，在3月6日主持例行記者會後，就再沒有公開現身。期間，他在中共封鎖的推特上拋出震撼中美關係的「美軍播毒」言論。

香港《經濟日報》4月1日報導說，作為中共發言人的趙立堅，從3月6日例行記者會後至4月1日晚，已26天沒有真身露面；如算上至今日（2日）下午仍未現身，則已27日未現身。輿論場對此有不少傳聞，但都不可盡信。

報導指，儘管崔天凱日前接受美媒訪問時稱，病毒源頭應是科學家的工作，而不是由外交官或記者進行揣測，「更表明趙立堅稱病毒或來自美軍，屬於瘋狂的言論」；並稱自己的言論代表中共國家元首，但是事態的發展如何，一切要由時間驗證。

但香港《蘋果日報》報導指，根據中共外交部網站上例行記者會的記錄，每名發言人約每兩星期轉換一次。趙立堅2月24日出任外交部發言人，一連主持兩星期、10場記者會後，換成另一名發言人耿爽主持。不過，耿爽從3月9日至27日，連續三星期主持15場記者會後，改由新聞司司長華春瑩主持。

外界認為，中共外交部發言人直接把病毒起源甩鍋給美國，是中共當局有計劃的陰謀，目的是轉移中共隱瞞疫情給全球帶來巨大災難後的責任。

把病毒起源甩鍋給外國，首先由中共專家鍾南山2月27日提出。他說：「疫情首先出現在中國，不一定是發源在中國」，「現在已經是人傳人了，但這個病毒從哪裡來還是存疑。」

而且近日疑似中共當局下發的一份《疫情期間涉美宣傳指導綱要問答》文件在網上熱傳。

文件顯示，中共煽動媒體仇視美國的指導方針包括多個方面。如果「美國沒有爆發疫情」，煽動方向為：「應著力宣傳病毒是美國對華人開展生物戰，但只能讓紅色自媒體去實施」；如果「美國爆發大規模疫情」，則煽動「美國政治體制不利於疫情防控，大力肯定中國的制度優越性」云云。

責任編輯：林詩遠#

journalist: 而且近日疑似中共當局下發的一份《疫情期間涉美宣傳指導綱要問答》文件在網上熱傳。

countries: 伊朗 中國 美國 香港 俄羅斯

people: 川普 習近平

things: 經濟 假訊息

title: 習向川普承諾遏制假信息 趙立堅26天未露面


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【大紀元2020年04月02日訊】（大紀元記者凌雲、曉華報導）近日隨著中國周邊多個國家先後宣布禁止糧食出口，中國大陸的湖北黃岡、宜昌、鄂州等地區，以及重慶、山東、甘肅等多省均爆發搶米潮。當局緊急「闢謠」稱「庫存充足」，不過輿論認為，中國的糧食危機問題已經迫在眉睫。

近日，湖北省黃岡、宜昌、鄂州等地均出現恐慌性搶購糧油食品的風潮。一段視頻顯示，在鄂州一家米油麵店，遭民眾哄搶後，當局制止無效，命令所有的糧油店都關門停售。

隨後，鄂州、黃岡等地緊急發布「緊急闢謠」，強調該市的糧油「庫存充足」，呼籲民眾「千萬不要跟風搶購糧油」。

居住在鄂州市內的李先生向記者證實，前兩天當地確實出現了搶糧現象，後來被政府制止。海南一個女子因發布了這個消息被抓。不過大紀元查證，海南女子因提醒朋友買米被抓，是發生在1月份，並非這起事件。

除了湖北，重慶市民中也都流傳著糧食要短缺的消息，互相提醒由於受疫情影響很多國家糧食不出口了，為防萬一要多屯一些。

北碚復興鎮街道的張女士家是大家庭，有十口人，聽說此事後趕緊去熟悉的米商那裡屯了300斤大米。並且重慶出現「超市大米都被搶光」的視頻。

重慶當局4月1日緊急闢謠稱，「總體上來看，重慶的糧油生產正常、儲備充足……」

另外，山東濰坊市昌邑市陳姓民眾向記者透露，他們市裡也出現搶米潮，搶得都沒有了，與她同住的婆婆不得已回了老家（周邊縣城）買米，因為老家還沒有人聽說缺糧的消息（因此沒有出現搶購潮）。

搶購米麵的現象也出現在甘肅省臨夏自治州。網傳視頻顯示，3月28日前後，有部分市民扎堆前去超市、糧油店購買米麵糧油。

隨後蘭州亦出現市民搶購米麵現象，並且蔓延到了平涼市。一位蘭州市民黃女士稱，「我自己就屯了兩袋米、兩袋面、兩桶油和五包鹽。」

3月29日，臨夏自治州網信辦微信公眾號「臨夏發布」則緊急刊發文件稱，當地米麵油市場備貨充足，價格平穩，廣大市民應理性購買，不必刻意囤積。

不過網上曝光一份來自臨夏州委發布的「對糧食安全作出部署」的加註「祕密」的文件顯示，要求「全力儲備群眾日常生活物資」，並「動員引導群眾自覺存糧」，確保每戶儲備3·6個月的糧食。提前下撥福利費，各單位購買米麵油等食物分發給幹部職工。

針對多地爆發搶米麵潮，中共官媒紛紛引述國家糧油信息中心高級經濟師王遼衛的說法「闢謠」稱，中國實現了「穀物基本自給、口糧絕對安全」，糧食供求「總體寬鬆，完全能滿足人民群眾日常消費需求」。

但實際情況又是怎樣呢？

隨著中共肺炎疫情快速蔓延，越南政府已經宣布從3月24日零點開始，各種大米產品禁止以任何形式出口。越南是僅次於印度和泰國的世界第三大大米出口國，也是中國最大的大米進口國。

2012年，中國大米進口量超越尼日利亞，成為全球最大的大米進口國，占全球大米進口總量的比重超過10%，越南、泰國、巴基斯坦為中國三大大米進口國。

除了越南禁止大米出口外，世界第二大稻米出口國泰國當前雖並未明確限制大米出口，不過之前傳出相關消息，這兩個國家大米的價格，僅在一個月內就上漲了10%。

中國的第三大大米進口國巴基斯坦和世界第一大大米出口國印度都遭遇蝗蟲災，預計將嚴重影響印巴兩國今年的糧食產量。

除了大米，中國小麥進口國之一的哈薩克斯坦，已禁止小麥、紅蘿蔔、糖、馬鈴薯、蕎麥和洋蔥等產品出口；吉爾吉斯斯坦也禁止6個月內出口11種商品，主要都是糧食與食品。塞爾維亞則已停止葵花籽油等貨品出口。

事實上，中國早已感受到危機。日前，中共接連出台多種政策，比如山東要求農民把地裡種的樹砍掉，重新種植糧食。有產糧省份發出通知，明確只要是水田的耕地都要種植水稻，已經種植了其它作物的，比如花生、玉米、蔬菜的，全部鏟掉，翻耕種植水稻。也有通知要村民一年必須栽種兩季水稻，並將對拋荒農田者追究責任。輿論認為，中國的糧食危機問題已經迫在眉睫。

責任編輯：孫芸#

countries: 中國 越南 塞爾維亞 尼日 吉爾吉斯 哈薩克 印度 巴基斯坦 泰國

title: 中國多地現搶米潮 當局「闢謠」難掩窘境


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【大纪元2017年08月03日讯】（大纪元记者张婷编译报导）东南亚国家开发商周三（8月2日）表示，由于大陆物业价格太高，促发大陆人纷纷在海外寻房，于是出现大陆人在泰国抢购物业的现象。

据路透社报导，大陆人在海外所购买的物业有的是供个人使用，也有的是用于海外投资。

海滩阳光、各种街道小吃以及古老的寺庙，泰国已经成为中国游客青睐之地。今年泰国接待的外国游客预计会达3500万人次，其中中国游客预计会占三分之一。

泰国房地产开发商Sansiri今年在中国开设三家新办事处，加入其北京分部。Sansiri表示，在过去三年中，该公司对中国买家的销售量稳步上升。

Sansiri的国际商务主管莱德尔斯（Cobby Leathers）表示，2014年，该公司的外国买家中，约15%是中国买家，而去年，这一数字近乎翻了一番，增加至近30%。今年，中国买家可能会达到或超过香港买家。香港一直是Sansiri多年来的主要市场。

Raimon Land Pcl（RML.BK）地产公司首席执行官阿德里安．李（Adrian Lee）表示，三五年前，中国买家占该公司外国买家的20%至30%，而现在大约占60%。

中国国际物业门户Juwai.com首席运营官苏荣（Sue Jong）表示，根据2016年中国人房地产购买数量查询结果，泰国占第六，但在2017年的上半年，泰国就已经上升至第三名。

苏荣说，他们看到出现更多的中产阶级中国买家，这些买家往往承担不起在更昂贵的国家买房。

苏荣还表示，三分之二的中国买家都在寻找价值在25万美元或以下的物业。

来自成都33岁的舒菲菲（音译，Shu Feifei）表示，过去两年内，她在曼谷购买了两套房产，她通过短期租赁网站Airbnb再将房产出租出去。

舒菲菲告诉路透社说：“在那里（曼谷）投资比在中国投资更好。”“在泰国，对于外国买家来说，购买较小的物业会比较好。如果他们想要把房产出租出去，也更容易出租。”

舒菲菲还说，很多中国投资者通过社交媒体向她询问。自从去年初以来，中国房价出现大幅上涨，

根据Juwai.com的信息，泰国的曼谷、普吉岛（Phuket）和芭堤雅（Pattaya），这三个地方是中国买家的首选。

尽管去年年末人民币兑美元跌至八年来最低水平，但2017年中国买家仍然持续激增。#

责任编辑：林妍

countries: 中国 香港

title: 大陆房价高 中国人抢购泰国房地产


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【大纪元2017年01月20日讯】（大纪元记者梁珍、辛鸿香港报导）又到黄历新年，正是中国人办年货的好时机。为购买真货优质货，不少大陆游客纷纷选择赴海外购物，当中香港再成热点。香港旅游发展局最新调查发现，最近两个月访港旅客数字整体跌幅收窄，其中去年12月前半个月更上升4.4%，当中大陆游客上升3.8%。这对业界而言，是“一针强心针”。不过，记者走访各区发现，大陆游客的消费模式已明显改变，抢购奢侈品的热潮已减退，趋向更加理性和平和，货品当中保健品及日用品等大热。

临近岁晚，香港名店林立的尖沙咀海港城（HarbourCity）已没有前两年名牌店前大排长龙的景象，广东道变得明显宽敞和疏落。以往HERMES、Dior、CHANEL、LV的旗舰店在早上开门之前，门外已经排长队，其中以讲国语的大陆客人为主。

在北京做矿产生意的陈先生，带着漂亮的女友排队进LV店后空手而出，“没有看中款式”。经常来香港购物的他，每次平均消费10-20万元，但直言在香港买名牌已经没有以往的吸引力，“英镑、欧元大贬，去欧洲买更便宜。”

铜锣湾、旺角一带也没有以往的拥挤人流；弥敦道上密集的金铺人流疏落，店员人数比顾客还要多。

香港最大的珠宝连锁店之一周大福在港澳的零售点，由2015年3月底的112家下跌到2016年底的102家，一年多时间关闭了10家店铺。周大福董事会主席郑家纯在此前的报告中称，大陆游客在港澳消费减少，“这使得经营环境挑战重重”。

不过，在邻近大陆的屯门、元朗、沙田一带，却多了不少拖着行李箱的大陆游客，抢购日用品带回大陆。

本周三，记者到屯门西铁站相连的V-city商场实地考察。这里和最近的深圳湾口岸只有15分钟的巴士车程，也是最邻近深圳湾的大型商场，因此备受深圳居民欢迎，无论是附近相连的大型商场，还是外围的新墟老街，到处都有大陆客的身影。

“我们每天都来，整天都在屯门这一带泡着，按客户需要，要什么买什么。”三名操外地口音的年轻女子，拖着行李箱，拿着一张购物单，在V-city商场按单扫货，购买的清单从SK-II化妆品到药品，应有尽有。据说每转可以赚取约100港元。撑起水货市场的，源于大陆巨大的购物需求。

来自深圳的张小姐和郭小姐，每人都拖着两个行李箱，来香港采购年货，很快就塞得满满的，要蹲在地上整理行李。她们声明自己不是走水货，“因为太忙，没有时间。”但坦言身边的不少朋友，家庭主妇，都愿意来香港购物，顺便帮忙带货“赚点差价”。

“我们喜欢来香港买东西，是因为注重品质，这里的东西比较令人放心。而且价钱便宜两三成。”郭小姐说。最喜欢来香港买日用品、保健品和食品等，至于奢侈品，她说只会买皮包，对手表、珠宝等不感兴趣。

她们今次主要是购买金莎朱古力以及奇华饼干等香港特色食品，预计花费约2,000元，较大陆至少便宜500元。郭小姐甚至还买了日本万字牌酱油，跨境带回深圳。她说：“前两天国内报导，大陆造假酱油，假冒有牌子的酱油拿到市面卖；吃的东西更要讲究。”

她笑言，家里的日用品，从老到少用的，都是在香港采购，包括奶粉、保健品等，“淘宝上也有香港奶粉，但我们不敢买，怕假货。”虽然人民币下跌，但宁可多换一些港币，买成货品送礼最好。

张小姐还会帮朋友、亲戚买药油，“他们都说香港的药品很神奇，如感冒药，吃了就好，有些治疗腰酸背痛的药油，也很有特效”，“香港的药，政府有监管，所以质量有保证，即使大陆同样有卖，我们也不敢买，要在这里买才放心。”

虽然香港官方没有针对大陆游客购物消费做调查，不过，以日本观光厅公布的“外国游客消费动向调查”为例，家电、药妆、服饰、鞋包一直高居陆客“爆买”清单的前几名。

对于这一现象，长期研究香港零售业的经济学家、冠域商业及经济研究中心主任关焯照认为，奢侈品销售下跌，主要是习近平2012年上台后，开始打击贪腐，受此影响，导致中国大陆访港人数下降和奢侈品的消费量减少，零售业中受冲击最大的是珠宝、手表和国际时装品牌。

不过，他认为中医、保健类产品以及个人化妆品等抗跌性较强。“因为现代人注重健康，特别是大陆游客喜欢买香港的保健品，认为品质较好”，而且香港人一向重视保健，尤其是中医，“在香港很受欢迎”。

关焯照认为，未来大陆游客的消费模式是“中档化”，注重健康和有品质的生活。

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自2003年香港对大陆自由行开放以来，香港的零售市场以每年超过10%的比例增长。这个势头在2015年发生逆转。

港府统计显示，香港零售业继2015年下跌3.7%后，再于2016年1月至11月按年下跌8.6%，连续21个月录得下跌。其中11月零售业总销货按年下跌5.5%，跌幅较10月的2.9%扩大，当中珠宝首饰、钟表及名贵礼物的销货价值跌14.4%，电器及摄影器材跌27.3%。

在过去的十多年中，香港成为中国富豪和权贵阶层消费奢侈品的集中地，全球名牌纷纷抢滩香港。曾几何时，尖沙咀、中环和铜锣湾的时装、珠宝和名表店栉比鳞次，令这些地方的一线商业街道的租金甚至超过纽约曼哈顿的第五大道，比名牌之都巴黎贵一倍。

就在2014年，海港城还自豪地宣称其每平方尺销售额为世界最高，但如今盛况不再。据九龙仓业绩报告显示，海港城2016年上半年租户销售额下跌14.7%至133亿港元，跌幅比2015全年的12.1%扩大，而且也高于市场的平均水平，主要是受到高端产品销售疲弱的影响。

同样的萧条还出现在香港诸多的地标购物中心。同属九龙仓旗下的铜锣湾时代广场、金钟太古广场、鲗鱼涌太古城中心、东涌东荟城名店仓等的销售额下跌约一成。

面对萧条景象，各大型商场纷纷开始变身。据知，海港城商场通过引进更多具号召力及年轻的品牌以紧贴潮流，包括一些轻奢、美容品牌，以加强海港城的多元化租户组合。港威商场则吸引了Adidas进驻开设旗舰店，以把握新兴的运动休闲潮流。

时代广场还在13A楼新设“儿童天地”，在9楼及10楼将部分区域改装为生活时尚集中地。

随着大陆游客日渐熟悉香港，购物热点不限于大型购物中心，坊间各式的特色小店以及符合现代人追求健康理念的产品受到欢迎。

尼尔森2014年公布的《大陆游客购物调查》称，一些中小型的精品店开始分流了一批大型购物中心的客户——大陆游客相信在这些精品店可能会买到更加丰富而独特的商品。

专营个人保健和美容产品的零售连锁店万宁的业绩报告显示，2015年的收入共25.631亿美元，比2014年的24.545亿美元增长4%。该零售集团在港澳两地的零售业务没有受到大陆访客数量减少的影响，会员卡MannCard的登记量比前一年增长18%，达到200万张。

一些本地药房亦生意畅旺，甚至利用水货客做运输，帮忙邮寄到大陆，包括海外鱼肝油、维他命、治癌药品等都是畅销货。有大陆游客向记者透露，由于大陆阴霾、毒食品猖獗，令健康成为他们最关注的范畴。他们希望在香港买到各国的保健产品，包括香港和海外制造的。

香港财经专栏作家廖仕明表示，天然、绿色的健康产品正在成为新潮流，市场需要优良商品。各国品牌的优质产品都希望透过香港进入大陆，令香港孕育商机。

另外，他说，香港实行与国际接轨的司法和行政管理体制。因此特别适合各类希望进入中国大陆、亚洲各国市场甚至全球市场的商家的试金石。在香港获得成功的商品，在全球市场成功的可能性也极大，故看好中医、保健品等健康产品市场。◇#

责任编辑：李薇

countries: 中国 香港 日本

taiwan-subdivisions: 和平 成功 和美

title: 大陆假货劣货充斥 陆客赴港抢购高品质年货


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【大纪元2020年04月02日讯】（大纪元记者吴英综合报导）三名美国官员透露，情报机构在给白宫的一份机密报告中总结说，北京刻意隐瞒中共病毒（武汉肺炎）的确诊及死亡人数。

彭博社周三（4月1日）报导，三位要求不透露姓名的美国官员说，情报单位提供给白宫这份机密报告的结论是，中共故意公布不完整的确诊病例数据及死亡人数，其中两人说，中共的数据是假的。

这三位知情人士拒绝透露该机密报告的详细内容。其中一位官员说，白宫上周收到了这份报告。

白宫和中共驻华盛顿大使馆没有立即回应彭博社的置评请求。

去年底，中国湖北省武汉市出现不明肺炎患者，当地数名医生看到检体报告后发现，该病原体是类似蕯斯（SARS）的病毒，立即通知相关单位以及其他医生注意。未料，被医院管理人员或公安找去问话及训诫。

中共随后虽然通报世卫组织（WHO），但是对内持续打压试图传递疫情真相的公民记者及网民，对外则宣称“当前疫情可控可防”，否认出现人传人现象，武汉当地还举办大型的年节活动，一直到1月23日（中国新年前夕），武汉市才宣布封城，市长事后说，封城当时已有500万武汉居民出城或出国。

中共压制信息以及迟迟未采取公卫措施导致疫情蔓延到海外，引发各国不满。此外，人们高度怀疑中共公布的疫情数据。中共一再修改统计方法，连续数个星期排除完全没有症状的人，即便他们的检测结果呈阳性反应。本周二（3月31日），中共又计入此类情况的人，当天，确诊数就增加了1,500多例无症状病例。

近日，中国重灾区湖北省的殡仪馆发放成千上万的骨灰盒，再度引起了公众对中共官方数据的质疑。

白宫抗疫小组协调人、免疫学家黛博拉·伯克斯（Deborah Birx）周二暗示，由于中共报告的错误数据，导致美国对中共病毒大流行的反应缓慢。

她说，对于中共官方数据，例如某个有着8000万人口的区域（湖北省），确诊病例为5万人，“你会想，这个和SARS差不多，但不致于是全球大流行。”

“医学界对中共数据的解读是：这很严重，但是比任何人的预期都要小。”她说。

伯克斯指出，可能因为中共官方数据存在很大的落差，没有反映出目前在意大利或西班牙看到的情况。

Pandemic expert Dr. Deborah Birx says U.S. officials initially responded to the coronavirus outbreak the way that they did because they thought it was going to be “more like SARS” and not a “global pandemic” *BECAUSE* “we were missing a significant amount of the data” from China pic.twitter.com/yFkzqqDBHh

— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) April 1, 2020

中共并不是唯一隐匿疫情数据的国家，西方国家官员指出，伊朗、俄罗斯、印度尼西亚、沙特阿拉伯、埃及都可能低报病例数，朝鲜甚至到目前为止，都没有通报病例数。

美国国务卿蓬佩奥（Michael Pompeo）公开敦促中共和其它国家对其疫情信息保持透明。他多次指责中共掩盖、延迟分享信息、以及阻止专家进入中国协助，导致各国未能及早采取应对措施。

英国南安普敦大学（University of Southampton）3月份发表的一项研究发现，如果中共当局不隐瞒疫情，在更早时候实施应对方案，可以减少中共病毒（武汉肺炎）95%的传播。

据其研究，中共的回应如果提前一周、两周或三周进行，则病例可以分别减少66%、86%和95%。

责任编辑：林妍#

countries: 埃及 西班牙 伊朗 印度 中国

title: 传白宫获机密报告：中共疫情数据是假的


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本集主要内容：
 彭光荣买了水果去找陆淮海，声称要给陆淮海报喜，彭光荣告诉陆淮海他和百灵处对象了。陆淮海赶紧过来找陆百灵，他想让陆百灵告诉自己到底发生了什么事情。陆百灵不说什么，只说自己的确是真心要和彭光荣处对象的。陆淮海看出妹妹并不愿多说什么，于是叮嘱她一定要嫁给自己真心爱的人才行。
（《我哥我嫂》 第14集）

journalist: 任凭

title: 《我哥我嫂》 第14集


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 彭光荣去找陆百灵，故意敲门敲得很大声，周围邻居都看了过来。彭光荣趁机把菜汤倒在陆百灵的身上，陆百灵气急败坏，彭光荣劝说陆百灵赶紧把衣服换了。趁着陆百灵换衣服的时间，彭光荣把自己的衣服也脱得只剩背心和短裤。他估摸着时间差不多，故意制造动静并大喊地震了，让百灵赶紧跑出去。百灵信以为真，跟彭光荣牵着手往外冲，一院子的人惊讶地望着他们两个。
（《我哥我嫂》 第13集）

title: 《我哥我嫂》 第13集


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本集主要内容：
 李小霞修改好申请以后，彭光荣把陆百灵喊了出来，陆百灵对李小霞冷嘲热讽。李小霞不仅写了申请书，而且还提前准备好了举报信，她要举报陆百灵曾经演唱淫秽歌曲，影响革命作风，还指出陆百灵生活作风有问题，这样的人如果进入区委工作，会影响单位的集体形象。
（《我哥我嫂》 第12集）

title: 《我哥我嫂》 第12集


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中共官方促消費 民眾反應冷

記者吳典叡／綜合報導

正當「嚴重特殊傳染性肺炎」（武漢肺炎）全球大流行，且大陸疫情仍擴散時，中共最近利用媒體和地方政府刺激消費，期望民眾外出用餐、購物，但這樣的造勢並未解除大眾焦慮，安全仍是人們的首要考慮因素。

根據《彭博》報導，中共部分地方政府為刺激消費，有的發放代金券，有的企業放帶薪假，或提供汽車等大宗商品的消費補貼，而陸媒則上演「官員冒險外出用餐」情節。但多數大陸人反應冷淡，因擔心外出不安全，以及失業率激增導致的財務壓力。

英國《經濟學人》智庫（EIU）分析指出，中共地方政府的刺激方案仍不足夠，因為失業率再上升5個百分點，等於失去2200萬個工作。

journalist: 吳典叡

title: 中共官方促消費 民眾反應冷 | 大陸動態


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補貼款貪官分贓 武漢人上街抗爭

記者吳典叡／綜合報導

陸媒報導，在「嚴重特殊傳染性肺炎」（武漢肺炎）疫情蔓延之際，中共官方不但未給疫區民眾任何的補償和救濟，各級官員還貪污補貼款，導致基層人員上街抗議，怒批救災物資分配不公，根本是「分贓」。

近日一段「武漢人上街」影片在網路流傳，顯示現場有1輛車牌號碼為「鄂．A1137」的警車，大批抗議民眾不顧警察制止，呼喊口號、舉起橫幅展開遊行，橫幅寫著「補貼費用透明公開」，口號則是「國家撥款，全程剋扣，要求公開透明」。事件未見陸媒報導。

報導指出，被剋扣補貼、發災難財的情況比比皆是，滯留武漢的外地居民，很少人能領到補貼，「辦個出入證已經很難，領錢更是難上加難」，「根本領不到」。其中，武漢的補貼有各種門檻，還要各種證明文件，要拿得到千把塊錢相當困難，難怪大批武漢人上街抗議。

title: 補貼款貪官分贓 武漢人上街抗爭 | 大陸動態


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陸漁船撞日艦案 不排除故意

記者吳典叡／綜合報導

日本1艘軍艦與大陸1艘漁船日前在東海海域發生相撞事故，事故仍在調查中。軍事分析家指出，不排除這次相撞是中共刻意引發，因日艦過於接近大陸近海，該處則是共軍敏感水域。

中共「外交部」證實，東海海域日前發生日本艦艇與大陸漁船擦撞事故，有漁民受傷。軍事分析家說，從肇事地點看，該日本軍艦靠近上海、寧波和舟山群島一帶，而共軍「東海艦隊司令部」就在寧波，舟山群島也有眾多海軍基地，這是敏感區域，應有潛艦出沒。

軍事分析家表示，一般外國軍艦不應如此靠近他國近海。該肇事區域並非大陸漁民的漁場，分析相撞原因，不排除是「大陸方面刻意引發的」，可能考慮兩方關係正在改善，又不能接受日艦過於靠近，而採取這個「手法」。

title: 陸漁船撞日艦案 不排除故意 | 大陸動態


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中小企待紓困 中共卻巨資開發基建

記者吳典叡／綜合報導

陸媒報導，大陸中小企業受「嚴重特殊傳染性肺炎」（武漢肺炎）疫情牽連，面臨內需下滑、海外訂單大減的雙重打擊，陷入「內外交困」慘況。然而，中共此時竟推出數十兆資金投向基礎建設項目，而非將此巨資援助企業。

由於中共隱瞞疫情，導致全球大流行，讓中小企業的內、外銷訂單都下滑，面臨資金困境。中共官方聲稱將增加業者再貸款、貼現的額度等，額度為1兆人民幣。相比之下，中共最近推出的基建投資高達44兆人民幣。專家抨擊，有錢為何不直接給企業和民眾，反而推出短期不見效益的基建項目，而且大陸中小銀行考慮到還貸風險，多不願提供資金，使中小企業融資不易。

報導指出，疫情爆發後，很多海外訂單大減。以食品業為例，多國開始限制進口大陸的食品和農產品，就算企業想「出口轉內銷」，但大陸餐飲業大量關閉，境內訂單下滑3成，已陷於「內外交困」慘況。

title: 中小企待紓困 中共卻巨資開發基建 | 大陸動態


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（中央社記者程啟峰高雄1日電）武漢肺炎抗疫，第一線醫護人員久戴口罩常壓迫鼻梁、臉頰、耳朵進而傷害臉部肌膚，有醫材業者捐贈高醫大附院臉部敷料助護膚，院方也祭出雷射護膚優惠幫抗疫夥伴美肌。

武漢肺炎（2019冠狀病毒疾病，COVID-19）疫情延燒，鑑於醫護人員長期戴口罩抗疫傷害臉部肌膚，新加坡商康威特公司台灣分公司今天致贈外傷治療用的輕柔矽膠泡棉敷料200片、人工皮80片及蘆薈潤膚液20罐給高雄醫學大學附設醫院，減輕醫護人員的肌膚負擔。

高醫抗疫醫護人員如獲至寶，紛將敷料貼於鼻梁、臉頰處後，直呼「柔軟的感覺舒服許多」。

在高醫急診服務的資深護理師黃夢婷說，除上廁所及吃飯短暫拿下口罩外，每天戴N-95口罩時間長達8小時左右，因N-95口罩需緊實密合臉頰，口罩鐵條常壓得鼻梁、臉頰破皮，下巴及耳朵很不舒服，對暖心廠商捐贈敷料，當場開心地拿來貼臉護膚。

高醫外科部主任郭耀仁表示，第一線醫護人員在這場抗疫行動中，需全副武裝穿著防護裝備，加上南部氣候悶熱，讓醫護人員備極辛苦，臉上容易有皮膚發炎、毛孔阻塞、痘痘及粉刺大爆發等問題，感謝熱心公司致贈敷料，減緩第一線人員配戴的不適感；整形外科也提供員工超值優惠專案，幫助醫護人員恢復美肌。

在負壓隔離病房工作的一名資深護理人員也為長期配戴N-95口罩及身著防護衣等重裝備，造成肌膚無法透氣，加上照顧病人壓力大，臉上的舊痘痘還沒消除，又長出新痘痘，讓她深感困擾。得知整形外科的員工護膚優惠專案，大呼「揪甘心」。

另外，高醫大3月4日起進行校園門禁管制防疫，校外人士不得進入校園、宿舍僅開放住宿生進出，由於要確認住宿生的身分和體溫是否正常，兩道關卡難免造成學生排隊等候。

身為宿舍樓長的高醫大醫務管理暨醫療資訊學系學生葉品誠為縮短同學等候時間，在原本系統架構增設可判別住宿生身分功能，學生刷卡時，已量測體溫的住宿生可憑「過關」音效一秒鐘快速通關，未量測體溫及非住宿生則會發出警示聲提醒宿舍管理員，如此分流進宿舍大幅縮短學生排隊等候時間。

葉品誠設計「會說話」門禁監控助攻校園防疫，高醫大校長鐘育志特地頒發感謝狀予以嘉勉。（編輯：謝雅竹）1090401

journalist: 中央社記者程啟峰高雄1日電

countries: 台灣 新加坡

events: COVID-19 武漢肺炎 冠狀病毒

title: 久戴口罩傷肌膚  高醫呵護抗疫夥伴美容 | 生活


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保安局周二（31日）指，當天收到解放軍駐港部隊的知會，得悉周一（30日）下午，駐軍一架直升機在大欖郊野公園一帶執行飛行訓練任務時失事，指事故並未涉及任何民居受損或市民受傷，駐軍會根據駐軍法處理及調查事件，保安局會繼續與駐軍了解事件。駐港部隊新聞發言人指，原因正在調查中。立法會議員朱凱廸昨表示：「綜合各方消息，解放軍直升機當時是誤撞電塔墜毀，相信是星期一電力故障的肇因。」

朱凱廸昨在Facebook指：「多個媒體報導，星期一下午接近五點，全港多處地點電路故障，至少42宗困升降機。當日中電表示未知原因，正在調查。昨晚保安局公布解放軍直升機於前日下午出意外，但詳情欠奉。直到今日中午，綜合各方消息，解放軍直升機當時是誤撞電塔墜毀，相信是星期一電力故障的肇因。我們不知解放軍基於什麼政治考慮拖延公布事件，已要求保安局盡快公開意外的死傷人數及身份、事前駐軍有否按駐軍法通報訓練內容，以及意外對電網造成的影響。」

至於事件中是否有駐軍死傷，港府及駐港部隊沒有公布。

蘋果日報記者昨在元朗清潭村附近，拍得中電工程人員在一座電塔上維修（左），該處屬於大欖郊野公園範圍。電塔右上方可見損毀。蘋果日報圖片

中電昨晚發新聞稿表示：「於 2020 年3月30日下午4時48分，中電連接屯門龍鼓灘至沙田的40萬伏特架空電纜出現故障，引致 40萬伏特高壓供電系統錄得短暫電壓驟降，歷時少於0.1 秒，期間電力供應沒有中斷。正如所有電力事故一樣，事故發生後，中電均會安排維修隊抵達現場進行檢查及在有需要時為電力設備進行維修。就上述事故，中電今日（4月1日）派出工程人員到肇事地點檢查。初步檢查顯示，電塔及電纜遭損毀。調查仍然進行中。」

中電的新聞稿未有提及事故是否與駐軍直升機失事有關。被問到為何事隔兩日才派人到事發地點檢查、中電是如何及何時知悉事件、具體事發位置等，中電公關稱沒有更多資料提供。

根據香港電台3月30日晚的報道，中電當晚表示，電壓驟降期間，部分地方可能會遇到燈光轉暗或閃爍情況，部分對電壓改變較敏感的電力裝置，例如升降機，或會因啟動保護裝置而暫停運作，工程人員正調查事故原因。消防處當晚表示，在事故發生後1小時內，共收到74宗升降機被困報告，其中九龍區有50宗、新界區23宗、及港島區1宗，全部人毋須送院。

解放軍駐港部隊其中一款直升機。蘋果日報資料圖片

title: 眾新聞 | 朱凱廸引消息指「解放軍直升機誤撞電塔墜毀」　中電兩日後才派員檢查


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title: 實現物流自動化　機器人顛覆傳統倉儲流程


title: 搜尋


title: 疫情衝擊全球物流　企業應採差異化貨運策略


title: 電商需求大增　ABB推AI物流機器人


title: 大破才能大立？　電子票證業者紛投入電子支付的背後考量


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當VR、AR等各項實境技術從2016年普及起，汽車業就開始構思如何應用這項新技術，以利提升產品製造、維修、與行銷的效率，如德國賓士(Mercedes Benz)用以教育訓練、奧迪(Audi)用來推銷，日本日產汽車(Nissan Motor)用於設計新車、豐田汽車(Toyota Motor)提供維修人員使用等。

雖然汽車業引進VR或AR技術已非新聞，但引進後的具體效益則少見公布，不過德國福斯汽車(Volkswagen Motor)在英國廠以AR技術支援修車的成果，現在公開一部分具體數據：維修效率改善93%，每年替該工廠節省25萬英鎊(約32.7萬美元)，更重要的是每年削減相當於2.5噸排碳量。

汽車要確保性能與可靠度，需定期返廠維修，但維修期間車主不能用車會帶來相應的經濟損失，車廠這段時間也需支付勞工薪資，確保維修品質同時縮短工作時間的技術，就是提高效率的重點。

福斯應用的技術，是由一般工人戴上AR HMD，專家從遠端即時接收視訊進行診斷，並把要點即時顯示在現場工人的眼前，減低維修過程大拆車的必要性，所以能大幅減少維修時間，節省相應人事經費；而專業人員不須到處跑，需更換零件物流控制效率更上一層樓，就是減低舟車勞頓過程的排碳量。

延伸閱讀：防疫大封鎖 設備故障等不到工程師 AR眼鏡能成救命解藥

比起效率提升93%，福斯可能更重視減低碳排的效果，因為福斯曾在碳排問題上吃過虧，且現在各國對環保車的定義與要求逐漸拉高，不只講究汽車行走過程的碳排，就連汽車生產、維修、報廢，以及電力或氫燃料相關的碳排歷史、也就是碳足跡，都跟著重視，減低維修碳排，就是提升全車的環保效益。

在單一工廠測試成功後，福斯決定將相關技術全面應用在英國的67個維修中心、與30個授權維修工廠，並決定擴大AR相關投資，期待帶來更多附加效益。

不同車廠引進XR技術的主要目的不同，比方豐田強調的是全球新進員工訓練與節省人力，奧迪重視降低展示場與試乘車輛固定成本之類，因此引進的技術與終端設備也不盡相同，對XR技術廠而言，如何搭配產業需求推出合用週邊，則是福斯的成績出來以後，對汽車業製造業行銷的重點。

countries: 德國 日本 英國

things: 防疫 經濟

title: 維修效率改善93%  福斯汽車靠XR技術


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COVID-19(新冠肺炎)疫情蔓延全球，驅動許多企業產生危機意識，再次評估工廠導入自動化、智慧製造的可行性。所羅門表示，未來人口結構帶來的缺工問題與工資高漲是不可避免的趨勢，企業對於優化物流程序，轉型智慧工廠的需求逐年升溫，觀察到這個趨勢，公司早在多年前代理自動化、機器人相關產品，致力提供機器人解決方案，也是台灣第一家代理丹麥自主移動機器人搬運車(AMR))大廠MiR的公司。

所羅門指出，引進自主移動機器人搬運車的公司都是希望將倚賴人工、高重複性、費時的工作，轉由自主移動機器人搬運車處理，以提升自動化作業程序，讓人力轉做更高產能的工作，工廠營運更有效率。

全球有不少國際大廠開發自主移動機器人搬運車，影響所羅門決定代理MiR自主移動機器人搬運車的關鍵因素是，MiR的設定操作最簡單，「它專為非工程背景的人設計，所以企業不需要增設專人負責操作或維運」，所羅門解釋。

此外，MiR自主移動機器人搬運車具有智慧路徑規劃功能，如果當天行動路徑出現非預期障礙物，MiR自主移動機器人搬運車能重新規劃路徑；因此具有操作彈性，即便作業當天才將MiR自主移動機器人移到另一處場域，也能在短時間內完成圖資，協助物料搬運，且導入過程不需要新增佈線、或倚賴信標(beacon)、感測器等外部基礎設施。

MiR自主移動機器人搬運車深受全球企業信賴的原因，還包含高度安全性。多數工作場域仍需要人力，所以讓員工在安全的作業環境中工作是重要的課題。MiR自主移動機器人搬運車的智慧防護功能，有多重安全機制把關，偵測到人體能自動迴避或關閉。

安全性高並可與人共同作業、加上簡易操作的人性化使用介面讓MiR自主移動機器人搬運車可使用在多元的室內區域，如辦公區域、生產線、倉庫、醫院、無塵室等，在全球已售出上千台的佳績，像是美國Metro Plastics、丹麥大學附屬醫院、位在西班牙的江森自控日立空調都是MiR的客戶。

代理MiR多年的所羅門也是台灣少數具有專業整合能力的公司，以機器人作為開放平台，針對不同環境及功能，配上智慧機器視覺與機器手臂，便可應用在不同功能不同場域，像是新推出的智慧消毒機器人便是一例。

看好未來產業朝智慧化發展，這幾年切入智慧機器視覺系統市場的所羅門強調，相信科技使用來自於人性，而結合人工智慧的機器人能突破過往機器人無法達成的工作，加快產業轉型，邁向工業4.0。

countries: 西班牙 美國 丹麥 台灣

title: 所羅門自主移動機器人搬運車 協助提升工廠配送效能


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雖然近期受到COVID-19(新冠肺炎)疫情影響下造成航空業短期虧損，但對於整體航空市場而言，需求仍然源源不斷。波音預估未來20年全球預計採購4.4萬架新機，總產值將高達6.8兆美元，而商機湧現，台灣做好準備了嗎？據悉，日前經濟部公布由漢翔以及三家機械設備業者所組成的航太國家隊，已順利切入國際航太複材加工市場中，搶下新台幣620億元的國際大單，挾累積數年的智慧機械能量，成功建立台灣航太複材加工技術與設備自主供應能力，以此做為好開端，未來20年台灣在航太市場中不缺席。

台灣機械業訂下2025年突破2兆元產值目標，其中挑戰高值化的高階應用需求將是產業突破的契機，因此像是切入航太產業便被機械產業列為頭號目標，而國內航太供應鏈與機械產業雙方也各自啟動相應計畫。2016年台灣航太製造業龍頭漢翔工業便攜手工具機等機械業者推動「A-Team 4.0」聯盟，以將智慧機械能量帶入航太供應鏈中落實智慧製造目標，並強化供應鏈管理，目前已累積228間會員。

而另一方面始自「5+2」計畫將智慧機械列為重點產業，由經濟部主導推動的「智慧機械領航計畫」中則針對航太產業分別推出「航太複材加工智慧製造產創領航計畫」以及「航太智慧製造技術開發暨聚落整合計畫」，前者係由漢翔聯合盟立、喬威進及公準等三家廠商，以建立航太複材加工設備國產化及整線智慧化為目標，協助國內機械設備業者跨入國際航太複材智機市場。

而後者則由長榮航宇導入國際航空產業產品資訊管理平台，強化上下游供應鏈管理，同時建置放電加工智慧產線，此計畫中永進機械則開發國產智慧加工設備，並導入駐龍與晟田的產線。

其中在航太複材加工領航計畫中，則是傳出好消息。波音指出，近年全球航太市場快速成長，自2019年至未來2038年間，全球航空公司預計將採購大約4.4萬架新機，總產值將高達6.8兆美元。而為了省油、節省營運成本，「輕量化」為目前設計飛機時的關鍵重點之一，現在國際市場的新機型採用質輕且堅固的複合材料比例已達50%以上，因此在複材加工市場中，台灣如何在面臨技術領先國及新興國家前後夾擊的情況下，搶下這塊大餅，已成為極重要的課題。

經濟部指出，藉由航太大廠漢翔與國內機械設備廠商的合作，目前台灣已逐漸建立起航太複材加工技術與設備自主供應能量。在計畫中，透過漢翔在複材加工知識及多年設計製造經驗，從頭到尾自一開始的機台開發、組裝至試機，全程都有派員至喬威進、公準、盟立等三家廠商指導，直至確認規格後，再移機至漢翔內部進行測試，協助國內設備商從無到有，一步一步取得航太複材加工製程的參數，成功開發航太複材加工國產設備。

在這三家機械設備廠商中，公準的複材加工水刀機，是首度國產水刀設備切入航太複材加工應用，喬崴進則發展出國產第一台超音波紙蜂巢切割機，替代進口高價的歐美機種，而盟立的鑽孔、打磨等設備則以自行開發的自動補正技術結合AI，成功克服機械手臂定位精度不足之技術障礙。

漢翔也在計畫協助下，將所有廠區的資訊串聯整合至智慧製造雲端平台。事實上，漢翔導入智慧製造四年多時間裡，已達到即時監控、稼動率與KPI管理，並將內部資訊系統整合以達到自動排程、生產流程可視化等，而近年來也陸續從基礎應用進展到重頭戲，也就是透過大數據(Big Data)、人工智慧(AI)以及數位分身(Digital Twin)等技術達到機具預測保養、製程優化及產品改善，並結合機器人、3D列印工法提高生產效率。

牽手智慧機械產業領航計畫，漢翔與三家機械設備商現也成功傳出好消息，在國產加工設備取得國際客戶航太認證下，目前已取得未來10年620億元的國際大單，包括獲全球知名航空製造商波音與空巴兩大公司訂單，成功跨足國際航太複材加工市場。

雖然當前疫情蔓延全球，持續打擊航空產業，波音也因為先前旗下737MAX兩起致命空難而停產，不過現在則是傳出波音計畫於今年五月重新啟動生產計劃，並已要求供應商備貨。放眼望去，航空業者仍對未來市場深具信心，與許多產業相比，航太訂單能見度通常在3~5年不等，未來20年訂單仍會成長的產業並不多見。

taiwan-subdivisions: 成功 新興

things: 經濟 大數據

title: 620億國際大單入手 航太供應鏈乘智慧機械起飛


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寶信生醫股份有限公司(Prosche Bio-Med) 致力於藥物載體系統研究與新藥配方開發，寶信生醫以先進藥物載體平台技術和配方研發設計，達到增進藥物用途、提升療效及降低副作用並進而拓展藥物多方多能…

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 寶信生醫股份有限公司(Prosche Bio-Med) 致力於藥物載體系統研究與新藥配方開發，寶信生醫以先進藥物載體平台技術和配方研發設計，達到增進藥物用途、提升療效及降低副作用並進而拓展藥物多方多能應用性和產品生命週期。

一群來自於中興化學系研究所的年輕人，熱愛研發帶來的成就感並養成傾聽需求鑽研創造的研發態度，從所學的奈米生醫製劑技術出發，對於對抗疾病及癌症診治常讓我們思考，在長遠的藥物開發路上，我們能對台灣民生有更多貢獻！

學以致用 用以成就一直是我們創業的核心態度，從所學專業進而探討設計研製，從研讀學術文獻到專利檢索比較與參考相關法規，親研出最貼近客戶所需與滿足市場之產品。

透過不斷精進專業技術與傾聽市場所需，成為藥物載體平台系統之研發先驅，將需求完成進而將藥物療效發揮至極致，滿足安全治療與優質生活品質。

精進專研成為先驅的願景凝聚了有共同熱情與態度的我們，創立了寶信生醫團隊，經過了兩年的努力，漸漸讓越來越多客戶認識我們的能力與產品，並且把秉持的信念與願景傳遞給更多人。

寶信生醫立足臺灣，以達到拓展全球的生技製藥先鋒為目標，竭盡所能為臺灣生技業界提供更多貢獻，進而讓台灣生技製藥在世界舞台上發光發亮。

我們用科研的專業、製藥的嚴謹、製劑的誠實來面對每一個需求與產品，我們希望打破迷思與炒作，讓生醫科技不再是遙不可及，是可以增進民生品質的技術平台。讓這片土地的你我都值得更好的產品，用最誠懇的態度與專業回饋每位客戶的信任是我們不變的信仰。

countries: 台灣 臺灣

title: 新創平台


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機器人防疫已成全球趨勢。中國大陸武漢的智慧方艙醫院配備無數機器人，在2020年3月正式啟用，可收治多達2萬名病患，由武漢武昌醫院、中國移動和達闊科技合力完成，試圖減輕醫療人員的負擔。

據CNBC報導，COVID-19(新冠肺炎)正在全球肆虐，第一線醫療人員試圖運用機器人和遠距醫療等新科技來防疫，中國方艙智慧醫院應運而生，把許多醫療服務交給機器人來完成。

舉例來說，病人進入方艙醫院時，5G連網溫度計篩檢每個人的體溫，通報發高燒的病人；每個病人會配戴智慧手環，醫院隨時從達闊科技AI平台監控體溫、心跳、血氧等生命徵象；醫護人員也要配戴智慧手環來掌握自己有無感染跡象。

此外，機器人也會幫忙遞送食物、飲品和藥物，還有提供病人資訊和娛樂，另有機器人自動噴灑消毒水和清潔地面。

達闊科技特別改造Cloud Ginger和Smart Transportation Robot兩款人形機器人，協助運送食物和藥物，減少人與人之間的接觸。

達闊科技執行長兼創辦人Bill Huang表示，人形機器人對隔離檢疫的病人很有用，不僅可以提供資訊，還可以帶來病人需要的互動和娛樂，醫生也覺得機器人和智慧裝置幫助很大，讓他們能遠距追蹤病人的生命徵象。

丹麥UVD Robots也是一家機器人公司，正在最前線協助防疫，旗下機器人已經部署到武漢和義大利北部的醫院，可以發射強大的紫外線強力去污，只要把周圍環境的地圖繪製完成，即可自動以雷達完成360度紫外線消毒。

美國德州醫療服務公司Xenex Disinfection Services也把抗病毒機器人送到義大利防疫，每部機器人每天可以消毒數十間病房。

此外，遠距醫療也是在防疫大有可為。美國芝加哥拉許大學醫學中心運用遠距醫療篩檢新冠肺炎的疑似案例。

不過，流行病學家Saskia Popescu表示，機器人和遠距醫療都是很棒的工具，但只能作為基礎預防感染措施的補充，例如有醫療人員不足的問題，遠距醫療可減輕人力壓力，減少防護衣用量。

countries: 中國 丹麥 美國 義大利

title: 全球及中國醫院防疫機器人5G應用： 消毒、物資、數據傳輸


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從 2018 年起，就不斷傳出 Lexus 旗下後驅房車 IS 車系將大改款，但直到現在仍未見蹤影，近日終於確認要在 10 月份推出小改款版本，繼續延長現行車系的壽命，不過最引人注目的是，此次小改款將會出現超強的動力車型。

Lexus 將在今年 10 月推出大規模小改款的 IS 車系。

此次 Lexus 的 IS 車系雖然僅小改款，但根據日媒《Magazine X》掌握的消息，將會推出 5.0 升 V8 自然進氣引擎的選項，不過這並非是消失已久的 IS F，仍歸類在 IS 車系之中，並配置有 F Sport 套件，但並沒有 F 高性能車系的碳纖維套件。

將推出搭載 5.0 升 V8 自然進氣引擎的性能車型。

即將推出的 5.0 升 V8 自然進氣引擎車型，動力輸出為 467 匹最大馬力與 53.7 公斤米最大扭力，配合上輕盈的 IS 車身設定，預計能帶來相當凶猛的性能表現，另外 IS 車系本身還有 2.0 升渦輪以及 3.5 升 V6 自然進氣引擎等選項。

除了新增高性能動力，還會針對外觀與內裝進行更新，頭燈與尾燈組都會跟進最新家族化風格，同時原本傳統的方向燈也會改為類序列的樣式，內裝則將原本的足踏式手煞車更新為帶有 AutoHold 功能的電子手煞車，中控台的觸控螢幕尺寸也會放大。

內裝觸控螢幕將會放大，並加入電子手煞車。

日媒推測，之所以會推出 5.0 升 V8 的高性能車型，主要是因為今年 GS 車系停產，其中的 GS F 也會跟著停產，將導致品牌運動化轎車陣容中缺少頂級性能車款，而台灣市場方面，預計也會跟進外觀與內裝的更新，但 5.0 升 V8 則不太可能導入。

title: Lexus IS 今年 10 月推大規模小改款，有望出現 5.0 升 V8 動力！ - 自由電子報汽車頻道


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（中央社記者唐佩君布魯塞爾1日專電）總統蔡英文今 天上午宣布捐贈1000萬片口罩支援疫情嚴重國家的醫療 人員後，歐盟執委會主席范德賴恩晚間公開感謝台灣。 這是歐盟執委會主席首度針對台灣發表聲明，意義重大 。

歐洲聯盟執行委員會（European Commission）主 席范德賴恩（Ursula von der Leyen）今晚在個人推特 發表聲明，感謝台灣捐贈560萬個口罩，協助對抗2019 冠狀病毒疾病（COVID-19，武漢肺炎），非常感謝台灣 此時以行動展現團結，全球性病毒需要國際團結合作。

范德賴恩文末表示，台灣的行動證明團結更強大（ Stronger Together）。

歐盟有27個會員國，涵蓋人口逾5億人，是全球重 要政經強權，且這是歐盟執委會主席首度針對台灣發表 聲明，意義更是重大。

2019冠狀病毒疾病延燒全球，歐洲疫情嚴重，第一 線醫護人員對口罩等個人防護設備需求殷切。台灣身處 病毒挑戰前線但防疫成效良好，許多歐洲國家近期透過 相關管道詢問採購買口罩事宜，此時即時捐贈，充分彰 顯台灣能幫忙（#TaiwanCanHelp!）的精神。

蔡總統今天表示，台灣積極加強與各國的防疫合作 ，將捐贈1000萬片口罩支援疫情嚴重國家的醫療人員， 後續會視產能給予國際社會更多的支持。

外交部則說明，第一波將捐贈11個歐洲國家總計 700萬片口罩，包括義大利、西班牙、德國、法國、比 利時、荷蘭、盧森堡、捷克及波蘭等歐洲聯盟（EU）會 員國，以及英國和瑞士。范德賴恩的聲明進一步說明台 灣捐贈歐盟會員國是560萬片。

歐盟歷年支持台灣參與世界衛生組織（WHO），今 年1月30日歐盟對外事務部（EEAS）外交安全政策發言 人巴圖-恩利克森（Virginie Battu-Henriksson）回覆 中央社記者詢問時，表示歐盟致力與合作夥伴討論並尋 求務實解決方案，在台灣有相關專業技術及能力的場域 ，台灣應被納入。

此外，世界衛生組織今年執行委員會議因武漢肺炎 疫情受到高度關注，台灣被不當排除也成為焦點。當時 德國也代表歐盟27國聯合發言，支持台灣力度甚於以往 。（編輯：楊昭彥）1090402

title: 蔡總統宣布捐口罩 歐盟主席首度公開感謝台灣

countries: 台灣 歐盟 德國 義大利 盧森堡 捷克 荷蘭 法國 波蘭 瑞士 西班牙 英國

events: COVID-19 武漢肺炎 冠狀病毒


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（中央社華盛頓1日綜合外電報導）美國總統川普今天 警告伊朗，若伊朗或其在伊拉克的盟友，對駐伊拉克美 軍發動攻擊，伊朗會付出「重大代價」。目前還不清楚 川普所言是否代表華府真的接獲相關情資。

法新社報導，川普推文表示：「若發生這種事，伊 朗會付出非常重大的代價，一定會！」

川普同時寫道，根據相關資訊，據信伊朗或其代理 人正計劃偷襲美軍或其在伊拉克的資產。

目前尚不清楚川普的意思，是否代表華府確實接獲 伊朗方面有此計畫的情報。（譯者：楊昭彥）1090402

countries: 伊拉克 伊朗 美國

title: 川普警告伊朗 若襲駐伊拉克美軍得付重大代價


title: 遊歐挨批！翁章梁妻子臉書道歉　自曝分房21天兩人未接觸

people: 翁章梁 李國勝 劉秀英 翁重鈞

countries: 荷蘭 日本 加拿大 美國 韓國 英國 台灣

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嘉義縣長翁章梁妻子劉莉英與縣長室吳姓「政治祕書」等人2月底到歐洲旅遊，遭國民黨籍縣議員詹琬蓁、李國勝質疑無法以身作則，恐造成防疫破口。劉莉英4/1日在臉書發文，對於出國旅遊造成社會觀感不佳，向所有民眾道歉，她也自曝返國後與翁先生連續分房21天，兩人並無接觸，對於沒有顧慮到先生身份特殊，造成網路上的撻伐與責備，也表示虛心接受。

劉秀英說，回國至今將近一個月，身體狀況沒有異狀，也沒有出現呼吸道的症狀，請大家安心。對於網路上的撻伐與責備都虛心接受，但有幾點想要跟鄉親說明解釋；劉秀英解釋，指揮中心的旅遊禁令是3/19發佈，出國的日期是2/25、回國是3/4，在回國後歐洲疫情才開始連環爆。3/4回國後，一切生活作息都遵守指揮中心的指令做好自主健康管理，完全沒有違反指揮中心訂定的防疫規定。除此之外她也與翁先生分開在不同的空間活動，連續21天睡在客房，即便這中間經過翁先生與她的生日，兩人都沒有慶生、沒有接觸。

劉秀英說，她並非不顧疫情而出國，在2月初韓國、日本疫情大爆發之際，她已認賠取消日本的行程；而在2月24之前荷蘭是零確診，荷蘭的疫情相對台灣較來得安全，2/24衛福部醫事司司長說不是每個國家的旅遊都是禁止的，只要不要去疫區，想去夏威夷衝浪、去加拿大滑雪、去英國shopping都可以。

劉秀英也希望大家在生氣之後可以冷靜下來，要指責就指責她一個人；她提到網路上有民眾貼出立法院公告2月份禁止全體職員出國的公文，來指責翁重鈞立法委員2月去美國一事，即便翁立委與翁先生不同黨派，但她還是希望民眾可以冷靜思考，指揮中心的旅遊禁令是3/19發出的，在此之前WHO並沒有告知世界各國在歐美有嚴重的疫情，美國當時只有一例，相信翁重鈞立委如果知道現在美國疫情會那麼嚴重，他也不會出國。

最後劉秀英表示，在2/24出發至荷蘭前，她只確認了荷蘭是不是疫區、確認沒有違反指揮中心規定，但沒有評估到先生的身份特殊，她承認是她的疏忽，也再次向嘉義縣民道歉。


title: 感謝外包商配合防疫　桃園醫院訂套餐贈外包商感謝合作

taiwan-subdivisions: 桃園 臺北市

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自中央指揮疫情中心成立起，桃園醫院為此次疫情主責醫院之一，醫院全面配合指揮中心各項決議及多項任務。桃園醫院除醫護人員全面動起來外，還有一群無名英雄默默在前線付出。

桃園醫院共計11家外包廠商，分別是保全(萬安國際保全股份有限公司)、清潔(威合股份有限公司) 、傳送(威合股份有限公司) 、往生室(萬安生命科技股份有限公司) 、被服洗滌(晨揚國際有限公司) 、停車場(岳洋股份有限公司) 、商場(美德耐股份有限公司) 、污水廠(大陸水工股份有限公司) 、救護車(忠孝救護車有限公司) 、交通接駁(佳明通運股份有限公司) 、照顧服務員(有限責任臺北市仁光照顧服務勞動合作社)。

桃園醫院院長徐永年1日說，外包場商同仁，總是默默在前線各司其職，從不退縮，給病人一個安全舒適的環境。徐永年又說，一開始院方實施病人分流，入院前要先讀健保卡查看旅遊史，幸有保全同仁維持秩序，動線才順暢。還有清潔人員，每天無數次的打掃及仔細消毒。


title: 守護南海明珠 海巡從淨灘做起

taiwan-subdivisions: 東沙 南沙 高雄

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【大成報記者吉雄世╱高雄報導】海巡署東南沙分署東沙指揮部為維護海洋生態與環境，3月31日由指揮官熊同中率駐島官兵實施東沙島淨灘活動，藉清除海漂垃圾呼籲民眾重視海洋廢棄物對生態造成破壞與影響，更為延續海洋生命而努力。活動參與人數計62人，清理海漂廢棄物約600公斤，其中海漂一般垃圾約150公斤、保麗龍和廢棄浮球約100公斤、塑膠瓶罐約300公斤及玻璃瓶罐約50公斤，主要來源為海洋活動及鄰近國家之海拋垃圾，突顯海洋環境保護需透過國際合作始見成效。
 東沙島不僅有「南海明珠」別稱，更是我國第1座海洋國家公園，因地理環境之故，海漂垃圾常匯集於該海域，危及海底珊瑚礁生態及海洋生物，東沙指揮部為維護海岸生態特辦理淨灘活動，期能永續經營東沙島海洋生態環境，更凝聚駐島同仁團結氣氛。
 東南沙分署表示：透過此次活動民眾應更重視海洋垃圾汙染嚴重性，共同為國際海洋保育盡一份心力，以期使南海明珠東沙島永保其絢麗風貌。


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清明連假即將開始，馬公-布袋航線首班航班啟航，搭載138人抵達馬公港，澎湖縣長賴峰偉1日巡視馬公港防疫動線時表示，機場、港口是防疫前線關卡，為防範疫情入侵澎湖，縣府嚴格實施各項防疫措施，阻絕疫情於境外，守護縣民健康。

賴峰偉表示，澎湖在防疫措施上超前部署，從設置機場、港口紅外線體溫偵測儀、居家檢疫報到站、防疫專車、利用健保雲端查詢旅遊史，確保澎湖零確診個案。

賴峰偉說，防疫非常時期，民眾出入公共場所，務必配戴外科口罩，並隨時注意手部衛生及咳嗽禮節，若有不適請盡速就醫或撥打1922防疫專線，避免造成防疫漏洞。

衛生局表示，入境旅客皆會由紅外線體溫偵測儀監測，若現場檢測出體溫異常，就需配合工作人員引導再進一步確認，確保有發燒症狀的旅客，及時獲得醫護照護及隔離，提升澎湖境內防疫監測等級。

旅遊處表示，馬公-布袋航線1日由凱旋3號鳴笛首發，上午10點自布袋商港出港，搭載138名乘客，11點半抵達馬公港，後續藍鵲、滿天星1號、太極2號 3艘船將陸續開航，為避免成為防疫缺口，將配合加強港口檢疫工作。

澎湖縣政府表示，為防範新冠肺炎入侵澎湖，在機場、港口測量體溫是必要的防疫措施，民眾應配合政府防疫，主動配合檢查，如有發燒或上呼吸道症狀，應通知防疫人員送醫治療。

title: 馬公布袋航線開航　賴峰偉視察防疫動線

taiwan-subdivisions: 布袋 馬公 澎湖縣


title: 防疫再升級　中市府設聯合洽公區

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因應新冠肺炎疫情，台中市政府防疫加嚴、超前部署，除持續落實洽公民眾進入市府所屬機關，均須戴口罩、量測體溫、消毒雙手、在出入口「實名」登記基本資料，1日起更於台灣大道市政大樓文心樓1樓及陽明市政大樓1樓中庭設聯合洽公專區及小型會議室，加上電梯管制措施，縮短民眾洽公時間、減少接觸風險。

秘書處副處長李政峰表示，市府台灣大道及陽明市政大樓，每日進出人數分別約達6000人及3000人次，即日起於新市政大樓文心樓1樓及陽明市政大樓1樓中庭集中進行接洽民眾工作，新市政大樓惠中樓則為純辦公區域，不開放民眾洽公。

李政峰強調，市府運用新市政大樓文心樓1樓及陽明市政大樓1樓中庭集中接洽民眾，實施單點接觸，加上落實洽公民眾進入市府均需量測額溫、實名登記，若洽公區人潮過度聚集也會進行疏離，可將群聚風險降至最低。

由於文心樓1樓設置聯合洽公區，民眾可直接在1樓找到各局處櫃位，直接登記辦理業務，不必上樓，不必搭電梯，上午實施情況順暢，民眾對於市府為加強防疫都願意全力配合，且由於不需再搭乘電梯，反而更覺得省事。

秘書處表示，新市政大樓及陽明市政大樓原由各機關在1樓聯合服務中心及各機關所在樓層，提供各項諮詢與洽公服務。因應疫情，市府整合市政大樓各機關服務機能，於1樓通風較佳的中庭設置聯合洽公專區，集中提供各項服務，可減少人員至2樓以上樓層走動或搭乘電梯機會，降低非必要接觸風險。

秘書處提醒，目前市政大樓防疫措施持續加強，進出大樓皆須量測額溫、配戴口罩，並採實名登記制度，也呼籲民眾多利用線上申辦系統或電話洽詢，減少出入公共場所，保護自身健康。


taiwan-subdivisions: 龜山 高雄市 高雄

title: 清明掃墓慎防恙蟲叮咬

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【大成報記者吉雄世╱高雄報導】衛生局於高風險處提供防護用品，呼籲民眾做好自我保護，依據疾病管制署監測資料，臺灣全年皆有恙蟲病病例發生，每年4至5月恙蟲病例數開始上升，6至7月為高峰期，去(108)年高雄市累計51例恙蟲病確診病例，今（109）年截至目前本市1例恙蟲病確診病例，全國累計恙蟲病確診病例39例，因應恙蟲流行季節將至衛生局於高風險處加強宣導，全力防堵恙蟲威脅。
 衛生局特別提醒市民朋友，清明時節已近，從事祭祖掃墓、登山或郊外踏青，有可能因為接觸到恙蟎生長的草叢環境，而遭叮咬感染，恙蟲病的潛伏期約6至21天(通常9至12天)，患者會出現持續性高燒、頭痛、淋巴結腫大等症狀，約一週後皮膚出現紅色斑狀丘疹，恙蟎叮咬處通常會出現無痛性焦痂，如未經適當治療，死亡率可高達百分之六十，經治療後死亡率小於百分之五，衛生局於半屏山、壽山、龜山及旗后山等30處涼亭放置宣導單張及防蚊液，籲請市民要多加利用，做好自我保護。
 衛生局再次呼籲，若至郊區、戶外活動或工作必須接觸草叢環境時，應做好個人防護措施，包括穿著長袖衣褲、手套、長筒襪及長靴等保護性衣物，並將褲管紮入襪內；於衣物及皮膚裸露部位可塗抹使用經政府機關核可含DEET或Picaridin之防蚊藥劑，活動返家後建議儘快沐浴且換洗全部衣物，以免恙蟎叮咬而感染恙蟲病，活動後1-2週如有發燒或身軀出現紅疹症狀或隱密皺摺處有傷口出現等疑似恙蟲病症狀，應盡速就醫並主動告知接觸草叢的暴露史及活動史，保障自己與家人健康，也籲請醫療院所應提高對恙蟲病疑似病例之通報警覺，即時提供適切臨床處置。


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正值高優質台南鳳梨產季，台南市政府1日再度媒合台南郵局與關廟農會，台南郵局以協助農民行銷為出發，活動期間自3月30日起至5月29日，民眾除了可以在郵政商城網路平台購買到台南關廟鳳梨外，也可於全台郵局窗口訂購，台南郵局為落實社會公益，每銷售一箱就捐款10元至「關廟區公所急難救助金專戶」幫助弱勢團體，

台南市長黃偉哲表示，網路通路是顧客與產地農產最重要的媒介，面對目前新型冠狀病毒疫情之持續，網路購物是最直接、最便利、最貼近民生的平台，將新鮮優質的農產品，包括鳳梨、關廟麵、麵包等，送到國人同胞手裡，在這時機更顯得重要，更要加強推動。

台南郵局黃良江局長表示，這次武漢肺炎疫情來勢洶洶，農民普遍憂心忡忡，為配合政府抗疫，協助關廟金鑽鳳梨行銷，特與關廟農會合作銷售，台南郵局以快捷郵件寄送，用速度守護產品品質，相信會讓消費者吃得安心、買得滿意，台南郵局邀請民眾一起來嚐鮮，挺小農做公益。

此次關廟金鑽鳳梨為關廟果樹產銷班之優質鳳梨，從產地即時配送，每箱約10台斤優惠價398元，配合農委會「台灣農產嘉年華」滿500元送50元，2箱合購(售價已折)優惠價730元；3月20日起早鳥訂購每箱(現折50元)優惠價348元，限量100箱，歡迎全國民眾可逕行至中華郵政商城，立即享受迎夏聖果-酸甜鳳梨美食饗宴。

title: 關廟鳳梨上架　郵政商城電商平台力挺落實社會公益

taiwan-subdivisions: 關廟 關廟區

events: 冠狀病毒 武漢肺炎


title: 防疫升級！新化分警演練民眾洽公實名登記

taiwan-subdivisions: 新化 臺南市 臺南

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【大成報記者于郁金/臺南報導】新冠肺炎疫情持續延燒，為降低群聚感染風險，新化警分局依臺南市政府指示，超前部署特於4月1日下午14時演練洽公民眾實名登記制，讓洽公民眾安心，同時轉知所屬各派出所比照辦理。

警方表示，面對近日境外移入之疫情升溫，必須以「料敵從寬，禦敵從嚴」無破口之整備防範，新化警於4月1日14時起，針對洽公民眾實施實名登記，以利配合市政府衛生單位提供確診民眾動向及接觸史達到疫情減災之作為，呼籲各洽公民眾，記得攜帶身分證件，耐心配合。

新冠肺炎疫情升級，新化警分局遵照黃偉哲市長指示，因應全球疫情升溫，情勢越加嚴峻，為保護洽公民眾及分局員警的安全和健康，進行洽公實名制的升級部署，雖造成民眾的不便，但為了防疫需求，仍請民眾多加配合，也感謝民眾的體諒與包容，希望藉此能將防疫工作達到滴水不漏。

警方表示，演練的目的在於辦公場所出入人員眾多，新化警以嚴謹態度執行演練及配合執行防疫措施，守護洽公民眾健康，未來亦會參考民眾意見並依疫情狀況進行滾動式修正，呼籲洽公民眾可多利用電話洽詢，減少出入公共場所。

分局長許芳毅表示，新化警分局自109年4月1日14時起，民眾至新化分局暨各派出所洽公時須先經派出所值班員警測量體溫、噴酒精消毒，並以身分證件實名登記，由值班員警登記洽公民眾的洽公時間、姓名、聯絡電話等基本資料；物流、外送或郵務人員則統一於分局玄關交貨，新化警分局將嚴格管制人員進出，減少員警與外界的接觸。


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因應新冠肺炎疫情，台中市政府祭出紓困九箭，針對勞工提供「青年創業貸款利息補貼延長1年」、「非自願性失業勞工或生活困難補助」及「員工訓練補助方案」三方案，盼減少疫情衝擊。勞工局長吳威志指出，勞工局已函文勞動部，盼放寬「充電再出發訓練計畫」補助經費申請資格，提醒業者若因疫情需減少工時及工資，需經勞雇雙方協商，保障勞工權益。

吳局長說明，「青年創業貸款利息補貼延長1年」適用對象為今年1至12月到期的申請人(不限行業別)，補貼期限由24個月延長為36個月，目前已審查通過8件申請案；「非自願性失業勞工或生活困難補助」則幫助因疫情致營運困難終止勞工契約，或勞工任職同一事業單位一年以上，符合勞動基準法規定離職者申請生活補助，每人每次補助一個月基本工資，最長補助兩個月，同時也提供此類失業勞工子女就學獎助金。

「員工訓練補助方案」提供受疫情影響的事業單位免費勞工大學產業員工專班訓練，單一事業單位或跨單位學員達10人以上即可開班，每一事業單位最高可申請64小時課程，勞工局已輔導34家事業單位；另針對已通報獲准實施無薪假的事業單位，勞工局將協助申請勞動部「充電再出發訓練計畫」每月16小時以上、120小時以下的訓練經費補助。

此外，「充電再出發訓練計畫」訓練津貼，目前僅開放獲准實施無薪假的事業單位申請，但因無薪假資格認定門檻較高，目前申請通過件數較少，勞工局已函文向勞動部反映，期望放寬申請資格，並建議因應產業別不同，彈性規劃訓練課程方式。

勞工局提醒，事業單位如因景氣因素影響，導致停工或減產，應優先考量採取減少公司負責人、董事、監察人、總經理及高階經理人福利、分紅等措施，如仍有與勞工協商減少工時及工資的必要，宜與工會協商(勞資會議)，並與個別勞工協商合意、簽訂書面協議，且應事前向勞工局通報，勞工局會適時輔導勞雇雙方合法實施無薪休假。

title: 助勞工度難關　中市府盼中央放寬訓練津貼申請資格


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新竹縣新豐鄉公所爭取於新庄子舊營區設置非營利幼兒園，國教署及新竹縣教育處1日派員前往會勘，做進一步評估，期望將閒置空間活化再利用外，同時提升新豐鄉在地弱勢學童就學機會、減輕家長經濟壓力、實現教育均等理想。

新豐鄉新庄子營區舊營舍非營利幼兒園空間活化計畫預定地，原為陸軍營區，在新豐鄉公所於民國100年向軍方申請辦理撥用完成，並經都市計畫通盤檢討程序變更為兒童遊樂場用地，但多年來因缺乏建設經費，一直閒置至今。

國教署委員1日偕同新豐鄉公所多位主管及鄉民代表會主席、代表、村長等一行人，到萃豐路新豐國小旁的新庄子營區舊營舍，進行設置非營利幼兒園可行性評估會勘。希望將原本軍事屬性的主題營區配合鄰近新豐國小，轉化為非營利幼兒園或公有托育中心，透過既有建物再利用，活化閒置空間，打造新竹縣第一所示範性幼兒教育場域。

新豐鄉長許秋澤表示，非營利幼兒園收費介於公、私立之間，因收費平價，供不應求，每逢公立幼兒園招生季，不少家長搶破頭，為減輕家庭育兒負擔，他要求新竹縣政府利用閒置空間，增設公立幼兒園及非營利幼兒園，減輕年輕族群的負擔。

新豐鄉代表會主席田鼎睿表示，非營利幼兒園，學費接近公幼，收托時間比照私立幼兒園，新建的非營利幼兒園預計在民國111年開辦，分別2-3歲幼兒一班，及3-5歲幼兒兩班，三個班級將可招收76名學童，提供家長優質多元公共化教保服務及品質。

taiwan-subdivisions: 新豐 新竹縣

title: 新豐鄉爭取非營利幼兒園　盼減輕家庭育兒負擔


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台北市東門市場位於信義路、金山南路口，目前市場內有61位攤商，以傳統市場型態販售各項生鮮食品、日用品、小吃及雜貨等，其中以販售米粉湯、燒臘、黃牛肉及標榜活海鮮聞名。該市場自民國17年建造啟用後，沿著市場周邊巷弄逐漸衍生出攤販聚集，占用市場周邊道路營業至今。早期北市府基於民生需求及治安問題，故由警察局將該市場周圍攤販造冊列管。後警察局於74年將攤販業務移交市場處接管，並經75年2月台北市政府改進攤販管理專案小組討論，為應當時社會狀況且該地尚無立即改善需求，故先暫予列管，公告為臨時攤販集中場。

然東門外攤販，利用原本就狹窄的巷道兩側道路營業，不但使路幅縮減，更於道路上方搭設固定式棚架，亦衍生消防救災疑慮，已被消防局劃定為消防搶救困難老舊區域。該集中場的攤販於道路上營業，已占據民眾公用空間，且該地區經過20多年來的發展，已成為人口稠密之處，市場老舊及周邊攤販林立，已引發民眾對居住環境品質及安全之要求，故北市府積極推動東門市場改建，希藉由市場改建並考量開通周邊信義路二段79巷及金山南路一段110巷的道路，來改善當地消防安全問題及提升周遭環境，以消除當地居民消防公安疑慮，確保居家環境安全，及帶動繁榮當地觀光，促進商圈發展，並符合現代都市發展需求。

建成圓環市場，也曾發生過二次大火，因安全問題促使北市府不得不改建，惟因規劃與使用定位錯誤，市長柯文哲上任後傾聽民意，轉而變成現在綠地廣場使用。有鑑於此，北市府在推動東門市場改建，除將居家環境安全列為首要目標外，也需先保障市場內合法攤商權益，另對臨時攤集場內攤販，希能輔導逐步回歸正常營業場所外，並在市府多年無償提供道路予其營業有成後，基於社會責任，亦應配合整體政策，還路於民，以改善當地整體環境品質。

北市市場處表示，目前針對東門市場改建、都更的計劃的細節尚未拍板，市場處除保障東門市場現有攤商權益外，亦將持續和東門外臨時攤販集中場的攤販溝通，並將攤販訴求及需求納入評估考量，期能順利進行東門市場改建及周邊環境改善。

title: 北市推動老舊東門市場改建　解決消防公安及環境問題

taiwan-subdivisions: 金山 信義


title: 清明掃墓護空品　基市力推「以善代金」

events: 空品 武漢肺炎 空氣品質 空污

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清明節即將到來，基隆市環保局呼籲民眾在祭祖過程中應避免或減少香枝、紙錢的燃燒，以免在基市空污好發的4月份，可能造成空氣品質不良情形，並影響民眾身體健康。

基隆市環保局持續推動「紙錢集中燒」及「以善代金」2項活動，並於清明掃墓期間在南榮公墓、金寶塔及台北聖城等場所，設置紙錢暫存專區及宣導紙錢集中燒、以善代金相關資訊，民眾屆時可將祭拜後金紙放在紙錢暫存區，由環保局收運至有防制設備之焚化爐燒化。另外民眾可參加「以善代金」活動，透過OK便利商(OK。GO)及全家便利商店(FamiPort)捐款，將原本燒紙錢的花費轉作幫助社福及動保團體，讓祭祀、環保及行善能一舉三得。

基隆市府今年也考量武漢肺炎疫情影響，請市民朋友提前或延後掃墓，不要集中在清明節那一周，且建議家族派代表就好，不一定要全家總動員。而環保局亦再次提醒民眾，祭祀心誠則靈，只要您願意配合，就能為維護空氣品質盡一份心力。


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真是好大的膽子！桃園新屋的埔頂地區日前發生一件小怪手失竊案件，犯嫌趁深夜、凌晨時分至田間空地將他人所有之小怪手載走，所幸楊梅警方迅速追查，終將小怪手尋回，也讓受害的失主破涕為笑，不斷感謝警察。

住在埔頂地區的陳姓民眾日前跑到楊梅分局埔頂派出所報案，稱其所有的生財工具「小怪手」遭竊，埔頂派出所副所長周承緯、警員蔡皓傑、謝浩全受理後隨即展開追查，運用警用與民間監視系統過濾車輛。

發現一輛俗稱「吊卡」的吊掛大貨車，上頭載著相似物體且蓋上帆布，涉嫌重大，經查詢車號後於觀音區坑尾地區尋回小怪手。至於犯嫌，疑因警方上門查緝而逃之夭夭，將於事後通知到案說明後函送法辦。

楊梅分局分局長林信雄表示，「法網恢恢，疏而不漏」，宵小趁深夜、凌晨時分犯案以為無人知曉，但警察打擊犯罪不打烊，也宣示防疫期間警察遏止犯罪的決心。

title: 深夜偷小怪手　楊梅警速追查遏止犯罪

taiwan-subdivisions: 楊梅 觀音 桃園 新屋


title: 感佩新樓防疫醫護員辛勞　餐飲業者致贈100杯香醇濃咖啡

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武漢肺炎疫情在全球各地續延燒，第一線防疫醫護人員所面臨的挑戰更加劇、防疫辛勞倍增，異人館餐飲國際股份有限公司旗下品牌I’M COFFEE~主動聯繫醫院，特地送來台南新樓醫院第一線醫護人員100杯香醇濃的咖啡，以實際行動支持抗疫前線的醫護人員，給予鼓勵及加油打氣。

店內咖啡師也自發性地貼心地寫下了感謝的小卡片貼在咖啡杯上，希望每個拿到咖啡的醫護人員，都能直接感受到社會大眾的感謝及暖暖的心意。

I’M COFFEE表示，身為在地的店家，時值非常時期，醫護人員站在防疫第一線，身心所承受的巨大壓力是一般外人難以想像。在這樣的緊繃的氣氛下，餐飲業能做的，就是用本業所擅長的食物來成為他人的支持。100杯咖啡其實沒多少錢，但如果可以讓辛苦的醫生護士人員，能喝到一杯香醇可口的咖啡得到力量、溫暖，感受到他們背後有著大家的支持與感謝，那這100杯咖啡就是無價了。

台南新樓醫院蔡江欽院長代表院方感謝I’M COFFEE力挺第一線醫護人員的暖心善舉並致贈感謝狀，相信大家一起來努力，一定會平安的渡過這次疫情。


taiwan-subdivisions: 湖口 楊梅

title: 警埋伏通緝犯　意外查獲贓車現行犯

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楊梅分局草湳派出所所長張傑凱、警員陳信帆、陳韋任於日前下午在湖口鄉湖中路附近車上埋伏一名詐欺通緝犯時，後方正騎來一台左右探頭探腦的機車騎士經過，員警覺得他可疑便以手中警用行動電腦查詢該車車號，忽然顯示失竊車輛畫面，員警再次核對車號車體顏色等均吻合，便加速上前追蹤尾隨，並在適當地點迫使該騎士停車，員警突開起啟車門擋住騎士去路後便迅速下車拔他機車鑰匙因而逮獲。

經查羅姓嫌犯(46歲)有多項竊盜、強盜及妨害風化前科，被突如其來的便衣員警嚇得說不出話來，員警一再追問下才回過神坦承該機車是他偷來的。

羅嫌辯稱因苦無交通工具代步，上星期五在湖口黃昏市場發現這部插著鑰匙的機車，見無人注意便起貪念直接將機車騎走，行竊代步期間還將該車所幸騎回家放，並欺瞞母親機車是向朋友借用，逮捕現場還哭著央求警察放他一馬，說自己明天就要去面試工作上班了，被警察抓走這樣會沒有工作，敢做不敢擔的心態也讓員警直搖頭，全案羅嫌違反機車竊盜罪嫌移送偵辦外，後續再清查是否另涉有其他刑事案件。


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美國新冠肺炎疫情升溫，亞裔美國人面臨種族歧視攻擊，加上美國總統川普將病毒與中國連結，許多亞裔政治領袖對此感到緊張不安，父母都來自台灣的眾議員孟昭文感嘆，「我們還是常常被視為外人」。

紐約時報報導，當川普第一次提出「中國病毒」的說法沒多久，民主黨眾議員孟昭文就接到父母電話，詢問川普是否真的給新冠病毒起了這樣惡劣的綽號。她告訴他們，的確是這樣。

來自紐約的孟昭文說：「有時候，我感到很無助。」她說，近來不斷聽到全球各地都傳出有許多人受到騷擾和攻擊，「這確實提醒了我，我們還是常常被視為外人」。

新冠肺炎疫情激起強烈的仇恨與暴力，有些人將疫情歸咎於亞裔美國人。近來幾周，美國傳出多起亞裔遭人辱罵、吐口水甚至暴力攻擊事件。

川普一度將新冠病毒稱為「中國病毒」，引發一些共和黨政客跟進，他辯稱這並非種族主義，因為這種病毒「來自中國」。然而，公衛專家和世界衛生組織都建議不要將地名、種族與傳染病連結，因為會導致歧視和仇視。在抗議聲浪中，川普最終停止使用這項措辭，還說這是為了要「保護亞裔美國人」。

加州華裔民主黨眾議員趙美心談到這些共和黨人士時表示：「他們這麼做是出於特定政治動機，且未考慮到這對亞裔美國人等其他群體的影響。」

趙美心說，認為亞裔是外人的刻板印象「已經存在數十年了，它們總是隱藏在表象之下，一旦出現突發事件，就能將它們全部引出」。

多位亞裔美國政界人士譴責在疫情中出現的種族仇視，誓言保護自己的社群，但他們坦言，自己也會憤怒、害怕與不安。

曾參加今年民主黨總統初選的台裔商人楊安澤說，他感覺新冠肺炎疫情再度凸顯美國族裔問題。 （法新社）
來自加州河濱市的日裔民主黨眾議員高野馬克（Mark Takano）說，他想到九一一恐怖攻擊時穆斯林都被當成恐怖分子的日子，還有他的祖父母二戰時被關進集中營的往事。他表示：「作為亞裔美國人，我們知道，在這種時候，巨大的責難會被強加在一群人身上。」

曾參加今年民主黨總統初選引發廣大回響的台裔商人楊安澤說，最近幾周，他常想起小時候作為學校裡少數亞裔的那種悲傷和憤怒，「那是一場艱辛的奮鬥，我覺得我們確實取得了很大進步，但現在感覺又像是以各種方式倒退，這令人感到痛苦。」

countries: 台灣 中國 美國

events: 新冠肺炎 新冠病毒

title: 種族歧視再起...美台裔議員：我們被當外人


title: 川普調停沙俄油價戰

countries: 沙烏地阿拉伯 俄羅斯 美國

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美國總統川普希望與沙烏地阿拉伯和俄羅斯一起坐下來談，讓世界兩大石油出口國之間的價格戰休兵。但目前尚未見到沙國有態度軟化的跡象。

美國和俄羅斯能源官員1日罕見地就油價大跌舉行會談，並同意未來繼續討論。但克里姆林宮表示，俄國和沙國目前無意就油市議題舉行會談，普亭也不打算和沙國領導人通話；但必要時，可迅速安排。

川普31日表示已和俄國總統普亭、沙國王儲賓沙爾曼通話，願意與兩人會晤，居中調停化解油市價格戰。川普說：「他們會聚在一起，我們全會聚在一起，看看怎麼做。兩國將討論，如有必要，我也會適時加入。」

川普說：「油這麼多，有些情況下或許比水還不值錢。」

但目前沙國仍堅稱，唯有在所有主要產油國都協議減產的條件下，沙國才會收回在全球油市倒貨的決定。甚至有知情人士透露，沙國4月起每日供應量提高到超過1,200萬桶，創新高。

俄羅斯語氣較緩和，表示願意克制大幅增產，但未提出化解沙、俄敵意的具體提案。

油價崩跌重創美國頁岩油業，業者多位於傾向票投共和黨的州，川普插手石油外交當下，新冠疫情蔓延全球，石油需求降幅恐達30%。