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由於新冠病毒爆發帶來的「居家避疫」，紐約市街道上行駛的車輛越加減少，但同時更多的司機無視限速標示。

據Streetsblog報導，在3月5日3月24日中，市內的超速攝像頭記錄下了18萬0718名司機超速，比1月份同期增長了12.3%。

紐約市交通專員施瓦茨(Sam Schwartz)稱，儘管在疫情期間，路上的汽車數量明顯減少，但仍然有大量的汽車駕駛在路上；自3月第一周以來，公路上汽車流量下降了35%到50%，這意味著超速率可能是以前的兩倍。

施瓦茨表示，隨著公路上汽車流量的減少，司機們到達目的地的速度比以往任何時候都要快，司機為什麼要「提速」呢？醫院中收治的新冠感染者已經「超載」，駕駛者更需遵守交通規則，以免增加醫院負擔。

title: 疫情禁令車流量減少 紐約超速大增20天18萬人


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英國首相強生（Boris Johnson）的新冠肺炎症狀惡化，今天晚間被送進加護病房。強生已經要求外相拉布（Dominic Raab）代理任何必須事宜。川普總統獲訊後表示，美國人都在為強生首相祈禱；川普還表示，美國有他已要求兩家頂尖的大型製藥公司，與倫敦聯繫，提供必要的協助。

川普在記者會上表示，強生是非常好的朋友，非常強壯、堅決，他不放棄，也不會辭職。

英國廣播公司（BBC）報導，55歲的強生10天前確診，並在家中展開自主隔離，但因為高燒與咳嗽等症狀不斷，為預防起見入住倫敦蓋伊和聖湯瑪斯醫院（Guy’s & St Thomas' Hospital）接受檢查。他今天稍早還曾推文表示「精神很好」。

唐寧街聲明指出：「從昨晚起，首相因為持續出現新型冠狀病毒症狀而入院，接受聖湯瑪斯醫院醫師的照料。在今天下午，首相的情況惡化，在醫療團隊的建議之下，他被移往醫院的加護病房。」

BBC報導，強生大約是在晚間7時被送進加護病房，據知他意識清醒，被送進加護病房僅是預防措施，以防他之後需要使用呼吸器。

白金漢宮表示，英國女王伊麗莎白二世已從唐寧街10號得知強生的病況。

外相拉布晚間表示，他們是一個很強的圖隊，他和同事會確保強生的指示被確實執行，「我們會帶領整個國家度過新型冠狀病毒危機」。

journalist: 世界新聞網／綜合外電報導

countries: 美國 英國

events: 冠狀病毒 新冠肺炎

title: 川普：美國人都為強生祈禱 要求兩藥廠與倫敦聯繫


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位於紐約的布魯克林海軍造船廠(Brooklyn Navy Yard)，在新冠疫情之下成為生產醫療防護物資的臨時工廠，也被市長白思豪(Bill de Blasio)稱為「戰時工廠」(wartime factory)。

6日，白思豪再次走訪。本次，兩家公司正為前線醫療人員趕工生產防護服。每個員工都穿著統一的深藍色工作服，背後寫著「保持6呎遠」。

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journalist: 世界新聞網何卓賢／製作

title: 快看世界 走進紐約「戰時工廠」 看員工加緊製防護服


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美國商銀表示，小型企業對緊急救援貸款的需求旺盛，目前的申請量已占國會撥款總額的近10%。該行證實，已收到來自17.7萬家小型企業的申請，總申請額為326億元。這些數字只是美國商銀接獲的申請數而非小型企業管理局的批准數。

IBM：新冠疫情促使企業轉向AI和雲端

IBM新任CEO克里許納(Arvind Krishna)表示，新型冠狀病毒的傳播可能促使企業加快轉向人工智慧(AI)和雲端等現代科技。這兩個領域對IBM來說是更大的商機，但在市占率方面，IBM遠遠落後於雲端領先者亞馬遜和微軟，而在人工智慧方面，該公司則被批評為前景過於樂觀，而谷歌居領先地位。

葉倫：失業率估13% GDP將收縮30%

聯準會(Fed)前主席葉倫(Janet Yellen)表示，目前經濟正處於「絕對令人震驚」的低迷困境中，目前的數據還沒反映出這種趨勢。她說，如果實際反映出來的話，失業率可能會高達13％，而整體經濟收縮率將約為30%。看來像是經濟大蕭條，但形式截然不同，「這是巨大、前所未有的破壞性衝擊」。

臉書開發工具監控社交隔離成效

臉書正在開發新工具，利用自用戶收集的匿名位置數據來檢視人們是否遵守意在阻止新型冠狀病毒傳播的社交隔離措施。臉書表示，旗下「善意數據」(Data for Good)計畫正在開發「疾病預防地圖」，顯示人們在各地移動的訊息。臉書希望這些數據能與公共衛生官員收集的其他訊息共同使用，以協助確認可能爆發新冠疫情的地區。

紐約Fed將自14日起買進商業本票

紐約Fed表示，其商業本票融資機制將於4月14日啟動，屆時Fed將買進那些努力籌集現金的企業、銀行和市政府發行的商業本票。這項措施將有效提供一個保證利率，讓高評級的發行人可以在短期內獲得現金，並希望該措施可緩解商業本票市場壓力。

Ulta Beauty將受益於口紅效應

由於消費者大多被禁足在家裡，化妝需求不大。但Cowen分析師說，Ulta Beauty Inc.可承受新型冠狀病毒大流行帶來的不確定性，並且由於「口紅效應」，這家美容零售商的股價將反彈。「口紅效應」的理論是：在經濟困難時，人們往往只會買像是口紅這樣的便宜奢侈品。

零售業至5月恐流失200萬職位

全國零售業聯合會(NRF)的研究顯示，最新政府數據顯示，零售業在3月因無薪假和裁員而失業，但隨著危機加劇，裁員幅度將更大。勞工部3月非農就業報告有70.1萬人失業，但NRF指出，到5月時，零售業勞動力恐減少200萬人。截至3月底，零售業有1560萬個工作崗位。

journalist: 財經簡訊

title: IBM：疫情促企業轉向AI雲端 臉書開發工具監控社交隔離


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Allstate保險公司6日宣布，由於新冠疫情使大多數州別執行「居家避疫」，駕駛人開車上路機率遽降，交通事故比率也隨著減少，有鑑於此，該公司決定退回部分車險保費，符合資格保戶將可收到四月及五月保費的15%作為退款，Allstate預計這比金額累計將達六億元。

全美目前大部分州都因為加強防疫而實施居家避疫令，且民眾宅在家同時，學校、餐館、美甲店及其他非必要商業都暫停營業，開車機率大幅減少。

Allstate執行長威爾森(Tom Wilson)說，該公司從可獲得的2300萬部車輛的追蹤數據發現，每天這些車子的行駛率遽降，他說，大部分的州別，車輛行駛的里程數減少了35%到50%，而且連沒有實施「居家避疫」的州，也出現同樣情形。

總部在芝加哥郊區北溪市(Northbrook)的Allstate，主要使用了提供移動數據與分析的Arity資料，Arity追蹤了2300萬名駕駛的紀錄，其中包括Allstate保險公司的保戶。

Allstate表示，車險保戶將會從他們支付保險費的信用卡、銀行帳號等收到這筆退款，該公司也鼓勵保戶下載其應用軟體來接收相關退費消息；此外，Allstate還為因為疫情而遭遇困難的保戶，提供付款緩解計畫(payment relief plans)。

總部位於威斯康辛州的保險公司「美國家庭保險」(American Family Insurance)說，該公司也將退還汽車保險保戶部分費用，作為新冠疫情車輛交通銳減的保費退費，每輛向該公司投保汽車險的車輛，都會收到50元的退款，現階段該公司先提供居住於威州的保戶退費支票，接下來幾州會陸續退款給其他州的保戶。

journalist: 特派員黃惠玲╱芝加哥報導

title: 居家避疫沒人開車 Allstate將退還保戶15%車險費


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雖因新冠疫情讓被迫居家的用戶數激增，但分析師仍調降評級，Zoom Video股票6日收跌4.1%。

Zoom股價盤中一度下跌達15%至低點108.53元，而大盤上漲超過7%。該股上周下跌15%，追平上市近一年來最糟單周。

即使下跌，Zoom今年來仍上漲逾80%，而史坦普500指數下跌17.55%，以科技股為主的那斯達克綜合指數下跌11.81%。

瑞士信貸(Credit Suisse)分析師澤尼克(Brad Zelnick)將Zoom評級從「中性」調降至「低於大盤」，並將其目標價從95元提高至105元，理由是「目前股價反映的免費用戶轉化高於我們的模型預測值」。

澤尼克說：「儘管股票分析師的責任在於分辨好公司與好股價，但我們肯定Zoom是當前健康危機的超級英雄。」從長遠來看，他說，微軟公司的Teams視訊服務「仍是最重大的競爭威脅」。

Bernstein分析師克蘭尼(Zane Chrane)在報告中指出，鑑於該公司必須應對用戶數激增的問題，其缺陷也正引起人們不成比例的關注。他給予該公司超越大盤評級及125元目標價。

他表示：「任何一家在90天內需求增加20倍的公司，不可避免地遇到一些成長難題是可以預期的，即使它們勉力提供服務也一樣，因此Zoom的監督和涉嫌違規行為等全部背景都應考量在內。」

Zoom股價在3月23日收盤創下159.56元高點後開始下跌，因為新冠疫情推動該服務廣受歡迎的同時也曝露出安全隱患。早在1月時，Check Point Software Technologies Inc.發現了Zoom中有個漏洞，入侵者可以偷聽視訊會議。

澤尼克說：「Zoom的使用量呈指數級成長，導致對其技術進行更進一步的檢視，從而導致最近對安全性的關注激增。」「儘管其中許多像是用戶錯誤引起的問題很可能短期內就會得到解決，但我們預計其他問題可能會持續一段時間。」

Zoom CEO袁征(Eric Yuan)的回應也引發擔憂，即某些視訊會議被允許連接到中國的系統，並且該公司未能「完全建立慣用的地理圍欄(geo-fencing)」。

這些安全隱患促使紐約市教育局要求校長們停用Zoom，暗示改用Alphabet Inc.的Google Hangouts使用Microsoft Teams等視訊服務。

journalist: 記者張大仁／綜合報導

countries: 瑞士 中國

title: Zoom安全性啟疑 股價下挫


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觀塘警區特別職務隊警員，早前根據線報調查，在昨日(6日)晚上9時，於觀塘偉業街展開打擊毒品活動，在一間酒店外截查姓劉(29歲)及姓陳(43歲)目標男子，於他們的私家車內，檢獲約18克懷疑「冰毒」，經初步調查後，不排除有人駕駛車輛運送毒品，兩人涉嫌「販毒」被捕。
警員隨後根據調查進入酒店一間客房搜查，發現一名54歲英籍男子及另一名25歲菲律賓籍男子，同時在房間內檢獲約5克懷疑「冰毒」、64粒懷疑「偉哥」及3個冰壺。據悉房內兩人皆為香港居民，經初步調查後涉嫌「藏毒」被捕。行動中，警方檢獲的毒品市值約12,000港元，被捕4名男子已被帶返警署扣查。

countries: 香港 菲律賓

title: 警方觀塘截冰毒快餐車　再搗酒店毒窟共拘4男


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今日(7日)凌晨零時許，一輛黑色平治房車停靠在筲箕灣東濤苑入口行車通道旁，當時有人待在車內；未幾一輛黑色七人車高速駛入撞向平治，平治捱撞後擱在行人路上，車頭嚴重損毀冒出白煙。
七人車車頭亦嚴重毀爛，隨即高速倒車駛出東濤苑後停在路中，車上多名戴口罩男子棄車逃去，此時平治房車上亦有人落車追截。由於撞車產生巨響，驚動附近居民報警。

title: 筲箕灣七人車離奇撼平治　兩司機棄車逃遁


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新冠肺炎疫情嚴峻，政府早前勒令，酒吧業在上周五(3日)傍晚六時起須關閉14日，本港夜場行業正式全面拉閘。惟警方接獲線報，得悉有人涉嫌違反禁令，暗中照做生意，經調查後於今日(7日)凌晨時分，派出大批警員掩至尖沙咀山林道21號一處所調查。
據悉，警方到場時發現該處所「重門深鎖」，警員遂使用爆門工具破門入內，進行搜查。警方經初步調查後，懷疑有人經營無牌酒吧，在場內檢獲大批啤酒及洋酒，同時發現懷疑毒品。現場消息稱，警方在行動中拘捕約90人，案件仍在調查中，警方稍後交代詳情。

title: 群聚「飲番杯」　警冚尖沙咀無牌酒吧拘近百人


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兩岸在防疫措施過招，就連國際宣傳手法也大相逕庭。大陸除採取一貫的「大外宣」手法，搶奪話語權，更搬出大批口罩、醫療物資援外攻勢，試圖「雨露均霑」。相對大陸「正規軍」打法，台灣則祭出「網路游擊戰」攻勢，政府官員利用臉書、推特分享抗疫經驗之餘，台灣網友更「化整為零」多渠道替台灣發聲，包括連署世衛祕書長譚德塞下台，澄清BBC不實報導等實例比比皆是。

隨著大陸疫情穩中向好，北京當局目前也正試圖取代美國，希望在國際上扮演出色的「中國隊長」角色，按照大陸外交部之前說法，大陸目前已經向全球89國投放口罩、呼吸器醫療物資，還不包括向世衛捐贈的2000萬美元，而且目前還在進一步擴大援助計畫。

▲BBC報導指出，英國情侶認為台檢疫所條件太差，簡直就像住監獄。（截圖自BBC網站）
國際宣傳 陸軟硬兼施
除了捐贈醫療物資、派遣專家組等實質援外計畫，大陸在國際宣傳，營造正面形象上，也是「軟硬兼施」。一方面透過官方口徑一致對內對外「大放送」大陸暖心之舉；面對汙衊大陸的說法，更選擇在第一時間重砲回擊。最經典的例子莫過於，外交部發言人華春瑩2日在記者會上霸氣全開，用長達10分鐘時間，反駁華盛頓對於北京瞞報疫情的說法。

相較於大陸採取「正面迎擊」的做法，台灣則是採取較為靈活的游擊戰方式，官方與民間，發揮創意，充分利用網路，跨地域、即時的特性，為台灣在這場全球「戰疫」中，爭得一席之地。

中央流行疫情指揮中心指揮官陳時中，防疫過程中所展現的鐵人形象，透過每日網路直播，受到各界好評；政務委員唐鳳善用IT能力，帶頭研發的「口罩地圖」，受到鄰近日韓國吹捧，更不用說，蔡英文總統、外交部長吳釗燮屢屢透過推特發言，為台灣發聲。

網軍洗版 BBC撤新聞
官員「唱作俱佳」外，台灣網友更是發揮「螞蟻雄兵」的精神，在網路為台灣助力。在50萬人連署譚德塞下台事件中，雖然此連署是由各國網友發起，但有不少台灣網友在其中聲援，還讓譚德塞公開點名，此事是所謂的台灣網軍所為。

此外，日前有英國籍情侶在台灣隔離期間抱怨環境差，家人更接受BBC報導批評檢疫中心像監獄，此新聞曝光後，引發台灣網友一遍撻伐，更在BBC臉書上「洗版式」留言，整件事最終以英籍女致歉、BBC撤下報導才告終。

▲大陸媒體已釐清傳統宣傳方式效果不彰。圖為央視新聞移動直播機房。（新華社資料照片）
對台宣傳工作 陸大玩臉書
針對新冠疫情導致兩岸關係緊張，大陸國台辦旗下媒體《中國台灣網》、海峽衛視的《今日海峽》等網路平台，逐漸改變官方互罵的傳統形式，轉由在臉書分享與之立場相近的網友評論，靈活多元的方式，大幅度增加可信度。文化大學廣告系教授鈕則勳表示，大陸媒體已經釐清傳統的宣傳方式，效果不彰，因此陸方調整對台宣傳工作，透過臉書利用較有趣的形式，達到有效的宣傳結果。

對於大陸轉為較靈活的宣傳方式，鈕則勳表示，宣傳應該是動態，通常來是有來有往，才會達到目的，如果以單方面的管道，或是侷限性來做宣傳的話，多元性不夠，廣度也不足，觸及率不會明顯的成長。因此開闢新的多元管道，是大陸宣傳攻防上的必然之舉。

鈕則勳指出，台灣人比較常用臉書，大陸若要深度宣傳，一定要使用台灣民眾習慣的社群軟體，如果只用原來的方式來做回應，效果十分有限，因此勢必要運用目標對象，最常使用的媒介來宣傳。台灣人最常使用的社群軟體，就是臉書和IG，所以陸媒一定要使用這些平台，才能夠讓目標對象接受到訊息。

他續指，運用台灣人常接觸的平台，並且在平台上收集與陸方立場相近的台灣網友言論，來支撐要傳達的論點，這樣可以讓本身的論點更結實可靠。反之，如果在臉書上用官的口吻宣傳，效果絕對會大打折扣。總體觀之，目前大陸對台宣傳工作已有調整，改變自說自話的傳統模式，變得較為靈活。

面對兩岸網友不斷隔空互罵，鈕則勳表示，疫情增加兩岸的互不信任感，且官方之間的衝突，已慢慢渲染到民間，網友相互較量的情況也越來越明顯，若沒有一個緩解的方法，民間互信會受到嚴重挑戰，對兩岸發展是極度不利的，希望兩岸各退一步，維持表面張力式和諧，並找到一個穩定的平衡點，這是雙方共同的責任。

▲文化大學廣告系教授鈕則勳。（本報系資料照片）
（記者／陳柏廷、張語庭）

countries: 美國 英國 韓國 台灣 中國

people: 唐鳳 陳時中 蔡英文 吳釗燮

references: 網友 臉書

title: 搶國際聲量 陸扮暖男 台游擊戰


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▲「今日海峽」在臉書緊扣台灣時事議題，再以小編點評的方式尖銳批評。（截圖自臉書@今日海峽）
疫情期間兩岸對立加劇，面對台灣的反中輿論風向，大陸近期的宣傳手法也做了調整，直接在台灣使用廣泛的臉書正面交鋒，緊扣時事議題，分享台媒新聞的同時，以小編口吻提出批評質疑；有的則以大陸青年錄製影片方式，反擊台灣名嘴和網紅對大陸的抹黑扭曲。雙方一來一往，還引來其他網紅參戰，宛若一場兩岸網紅大亂鬥，而這幾家進駐臉書的大陸媒體，都具有官方背景。

「今日海峽」是福建廣電集團旗下海峽衛視的一檔專門談論兩岸議題的節目，臉書粉絲頁已經累積142萬人關注，但其經營方式並非分享自家新聞節目，而是以即時分享台媒報導的時政新聞為主，並配上小編點評，偶爾才穿插大陸媒體的報導。

連發影片圍剿台網紅
譬如近日鬧得沸沸揚揚的觀光局官員兒子機場喝咖啡造成傳染的事件，「今日海峽」在臉書分享陳時中為此緩頰的新聞，並表示「左一個你以為，右一個你以為，這是指揮官的態度和應有的作風嗎？難道對這位基層員工和他的五歲孩子沒有一絲愧疚之意嗎？」還將此事件連結湖北滯留台人，稱「如果規定所有入境台灣的都要比照湖北台胞落地集中隔離，那這位主祕之子還會傳染給別人嗎？」

又如在分享「行政院長蘇貞昌稱口罩限量是擔心民眾會浪費」的新聞時，故意用關鍵詞註記「今天是愚人節」反諷；有時還分享其他臉書的政治漫畫，暗指蔡政府雙重標準、前後不一。

另一例子是目前累積14萬粉絲的「青年公社」臉書頁，它是國台辦旗下「中國台灣網」的分支網站，專門經營兩岸青年交流。從3月中開始，在臉書連續上傳「兩岸青年說」影片，找了幾位大陸年輕人，反駁台灣網紅鍾明軒堅持稱「武漢肺炎」的說法，光是三月中旬就連發了9則影片動態「圍剿」鍾明軒。

從疫情責任 戰到統獨
最近的幾段影片，則反駁立委陳柏惟稱健保費讓14億大陸人使用的說法、澄清捷克衛生專家指大陸出口快篩試劑錯誤率高達八成，其實是因為一開始使用方法錯誤；還反駁了台名嘴稱大陸人現在「不是病死就是餓死」，所以要趕快復工等錯誤訊息。

這樣的交鋒一來一往，引來館長、波特王、攝徒日記等其他台灣網紅紛紛參戰，與大陸青年隔空對嗆。雙方都酸對方是玻璃心，從疫情的責任，戰到統獨問題。

一位北京知情人士透露，這幾位錄製影片跟台灣對嗆的大陸青年，都是「中國台灣網」挑選出的編制內人員，希望用年輕人的語言，澄清台灣對大陸的扭曲和抹黑。「有被關注到，總比完全不知道好」。

▲「兩岸青年說」影片，反駁台灣網紅鍾明軒堅持稱「武漢肺炎」的說法。（截圖自微博@兩岸青年公社）
 「天然獨」對撞「必然統」
應對「假消息」，是這一年多來兩岸激烈的不見血戰場，台灣稱為「資訊戰」，大陸則叫「輿論鬥爭」，隨著網路傳播科技發達，訊息傳遞幾乎零時差，大陸網民也會翻牆看台灣媒體和名嘴網紅的言論。過去對壘的主要角色，從官方下沉擴散到民間，這場兩岸輿論戰，正走向扁平化。

中共十九大前後，國台辦曾以「中共中央台辦」署名在大陸重要黨媒《求是》撰文，當中就提到，面對台灣局勢變化，要「積極開展輿論鬥爭，揭批台灣當局和台獨勢力破壞兩岸關係政治基礎和現狀的行徑」。從近期大陸媒體在臉書的積極經營，可見一斑。

大陸對台表態的形式，可約略分成幾個層次。一是代表最權威的官員或發言人說法；二是《人民日報》、新華社等官媒的評論文章；三是透過大陸涉台學者發言間接傳達官方態度。

從最近兩岸青年在網路上的頻密交鋒可看出，已出現第四種：直接進駐最前線的社群平台，和綠營網軍正面對決。這既是因應網路新型態所衍生的形式，也更加接地氣，讓兩岸輿論鬥爭場域走向扁平化。

這意味著兩岸的對立已經由上而下，從官方延伸到民間。樂觀角度看，這可以是個「不打不相識」的過程，兩岸民眾不用經過各自媒體過濾篩選，直接聽到對方最真實的聲音，坦率交流；但這也會是個激化對立，演變成民粹政治的過程，「天然獨」與「必然統」的對撞，正在加速中。

（特派員／陳君碩）

countries: 中國 台灣 捷克

people: 蘇貞昌 陳柏惟 陳時中

references: 臉書 網民

title: 兩岸不見血戰場 打假誰怕誰


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騰訊董事會主席馬化騰（左，中新社資料照片）首次登上首富，與阿里巴巴創辦人馬雲（右，新華社資料照片）並列。

胡潤研究院6日發布《疫情兩個月後全球企業家財富變化特別報告》顯示，疫情爆發2個月後，全球「十億美金企業家」從原本2816位少了20%；其中，貝佐斯仍是全球首富，坐擁9300億元（人民幣，下同）身家，但財富蒸發500億元；大陸方面，馬化騰首次晉升大陸首富，以2900億元與馬雲並列，但兩人財富分別縮水7%與9%。
在全球，除了貝佐斯財富縮水外，兩個月前，原有4位企業家財富突破1000億美元（約7093億元人民幣）大關，現在只剩下貝佐斯；大陸方面，除了馬化騰與馬雲並列首富外，受惠於防疫需求，恆瑞醫藥和翰森製藥的孫飄揚、鍾慧娟夫婦財富超過恒大集團的許家印和長江實業的李嘉誠，以2020億元名列第三。

title: 「疫」軍突起 馬化騰馬雲並列首富


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擴大居民消費無疑是大陸各地刺激經濟的重要手段，由此，發放消費券成為各地政府刺激消費快速恢復的一種有效手段，目前已有包括南京、杭州、寧波、重慶、佛山、深圳、鄭州、嘉興在內超過30座城市發放消費券，多地還開始發放第二批消費券，主要面向前期未領取的用戶。

各地政府發放消費券的目的在激發居民消費熱情，幫助部分受疫情衝擊大的行業加快恢復。不過有專家提醒，要把好事辦好，明確發放流程，注重精準投放，避免出現物價上漲。

據大陸《經濟日報》報導，最近在一些地方「你領券沒」成了新的社交熱詞，消費券正在把人們拉回到疫情發生前的消費軌道。受疫情影響，今年居民增收遭遇更多困難，部分行業失業風險進一步擴大，支撐消費增長的基礎受到衝擊；特別是對電影、餐飲等人員聚集型服務消費來說，即便疫情得到控制，人們仍在觀望，導致這部分受疫情衝擊最大的行業恢復較慢。

為此，各地根據實際情況，推出總金額從幾百萬元（人民幣，下同）到上億元不等的消費券，意在激發居民消費熱情，釋放消費需求。

比如，杭州市政府發放16.8億元消費券，在杭人員可從支付寶首頁專區入口或支付寶搜索「杭州」進入申領，南京、合肥、廣西等多地也與支付寶合作發放消費券；青島城陽區政府通過官方APP「愛城陽」，以搖號的形式向全區居民發放1000萬元的微信電子消費券。

長江產業經濟研究院教授劉志彪認為，透過發放消費券方式刺激消費，具有3個明顯優勢。一方面，可以在特定時間內快速轉化為消費，對於拉動經濟效果較明顯；另一方面，可以定向針對更需要補貼的中低收入階層，體現政府對中低收入階層的關懷；此外，消費券在使用過程中具有明顯的指向性特徵，這對一些受疫情衝擊較大的行業儘快恢復有很大幫助。

（記者／葉文義）

journalist: 葉文義

title: 陸發消費券 小心物價Hold不住


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▲2009年4月4日，清明公祭軒轅黃帝典禮在陜西黃陵橋山軒轅殿舉行。圖為中國國民黨前主席連戰夫婦在黃帝陵前上香。（中新社）

國民黨從2009年前主席連戰開始，每年都派代表參與陝西祭拜黃帝陵活動，今年卻一改常態，對此事不聞不問。據知情人士表示，國民黨今年沒參加祭黃陵，是因為內部對於「九二共識」、兩岸論述都還沒定調，兩岸小組成員想法南轅北轍，難達成共識；此外，國民黨盼透過此事給大陸一些壓力，希望國共兩黨未來合作時，可以各退一步，多互相討論。

對於兩岸論述，知情人士指出，國民黨兩岸小組現階段未達成共識，小組成員蘇起雖然贊成「九二共識」，但黨主席江啟臣卻批評過「九二共識」，大家想法南轅北側；有些建議曲高和寡、有些不切實際，因此要把大家的論述融合成一套，非常有難度；況且兩岸論述必須得到大陸的支持，若讓陸方覺得台灣沒希望，不再寄希望於台灣民眾，會造成很嚴重的後果。

4月5日，2018年清明公祭軒轅黃帝典禮在陝西黃陵舉行，中國國民黨前主席洪秀柱敬獻花籃。（中新社）
對陸施壓 盼多加溝通
據悉，大陸先前推出「惠台31條」與「對台26條」都未事先與國民黨溝通，甚至時任國民黨大陸事務部主任事前只知道大概輪廓，對細節完全不了解。知情人士表示，這種情況下要國民黨如何配合大陸，今年不去祭黃帝陵的另一層含義，就是要讓大陸緊張一陣子，國民黨不能一味地附和大陸，希望雙方能多加溝通。

知情人士續指，大陸現在想成立「一國兩制委員會」，這跟國民黨的立場完全不同，未來國共兩黨一定會面臨談判，因此雙方都在拉抬籌碼，作為將來談判的基石；國民黨可能會要求陸方不要再提「一國兩制」，而共產黨也許會要國民黨重申「一個中國的九二共識」，這場談判遲早會來。

3月7日江啟臣當選中國國民黨主席。圖為2018年4月江啟臣訪港畫面。
（中新社資料照片）
江任期短 改革難度大
對於國民黨的改革之路，知情人士表示，江啟臣主席的任期只有一年兩個月，時間非常短，不容許他做太長久的考量，但也是因為這樣，容易讓大陸對國民黨產生很多誤解，造成不必要的麻煩。（記者／張語庭）

旺報觀點 閃躲兩岸一家人國民黨進退失據
海峽兩岸4日以共同連線直播的方式舉行祭拜軒轅黃帝典禮，台灣方面由新黨榮譽主席郁慕明擔任主祭，過去都一直參與的國民黨，今年沒有參加，好像這件事沒發生一樣。國民黨的動作也引來北京的關注，國民黨的兩岸路線再怎麼調整，也不可能把「兩岸一家人」的理念給拋了吧。

2020台灣大選後，國民黨就一直出現檢討「九二共識」的聲音，其實，「九二共識」本身沒有問題，而是國民黨已喪失論述能力，任由民進黨抹黑抹紅。「九二共識」，不就是「兩岸一家人」的共識，誰能否認兩岸不是一家人？對台灣人而言，不就是像認祖歸宗般簡單的事，清明節的掃墓祭祖，都是兩岸一家人的明證。

國民黨從2009年起，每年都派代表參與陝西祭拜黃帝陵，包括前主席連戰、吳伯雄、洪秀柱、前副主席林豐正、蔣孝嚴等人都曾出席，吳敦義、朱立倫等前主席，都曾主持台灣民間舉辦的恭拜軒轅黃帝大典活動。

郁慕明指出，遙祭黃帝陵是中華兒女、炎黃子孫應有的責任，代表中華文化慎終追遠，懷念人文始祖。

縱然有《國安五法》、《反滲透法》，但是否出席祭軒轅黃帝大典活動，純粹是兩岸民間文化交流，國民黨實在不應該缺席。從國民黨主席選舉以來，立委江啟臣在選前先是對「九二共識」發出質疑之聲，當選當天也沒收到中共中央賀電，打破慣例；之後就任黨主席後，又公開強調，「九二共識」沒有問題，是民進黨把「九二共識」抹黑成「一國兩制」，國民黨卻沒有澄清及溝通；又說：「我是台灣人，也是中國人」；最後又缺席祭拜軒轅黃帝典禮。

或許忙於改革，或是兩岸路線還在盤整，但「兩岸一家人」的共識，應該不是國民黨的檢討目標，國民黨對兩岸關係發展的態度到底是什麼，應該知行合一，快下定論，而非左閃右躲，變來變去。

（記者／連雋偉）

journalist: 連雋偉

people: 蔣孝嚴 吳敦義 連戰 朱立倫 洪秀柱 江啟臣 郁慕明

political-parties: 中國國民黨 新黨

title: 「疫」改常態？國民黨不祭黃陵


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大陸近日哀悼新冠肺炎死者，又值清明時節緬懷先人之際，從資本市場角度看，殯葬業卻是驚人的高毛利率產業，多次入選大陸10大暴利行業。上月15日號稱港股「殯葬第一股」的福壽園發布去年財報就顯示，單就墓園服務的經營利潤率為54.4%，輕鬆壓倒大陸龍頭房企的中國恒大的毛利率27.8%，顯示華人世界商場上「陰宅好賺過陽宅」。

武漢農村現豪華墓地，占地400逾畝，建築還仿造北京天壇、南海觀音等著名景點。（中新社資料照片）
但疫情卻也不免衝擊、改變殯葬產業鏈上下游表現，讓殯葬用品店利潤大打折扣。就有業者表示，今年的祭祀用品銷量遠遠不及去年，回顧去年紙錢基本上是10來綑地賣，現在也就1、2捆，加上買的人變少，預計今年利潤要減少近一半。

陸殯葬業產值驚人
但從數據來看，大陸殯葬業的產值與前景規模仍是驚人。據大陸市調公司中國報告大廳發布《2016-2021年中國殯葬服務產業市場運行暨產業發展趨勢研究報告》顯示，大陸死亡人口每年約1000萬人，照最低標準喪葬費用計算，假如平均每人2000元（人民幣，下同）喪葬費，每年喪葬消費額近200億元。

如再算上骨灰存放、購買墓地與其他殯儀服務費用，殯葬業的銷售總額超過2000億元。甚至中國殯葬協會曾預測，大陸殯葬業消費額2023年會達到1兆元規模。

在武漢石門峰紀念公園，工作人員為35位環保葬踐行者舉行環保葬禮。（中新社資料照片）
在疫情防控期間，福建省龍岩市永定區殯葬管理所由工作人員免費統一祭掃。（中新社）
如此高產值的背後，業務模式更具高毛利率表現。以大陸A股市場來看，有「殯葬第一股」之稱的福成股份，即便殯葬不是主營業務，但從2016至2018年的殯葬業務毛利率都分別高達84.84%、86.78%、87.96%。

房企巨頭陰陽通吃
據樂居財經報導，有些房企巨頭因此「陰陽通吃」。綠城集團創辦人宋衛平當初早在綠城赴港上市之前，就已將殯葬業務剝離，另尋合夥人分別在2014年成立綠郡恒業投資與綠郡生命禮儀公司，一個負責陵園開發，一個負責殯儀服務，並透過其他相關轉投資模式，搭起殯葬業務的台子。

展望未來，業內人士分析，目前人口老齡化、殯葬剛需、行業格局分散、行業用地門檻壁壘等產業特徵，都顯示殯葬業有很大發展前景，未來還有可能向上游延伸，顯示高利潤趨勢仍將延續。（記者吳泓勳）

journalist: 吳泓勳

events: 死亡 新冠肺炎

taiwan-subdivisions: 石門 新社 觀音

title: 陰宅發財術


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受新冠肺炎疫情影響，大陸國內的雅思、托福等語言考試接連取消，陸生擔憂海外升學計畫受阻，轉往泰國、柬埔寨及蒙古等入境政策較寬鬆的國家應試，瞄準市場，不少知名留學機構也組團，助陸生出國應試，但價格不菲，有的團費甚至破萬元（人民幣，下同）。

《界面新聞》報導，新冠肺炎疫情爆發後，原定2月與3月在大陸舉行的雅思、托福考試取消後，大陸教育部考試中心又在3月公告，繼續取消4月的考試。5月的雅思線下考試報名雖開放，但考試名額已被搶空。目前大陸疫情管控尚未解除，語言考試能否如期舉行，仍無法確定。

考位瘋搶 團費破萬人幣
原本計畫今年赴英國深造的上班族李圖表示，英國的大學主要根據語言成績，確定留學生在語言班的課時，並且語言班大多在4月至6月開學。另一名打算到香港申請念大學的謝邁說，香港的大學一般要求在4月前繳交申請資料，部分科系在3月下旬截止申請。

眼看疫情已在全球擴散，兩人又不願意升學計畫被打亂，決定冒險去泰國考雅思。像他們一樣，許多陸生也搶報周邊國家的雅思考試，首要報考選擇地，則是入境政策相對寬鬆的泰國、柬埔寨、馬來西亞及蒙古等國家。這也使得海外報考團生意變得熱門，大陸知名留學機構啟德留學、環球雅思與新航道，紛紛組團安排陸生赴海外考試。

「3月5日與7日的泰國雅思考位搶瘋了」，謝邁說，泰國雅思考試報名費用為1550元，而補教機構代搶報名，則需加收1000元，加上機票與住宿費用等，泰國考試團總體收費約落在7000元左右，高端團的費用甚至破萬。

受疫情影響，不少陸生前往東南亞及蒙古等國報考語言考試。圖為示意圖。
（中新社資料照片）
受限疫情 赴泰考試喊卡
謝邁說，他也選擇花錢請留學機構代為報名，最後搶到3月5日的泰國考位，雖然擔心疫情，但猶豫許久後，還是決定帶上口罩、手套、眼鏡，飛往曼谷考試。進考場後，才發現幾乎都是大陸考生。「泰國人是不怎麼戴口罩的，但考場上全都是戴口罩的大陸學生」，現場考生人數過多，主辦單位準備的耳機甚至還不夠用。

不過，海外考團熱度並沒有維持多久。隨著全球疫情愈來愈嚴峻，最熱門的泰國考區，自3月初開始對大陸旅客實施14天隔離，並宣布26日起禁止外國人入境。已報名考試的陸生無奈，但如今只能申請退考和退費。

（記者／李侑珊）

journalist: 李侑珊

countries: 泰國 柬埔寨 英國 馬來西亞 香港

title: 就是想留學 陸生搶赴泰國考雅思


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2020-04-07
記者張菁雅／台中報導

一位50歲女性在健康檢查時發現肺部有14顆大小不一的肺結節，如果全部切除，將嚴重影響肺功能。澄清醫院中港院區胸腔外科主治醫師杜承哲表示，「抓大放小、除惡安良」是手術原則，因為小於0.5公分的肺結節，通常不用立即手術切除，關鍵在發現它、解讀它、追蹤它。

這位患者在肺部電腦斷層的健檢中，發現有兩個1.2公分的肺結節，且是典型的毛玻璃樣病變，有明顯惡性特徵，另又有12顆小於0.5公分的肺結節，幾乎沒有惡性特徵。

切除2個較大 且惡性結節杜承哲表示，有這麼多肺結節，的確少見，在這種情況下，若切除全部肺結節，患者肺功能就會不足，經過胸腔外科專業判斷，小的結節為良性的機會高，因此，決定切除較大且惡性的兩個肺結節，其他結節做好追蹤即可。患者在微創手術後恢復良好，追蹤3年都沒變化。

小於0.5公分 惡性機率低杜承哲解釋，在胸部電腦斷層越來越進步及普及情況下，肺部檢查出有結節的比例增加，肺結節大小與是否成為惡性腫瘤的機會，有很大關係，一般認為，小於0.5公分的肺結節，是惡性的機率很低，未來要變化成惡性或轉移的機會也不高。

除了大小，肺結節的外觀特徵，以及隨著時間的變化，也是非常重要的參考依據。杜承哲說，有些患者身上的腫瘤只有一公分，但惡性特徵非常明顯，必須儘早手術；而有些腫瘤惡性特徵很低，等到觀察有變化，才比較需要手術。

杜承哲指出，肺部長出肺結節，可能是人體遭到外界致癌因子如空氣污染、抽菸、工作環境等，也可能是自身基因或家族病史造成。這位50歲女性患者不抽菸，也有運動習慣，竟出現10幾顆肺結節，最可能是體質或基因造成。

杜承哲說，發現肺結節的個案中，可能只有少於一半的肺結節需要立刻開刀，至於不需開刀的患者，一定要依照醫師的建議，調整生活習慣、飲食，並接受門診追蹤。

▲肺結節電腦影像斷層圖。
（澄清醫院中港院區提供，記者張菁雅翻攝）

▲醫師表示，「抓大放小、除惡安良」是肺結節手術的原則。
（澄清醫院中港院區提供）

journalist: 張菁雅

title: 肺結節多達14顆 手術「抓大放小」


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每個人看重的價值不一樣，當組成家庭時，有沒有共同的價值觀就很重要了。

有人認為錢很重要，沒錢就免談；有人覺得生活開心最重要，何必把自己累死；有的人則把過好生活放第一，積極朝目標邁進……當兩個人組成家庭時，價值觀是不是一致，就會影響到婚姻是不是可以安穩地走下去。你和另一半的價值觀有哪一點是有共識，慶幸大家合拍，或者說差異到總是爭執不休，讓人很想巴下去？

歡迎來稿分享你的經驗，文長500字以內，4月9日截稿，請附基本資料（至少要註明聯絡電話與居住縣市）。徵文來稿一律請用email，並請在信件主旨上註明徵文題目，寄至family@libertytimes.com.tw。稿件一經錄用，編輯有權刪修。

title: 【家庭親子】〈徵文啟事〉家庭價值觀


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英國歌手黛菲樂壇消失10年，近日自爆她曾遭歹徒囚禁，並多次被下藥性侵。（路透）

〔記者吳琬婷／綜合報導〕曾在2008年以一曲《Mercy》走紅的35歲英國女歌手黛菲，過去10年在樂壇銷聲匿跡，她最近開設了IG帳號，昨發文透露自己消失樂壇的真相，自揭她曾遭歹徒在自家囚禁數週，並被綁架到國外，期間多次被下藥、性侵，因此事身心承受巨大創傷，曾在3年內搬家5次，就怕再遭傷害。

黛菲未說明是何時發生，但詳述了事發經過，表示自己有次在餐廳慶生，竟被下藥迷昏，接著就被囚禁、性侵，她事發後行屍走肉般的生活，當時因怕被對方報復而不敢向警方報案或爆料媒體，之後求助心理諮商師，最終決定對外公開痛苦經歷，她說：「公開我的經歷可能會破壞我的人生，但隱藏我故事會更加摧毀我的人生。我希望為自己發聲，也為其他同樣經歷創傷的人發聲。」

journalist: 吳琬婷

title: 慘遭綁架囚禁下藥性侵 黛菲消失樂壇真相曝光


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圖／喬安娜

難忘的初戀情人，回想起來竟然都是令人扎心的苦戀和背叛，這種初戀，不如一開始就別相識。

〈我的初戀我的痛 傻眼的分手戲〉

文／AB

天作孽猶可為，自作孽不可活，明之不可為而為之，那是就是自己的問題了，但，愛情總讓自己失去理性迷失方向。小花，我的初戀我的痛，是大二學姐，初次見面便入了我的心，一直偷偷暗戀著她，為她做牛做馬都沒說過一句累，即便知道她是因為要與男友出國而託我照顧小狗，心裡雖不爽卻仍點頭答應，因為我相信默默付出總會有回報。

大家都笑我傻，但又能如何？好幾次下定決心要與小花不再往來，只是她一通電話我又回心轉意。或許，我的癡情終於感動了天，小花和男友分手了，花了好幾個月的時間陪伴，終於在升上大三那年暑假，我們成了男女朋友。這感覺很奇妙也很美好，畢竟花了兩年時間才修成正果，然而，儘管我付出了愛，但小花仍舊像朋友一樣待我，我們之間，即便是外人也看得出，是我自己一人在唱雙簧，只是我始終不願承認罷了！

不到半年，他又出現了，小花前男友，在我與小花約會的店裡。不祥預感襲了上來，小花說了聲「對不起」就離席，接下來都由前男友跟我解釋，而且話一說完，未待我反應過來，兩人便相擁離去。可悲淒涼的我獨自坐在椅子上，愣住了！沒有難過，只有憤怒，我到底算什麼？讓妳這樣呼來喚去，就連分手都是前男友與我談，也未等我開口就離席，太可悲！

之後好久一段時間我不敢再談感情，「會不會對方只是暫時想要人陪伴？」這樣的想法在心裡揮之不去，總覺得真誠以待最終也只會換來絕情，自己的付出最後都化為烏有。

〈學渣為愛變學霸 初戀男友卻很渣〉

文／Andrea

我的初戀──遙想當年，那個在補習時，坐在我旁邊的重考生。

老實說，撇開初戀這件事，我還真的要非常感謝他。

我記得我的高中的成績，只能用一個字形容──爛，真的很爛。不愛念書的我，常常是班上倒數三名的常客，連老師都直接放棄急救。

而他，一個對自己要求甚高的男生，因為不滿意自己聯考的成績，而選擇重考。在他的影響、薰陶下，我重拾了書本，努力瘋狂地念書，

我記得，高三的最後一學期，導師當著全班的面，說班上有個女生讓他刮目相看，因為我的成績從倒數第二名，直衝到班上第二名。

謝謝我的初戀情人，因為他，翻轉了我的人生，讓我順利地考取理想中的學校。

雖然他改變了我的人生，但其實我的初戀是非常的苦澀的，因為他既不溫柔體貼，還是一個小氣鬼。我記得某次我們去逛麵包店，他只買了自己想吃的麵包，然後完全沒有理睬我就去結帳了。我內心想著，這樣的相處不是比朋友還不如嗎？對於還是小女生的我，不懂原來不開心可以分手，還傻傻地委屈自己跟他痛苦地相處著。

後來，他選擇了避不見面的方式分手，當時還是少女的我跑去了他的學校門口苦等他，只為了想再見他一面，直到他真的被逼急了，才認真地面對面跟我說了「分手」，而我也像大夢初醒般地明白了──原來，愛情會有結束的一天，而且是即刻生效。

多年後的某天，他像被雷打到般地突然想起我的好，瘋狂著急地打電話找我。

「妳好嗎？」他小心翼翼地問著。

「很好啊……若沒別的事，我就掛電話囉！」沒有他的我，當然好極了。

title: 【兩性異言堂】〈愛情軍師團〉我那初戀渣情人


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圖◎阿力金吉兒

◎鄭麗卿 圖◎阿力金吉兒每天，父親有他自己的作息表。

比如，上午要去大樹跤坐坐，吃過中飯之後要午睡，下午五點從外面回來洗澡，六點準時收看布袋戲。即便我回鄉望探，也常要在吃飯時間才看得到他。

逢年過節一家圍桌吃飯，也有二、三十人，假日一過眾人像鳥雀一樣一哄而散。平時上班的上班，下田去的也不會在家。他一人，從漫長的夜醒來，又一人面對漫長的白日，只有埕上麻雀、白頭翁如常啾啾歡叫跳躍。過年過節容易，過日子才是問題。

鄉裡也設有老人服務據點，通常是老婦人圍坐一起聊天唱歌，他無意去湊熱鬧。目前，他可能是周遭最高齡了，可談話的人逐年在減少。加上耳力不濟，戴助聽器也不習慣，和人說話有一搭沒一搭的，總是無趣。

最近一次回家，和父親坐在床頭聊天，他說白天看電視，坐著坐著就睡著了，半夜卻睡不著。有一天夜裡起來很無聊，就一一打開老木桌的抽屜。經過幾次搬動，大小幾個抽屜裡僅剩一些老歌本、舊帳冊，並找出一張五十多年前青果社發行的股票。票面設計得頗有鄉村美感，兩株香蕉立於兩側，下方排列著鳳梨、橘子和小玉西瓜，可惜到如今也只是一張廢紙。還有我和弟弟的高中畢業紀念冊。他翻開來，迎著床前明月光，從一千多名學生中出指認出我們的照片。

只是，抽屜太少；夜，太長，太長。

父親對酪梨園長高長滿的雜草，似乎很介意。大哥不喜歡噴殺草劑，只用割草機除草，割草速度遠比不過百草生長，以至於田裡處處雜草豐盛，這就有損老農的自尊和顏面了。父親說：我在做的時陣，田裡都嘛顧到沒發草。說完他靜默下來，我看到因歲月的重量而鬆垂的臉上確鑿的不以為然和無力感。雙肩扛過多少榖包，他知道自己的力氣；看過颱風颳倒整片的香蕉園，他體會過絕望的滋味；也有遇上好年冬，他嘗過豐收的喜悅。耕種的一生也夠艱苦了，都九十歲了還想怎樣呢，終究農夫就是靠體力去拚搏的。

但在老耄的身體裡，仍存在著農夫精神，天天驅動他騎上車去巡田。

說他喜歡去田裡，也可以說實在是沒有其他地方可去。

前陣子他在田埂邊撒了秋葵的種子。種植，仍是他生活中的一道光。我在家的那日早上，他騎上摩托車要去摘秋葵。摘了一袋秋葵後，或許感到腰痠了便騎上車要回家。

半途，他想繞去叔叔的農舍坐坐。正要跨過灌溉溝渠的水泥橋時，連他自己也說不清怎麼回事，一腳踩了空，不偏不倚整個人摔進水溝裡。那溝約有二尺寬，幸好溝底沒有水，父親自己坐了起來，定一定神，發覺左腳的鞋掉了，便伸長了腳在溝底搆找。搆了一會兒也找不到，只好站起來爬出水溝，才發現右手臂上擦破了皮，傷口有十元硬幣那樣大小，一直冒出血來。他扶起摩托車騎回家。

這過程僅僅幾分鐘，摩托車跌撞地面時可能驚起了田地裡幾隻鳥雀，當時碰巧都沒人路過。父親回來，我見他神色慌張，褲腳還沾著爛泥草屑，像急著去做什麼事，又像要遮掩什麼似的，或許也不想又被我們叨念他不小心。

我們總希望老人就好好待在家裡，看電視、唱唱歌，三餐好好吃飯，這樣我們便感到安心。

但他本人的意願呢？

早年辛苦的農耕生活沒有餘裕培養興趣嗜好和運動習慣，我想如果在屋後闢一塊菜園，做為老農的消遣，如何呢？近幾年不再勞作，父親的身形愈顯胖碩，要彎下腰去剪腳趾甲都顯得困難了，走一小段路膝蓋也會痛起來。想找個什麼事讓父親來做，但是要做什麼才好呢？

第二天，父親自己騎車到摔倒的地方把那隻鞋找了回來。●

taiwan-subdivisions: 布袋 大樹

title: 【自由副刊】鄭麗卿／做什麼好呢


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徐仁國暖心送上應援咖啡車，替金泰希加油打氣。（翻攝自IG）

〔記者鍾志均／綜合報導〕金泰希主演韓劇《哈囉掰掰，我是鬼媽媽》上週為確保製作過程更加穩定，因此停播2集，她在IG曬出粉絲應援餐車，答謝粉絲為這次新作等了5年，感性發文：「過去5個月都以愉快的心情工作，目前也以同樣的心情趕拍最後2集，感謝大家支持，我愛你們。」同經紀公司的男星徐仁國也送上咖啡車替她打氣，令她超開心。

最新預告中，金泰希以「鬼魂」身分遊蕩人間5年，遭老公李奎炯發現，而她女兒因有陰陽眼，被楊慶元飾演的驅魔師選中，行蹤下落不明，繼母高甫潔因此崩潰，對著金泰希大吼，讓她無奈表示「讓我變回人，好像是種處罰」，令廣大劇迷心碎。《鬼媽媽》在Netflix上架中。

journalist: 鍾志均

title: 金泰希謝粉絲 徐仁國送咖啡車應援


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房舍牆面繪上圖畫，整棟建築益加繽紛、亮麗。

撰文‧攝影／記者莊士賢

軟橋社區住戶不多，彩繪特色讓它顯得與眾不同。

從竹東鎮沿南清公路（縣道122）往五峰、五指山的方向車行，行經約25.5K處往路旁望去，可見路邊諸多房舍、擋土牆等，彩繪著各式圖畫，吸引人們視線逗留，此處為軟橋社區，社區彩繪是其一大特色，在前往五峰、五指山途中，不妨在此暫歇，下車走走、活動筋骨，順便欣賞社區彩繪及鄰近區域的原野風光，拍拍美照及賞景後再繼續上路，延續歡樂旅程。

社區彩繪讓軟橋社區煥然一新。

◎軟橋女婿創意 客家村莊變身

在地居民住宅的古樸磚屋，別具鄉村情調。

位在竹東鎮郊區的軟橋是一座小巧的社區，雖說住戶數不多，但「彩繪」特色突顯其與眾不同，社區內不少住家牆面、擋土牆、路旁圍欄、電線桿等，均彩繪著不同圖畫，由於社區位在道路旁，來往的人很容易被這些醒目的圖畫吸引。

在地生活也是彩繪內容，流露出在地人文風情。

軟橋社區是散發懷舊韻味的客家莊，從社區內具年歲的老磚屋、舊房舍、舊圍牆即可領略一二，古風建築外，社區內也不乏較新穎的房舍建築，新、舊建物也展現不同時代建築融合的特色。

軟橋社區周邊有秀麗山景和稻田風光。

數年前，社區內的一位客家女婿為這個舊社區帶來新變化，這位軟橋女婿吳尊賢利用閒暇在社區的民宅外牆、擋土牆等地彩繪上各式畫作，這些色彩繽紛的畫作令軟橋社區「改頭換面」展現新風貌，舊磚屋、牆面搭配上鮮豔畫圖，注入活潑氣息，整個社區也變得繽紛、亮麗。現今，這些彩繪畫作有的仍然完整，有的微顯斑駁，但仍是引人注目的焦點，不少人行經該處，也會在此駐足瀏覽或拍照。

千人奇幻彩繪屋的主屋旁還有一間商店，店家是創作者吳尊賢的岳家。

繪有圖畫的路段並不長，可沿著路邊步行欣賞，畫作內容多與客家文化、在地生活有關，呼應此地的客家莊特色，畫作中也有不少客家俚語或詞句，如其中一幅畫繪著搗麻糬及寫著「ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄑㄧ ㄅㄚˋ」詞句，「ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄑㄧ ㄅㄚˋ」即是客家語的搗麻糬之意。也有畫作是描述在地客家農家的平日生活情景，以及客家婦女勤勞工作的情景，呈現經典的客家人文生活。

軟橋社區是客家莊，客家俚語展現客家文化特色。

每幅畫作好比一個客家人文生活故事，瀏覽圖畫同時也宛如在翻閱故事書，參觀者若是客家人，觀看這些圖畫一定有很大的共鳴感，若非客家人也無妨，透過這些畫作可對客家人文生活多點了解，順便長知識！這些彩繪圖畫自然也是理想拍照地點，無論是拍下具在地人文風的照片，或是以彩繪圖畫為背景拍下美照，都為旅程增添趣味回憶！

千人奇幻彩繪屋鄰近地區也繪有各式圖畫，相當引人注目。

人生百態千人奇幻彩繪屋千人奇幻彩繪屋畫中描繪的客家義民祭，人們扛著祭祀的豬公，呈現客家文化。

軟橋社區內有一間「千人奇幻彩繪屋」，初聞其名，還以為是千人共同繪畫創作的彩繪屋，親臨現場，看著房舍牆面繪滿密密麻麻的人，有如描繪人生百態的浮世繪，當下恍然明暸，原來這就是「千人」之意！

色彩鮮豔的圖畫是吸睛焦點，也繪出軟橋社區的特色。

千人奇幻彩繪屋的創作者也僅一人，即是吳尊賢，所繪畫之處是其岳父、岳母所居住的民宅，雖是有人居住，但對外開放讓人免費參觀。整棟屋宅頗廣，主屋前有一廣場，屋旁還有一商店，店家是吳尊賢的岳家。

沿著軟橋社區周邊的鄉道小路步行，感受淳樸在地風情。

走近細瞧主屋的牆面，繪滿密密麻麻的各式人像，描述著各式的人生、社會情景，有的也具警惕意涵。畫中也有許多是客家俚語、客家習俗，呈現客家文化，如畫中描繪的客家義民祭，人們扛著祭祀的豬公，栩栩如生地表現客家文化。

從竹東鎮沿南清公路往五峰、五指山方向行，可見路邊諸多房舍、擋土牆彩繪著圖畫。

走訪時巧遇吳尊賢的岳母，她笑言，女婿花了約5年的時間創作千人奇幻彩繪屋，她還笑指屋旁另一間房舍說：「目前他有空時還繼續繪畫，屋旁的這些地點他計劃繼續畫，再創作更多繪畫！」想來，未來再遊訪千人奇幻彩繪屋時，也許有機會欣賞更多的畫作！

淳樸清新田園風光軟橋社區周邊有秀麗山景、稻田綿延橫亙，還有上坪溪水淙淙流過，山水交織繪出淳樸又美麗的田園風光，瀏覽社區彩繪後，不妨漫步鄉間小道，欣賞田園自然景觀。

走訪時值插秧過後，沿著鄉道小路步行，稻田中翠綠秧苗整齊排列，映襯四周山巒、綠林，滿眼綠意帶來舒服視覺享受，微風吹來空氣中帶著淡淡泥土味，是來自大自然的味道，田間還可見灌溉溝渠及轉動的水車，田園風光盡在眼前。稻田之外，可見在地居民在田邊從事農作，寫實的在地風情畫在眼前自然展開。

田邊還有古樸磚屋，是在地居民住宅，亦有人家將自家宅院經營為餐館，遊客在自家院內餐廳用餐，好似拜訪在地人家作客，別具鄉村情調。

遊逛其間，也不時遇到在地居民，他們友善親切地和外來人打招呼，有的也會親切聊上幾句，讓人深感溫馨人情味，難怪很多人都讚道：台灣最美的風景就是人！

〈旅遊資訊〉◆交通：開車可從國道3號竹林交流道下，往竹東，於南清公路（縣道122）約25.5K處。

◆旅遊資訊：新竹縣政府旅遊網：https://travel.hsinchu.gov.tw。

taiwan-subdivisions: 新竹縣 竹東 五峰 田中

title: 彩繪客家莊，繽紛軟橋社區─新竹縣竹東鎮


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茄子蛋歌曲《親愛的無情孫小美》ＭＶ觀看人數破1千萬。（茄子蛋提供）

〔記者吳孟倫／台北報導〕茄子蛋的夯曲《浪子回頭》MV與「三金影帝」吳朋奉合作，由於吳朋奉在MV中有唱歌的畫面，許多人以為這首歌是由他演唱，而他們的另一首歌曲《親愛的無情孫小美》日前在YouTube突破1千萬點擊大關，此曲是首支採用茄子蛋演唱會畫面的MV，有別於以往都是以路人角色的方式出現，這次有機會以正面露臉，讓不少網友恍然大悟，笑說：「原來茄子蛋不是那個阿伯（吳朋奉）啊！」

吳朋奉在茄子蛋《浪子回頭》ＭＶ中的表現讓人印象深刻。（出日音樂提供）

茄子蛋在2017年推出首張專輯《卡通人物》，一舉奪下金曲新人及最佳台語專輯獎，《親愛的無情孫小美》是他們繼《浪子回頭》及《浪流連》後，第3首點閱破千萬的MV，讓團員們相當興奮，也希望其他兩首歌能順利破億。

受到武漢肺炎疫情影響，茄子蛋取消了幾場活動，但他們本就打算把上半年的重心放在創作，近期也有作品要推出，因此行程依舊滿檔，團員們則轉為線上工作，會利用視訊開會及打電話討論寫歌，除非要做造型或定裝才會聚在一起。

journalist: 吳孟倫

title: 茄子蛋《浪子回頭》超夯 吳朋奉被誤認為主唱


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Pandora米奇米妮永恆幸福925銀琺瑯吊飾，2,480元。

〔記者林欣若／台北報導〕迪士尼在近百年的歷史中，創造了無數經典卡通人物，每個卡通人物有著獨特的表情、迷人的個性，成為跨越世代、風靡老少的偶像。丹麥珠寶品牌Pandora推出全新「鍾愛迪士尼」系列，首次與迪士尼內部設計團隊合作，以各個卡通人物的經典特徵為主軸合力完成設計草圖，將卡通人物化為貼身珠寶，隨身守護。

Pandora瑪麗貓925銀琺瑯串飾，2,080元。

「鍾愛迪士尼」系列精選8個迪士尼經典角色，最受歡迎的米奇和米妮以可愛的大頭方式呈現，925純銀以紅色琺瑯點綴米奇的褲子和米妮的招牌蝴蝶結，背後還有老鼠尾巴，另外也有米奇和米妮相互依偎的背影，搭配琺瑯彩繪襯底，讓可愛的卡通人物也有浪漫的一面。

Pandora尼莫925銀琺瑯吊飾，2,480元。

其他角色包括優雅的瑪麗貓，Pandora細膩打造出瑪麗貓的俏麗睫毛，加上大大的粉色蝴蝶結，強調瑪麗貓的高貴優雅；史迪奇不僅表情、毛髮與背面紋路栩栩如生，Pandora也以紫色琺瑯呈現招牌大耳；布魯托以純潔眼神搭配吐舌頭呈現憨厚忠誠；勇敢的小丑魚尼莫睜著大眼急著展開冒險；《101忠狗2：倫敦大冒險》中崇拜電影英雄的小狗小斑，以及《愛麗絲夢遊仙境》動畫中總是咧著嘴微笑、古怪卻善良的妙妙貓，也加入這個系列。

丹麥珠寶品牌Pandora推出全新「鍾愛迪士尼」系列，以俏皮可愛的串飾，重溫童年美好。

Pandora捕捉迪士尼角色的招牌特徵，打造貼身守護的串飾。

journalist: 林欣若

title: 【消費新聞】Pandora鍾愛迪士尼 米奇米妮控必BUY 雙方首次合作 卡通人物化身守護者 琺瑯彩繪可愛迷人


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一個人更適合摸索出新時代的過法，找到更適合自己的生活方式。（資料照，歐新社）

文／劉黎兒

疫情時代，因為封城許多人行動受到限制，即使沒封城，也是減少外出以及跟人的接觸。個人獨處時間增加，聚會時間減少了，大部分活動取消，甚至居家上班增加，許多人悶得受不了，而且是很不安的狀態，但是許多一個人原本就對獨處較為習慣，比較不以為苦，現在日本更是有許多名人發表自己的獨處術，覺得要改變想法，讓這段時間比平時更充實。

大作家五木寬之公布了自己一週來的讀書名單，真的非常驚人，也有許多冷僻的書，或是早年的書，他平日也很愛讀書，但是能夠有一段時間把自己長年想讀的書單開始找出來讀．終於一了夙願的感覺，而且讀書永遠是吸收最快最佳的手段，看小說可以免費體驗不同人生、資訊性書籍則讓人能跟上時代、思想性書籍則讓人能想通如何面對這個類似戰爭或中古疫情時代要如何度過！

秀讀書名單之外，日本演劇界的劇作家及導演鴻上尚史，雖然對現在所有舞台劇等公演都無法舉行，覺得很無奈，但鴻上開始改變想法了，主張要享受不安，因此他自己一個人就開始享受起不安來了，在家開始看了不計其數的電影，或是許多因為疫情而在網路上免費公開的各種音樂或戲劇表演等！

讀書名單秀或影片名單秀，是每一個人都可以做的，今後也逐漸不是沒事就四處趴趴走的時代，因為全球人都發現大移動要付出很多代價，人擠人的大小群聚風險都會被評估，過去喜歡逛街等日常，多少被迫改變，這也是改變舊習性的好機會，可以發現頭腦或肉體都有其他更好的使用方法，一個人更適合摸索出新時代的過法，找到更適合自己的生活方式，雖然普通的日常或是跟別人笑鬧很珍貴，但是如托爾斯泰所說「孤獨的時候，人才會感受到真正的自己！」

過去一個人如果寂寞，跟別人一起廝混一下就打發了，但現在多少被強迫少外出、少接觸，就會更有心力及時間來享受以及改變僵化的日常，日常雖然很可貴，但也可以改變！

像是悠太朗，因為公司改成遠距上班一個月，他就帶了愛貓到鄉下租屋一個月，因為日本還有許多地方沒有確診病例，在鄉下幾天後，讓他覺得自己至今每天搭混亂的滿員電車、準時地到辦公室的日常，其實是很異常的狀態，哪天身心會崩盤也不知道！

因為他是一個人，才能說動就動，離開東京去鄉下生活，他覺得或許今後會發現許多自己未來的新出路，例如在鄉下開設比較特別的產地直送等；因為擺脫至今的僵化日常，才能進入他這陣子愛用的「思索的實驗區」，開拓自己更深更廣的世界，也真正去接近至今從沒碰過田地的泥土等，覺得整個人自由起來！

許多人因為想提高免疫力，每天都早點睡覺，不但頭腦清楚，而且發現睡得很熟，才發覺「原來自己的身體是如此疲累」，也開始運動等，比過去注重飲食，或開始自己做飯做菜，生活方式逐漸變化，很感激為了防疫，讓自己也開始去曬點太陽、吸收新鮮空氣，開始關心自己的身體！也有人因為無法外出做表演性活動，在網路上開個人的演場會等，成了前所未料的網紅！

許多單身者對於這種一個人可以完成的各種活動，比較熟悉，也可以成為大家的導師，像悠太朗就說「防疫不是苦行僧在修行，而是給自己人生其他可能性的天賜良機！」

things: 防疫 租屋

title: 【家庭親子】〈極品一人家庭〉一個人防疫生活 無限充實


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（圖：衛武營提供）

‧衛武營5月份主辦活動取消

（圖：佳士得提供）

衛武營國家藝術文化中心5月份主辦活動包含後青春戲聚工作坊、衛武營親子日、樹洞耳機電影院等均宣布取消。衛武營表示，取消活動包括原訂5月5、12、19、26日、6月2、9日在衛武營排練室舉辦的表演初階課程「後青春戲聚工作坊」；5月16日在演講廳舉辦的衛武營親子日；以及5月29、30日在榕樹廣場舉辦的「今天跳舞不打仗」樹洞耳機電影院等。相關退票及退費資訊，可寄信至衛武營學習推廣小組learning@npac-weiwuying.org或電洽（07）262-6932。

（文：記者陳昱勳，圖：衛武營提供）

‧佳士得、富藝斯香港春拍 延至7月

原訂5月30日至6月3日的佳士得香港春季拍賣，宣布延到7月5至13日舉行，佳士得亞太區總裁龐智鋒表示：「大眾健康和安全為拍賣行的首要考慮，而延期目的為了在良好的環境順利舉行，並提供更好的服務。」

此外，富藝斯拍賣行也因疫情考量旅遊與物流限制，預計5月29日至6月2日舉行的香港春拍，延期至7月5日當週舉行，具體時程將於日後公布，近期也將公告4、5月份跨門類網路拍賣內容，包含在香港舉行的專拍。

（文：記者陳昱勳，圖：佳士得提供）

title: 【藝術文化】武漢肺炎 藝文異動


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九把刀升格當爸，曬一家三口幸福同框照。（翻攝自臉書）

〔記者吳琬婷／台北報導〕41歲作家九把刀2017年底和前主播周亭羽低調結婚，去年12月公布懷孕喜訊，前晚終於迎接新生命到來，九把刀的藥師父親柯毓彬搶先在臉書報喜，寫道：「九把刀當爸爸了，柯藥師的長孫女正式加入柯家班行列。」九把刀昨凌晨也接著曬出一家三口幸福同框照，讓女兒剛出生的萌樣曝光。

九把刀養了15年的愛犬「阿魯」去年3月因病逝世，他和老婆也相信此時到來的女兒是阿魯的投胎轉世，感性說：「謝謝妳，阿魯，妳的奮力前來，讓我們更愛這個亂七八糟的世界，不過這次我不是二哥哥，我是爸爸了，我們一起在這個宇宙裡旅行吧！」更將女兒小名取為「魯拉拉」，以此名紀念兩人對阿魯的深愛。

title: 九把刀愛女魯拉拉報到 相信愛犬阿魯轉世


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（圖文：法新社，記者凌美雪輯譯）

【希望和團結的象徵】

（圖文：歐新社，記者凌美雪輯譯）

武漢肺炎全球大流行，瑞士光影藝術家格里‧霍夫斯特（Gerry Hofstetter），在阿爾卑斯山知名觀光風景區策馬特，以新創作為位處瑞、義邊境的馬特洪峰，打亮高4,478公尺的峰頂，藝術家表示，「這是希望和團結的象徵」。這項光影藝術創作，將持續展示到4月19日。

（圖文：法新社，記者凌美雪輯譯）

【查理大橋上戴面罩的街頭藝人】

為減緩武漢肺炎傳播，捷克政府已實施封鎖政策，戴著面罩的街頭藝人，在捷克布拉格查理大橋上表演。

（圖文：歐新社，記者凌美雪輯譯）

countries: 捷克 瑞士

title: 【藝術文化】〈藝術長鏡頭〉武漢肺炎 全球抗疫


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圖／達志影像

文／佛洛阿德

去年我國平均每10分鐘就有一對夫妻離婚，全球離婚率也年年攀高，雖然仍有許多人嚮往婚姻，可是在以下這些星座眼中，結婚證書僅是一張紙，不是婚姻美好的保證書，他們不相信婚姻制度，也不想被婚姻制度套牢。

第一名／射手座

這類星座是戀愛的擁護者，卻抗拒被婚姻束縛，因為若發現個性不合或是感情淡了，沒結婚還可以拍拍屁股瀟灑離去。籌辦婚禮的繁文縟節已經有夠囉嗦，之後如果想要離婚，卻無法速速脫身，要經歷一堆法律手續，還要分財產，實在很麻煩，所以射手覺得戀愛即可，結婚沒必要，能閃則閃。

第二名／水瓶座

有的水瓶桃花運旺，當然不想為一棵樹放棄一座森林，他們認為婚姻制度根本不合乎人性，拒絕被婚姻束縛，戀人想要逼婚，他們會選擇分手。有些水瓶是草食男女，活在自我世界，很難和別人戀愛成功，更別提踏上紅毯。

第三名／雙子座

他們認為感情這回事，是你情我願，出於自由心證，端賴雙方自我約束，不用依賴婚姻制度來保障，雙方合則來，不合則去。兩人若是感情好，沒有結婚證書，也還是能夠過得甜甜蜜蜜；如果夫妻關係劍拔弩張，即使擁有一張結婚證書，也毫無約束力；若要分道揚鑣，離婚手續太繁瑣，所以何必結婚給自己找麻煩？雙子壓根不相信依靠結婚形式能夠強制已無心的伴侶留在身邊，他們寧可將心力用在維繫雙方感情熱度。

title: 【兩性異言堂】〈戀愛小星座〉別跟這些星座提結婚 他們不甩這一套


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不少香水與美妝保養品，以及還有常年不折扣、台灣未上市的獨家商品，都在昇恆昌宅配網購得。

〔記者凃盈如／台北報導〕因應全球疫情延燒，民眾無法出國，卻仍有免稅品購物慾，昇恆昌於昨日宣布推出「宅配網Ever Rich to Home」，以店家「吸收所有稅金」為號召，上千項商品可以免稅價購得，不必出門就能買免稅品，提供宅配到府服務，同步再推出線上會員兩大現折優惠，以及獨家限量的滿額禮，首購享現金折抵，優惠幅度可望比百貨母親節檔期還殺，消費者可快記下來預備。

單筆金額折扣後滿6,900元即可獲贈潮人必備「人魚炫彩包+ Hello Kitty隨身袋」一份，滿20,000元則可獲得流行時尚「透明旅行箱包」一份。

受到疫情影響，在家防疫推升宅經濟，民眾減少至實體通路消費，昇恆昌提前推出全新宅配網的貼心服務，品項共上千種，包含國際精品、時尚名品，皆能以低於市場行情價入手，滿額再送品牌獨家贈品；香水與美妝保養品也有免稅大容量特惠組，豪華陣容超越百貨母親節檔期，甚至還有常年不折扣、台灣未上市的商品，就連伴手禮與巧克力也在內。即日起，昇恆昌宅配網推出線上會員獨家購物優惠與宅配到府服務，免稅價再享「首次下單現折200元」、「滿4,000元現折200元，累折無上限」，以及限量的三重滿額好禮，單筆金額折扣後滿6,900元即可獲贈潮人必備「人魚炫彩包+Hello Kitty隨身袋」一份，滿20,000元則可獲得流行時尚「透明旅行箱包」一份，如有昇恆昌聯名卡，還能再享9折起優惠，若是選擇至內湖旗艦店自取，再加贈5%回饋券，折扣後相當於市價7折起，史上最低。 昇恆昌提到，宅配網根據不同商品類別，下單後進行付稅流程，約2至14天後宅配送到家。

時尚精品Allsaints、Furla、Love Moschino、Lesportsac、Ecco、Swarovski等品牌，還有運動品牌Nike也都能在網上下單。

時尚精品Allsaints、Furla、Love Moschino、Lesportsac、Ecco、Swarovski等品牌，還有運動品牌Nike也都能在網上下單。

免稅價再享「首次下單現折200」、「滿4,000現折200，累折無上限」，以及線上獨家限量的三重滿額好禮。

journalist: 凃盈如

taiwan-subdivisions: 三重 內湖

things: 防疫 經濟

title: 【消費新聞】昇恆昌網購精品 幫你付稅 宅配網不用出門 店家吸收稅金 千項商品折扣後相當於市價7折起


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世界羽球聯盟(BWF)6日宣布，受到俗稱武漢肺炎的2019年冠狀病毒疾病(COVID-19)疫情影響，原定6月16日至21日在印尼首都雅加達舉行的印尼羽球公開賽(Indonesia Open)今年賽事取消。

印尼公開賽是世界羽球聯盟三個世界巡迴超級1000系列賽之一。其中3月舉行的全英羽球公開賽(All England Open)今年賽事已如期在伯明罕(Birmingham)舉行，9月的中國羽球公開賽今年賽事仍命運未卜。

世界羽球聯盟6日還宣布，未來三個月一系列比賽暫停、延後或取消，包括在澳洲、泰國和俄羅斯的比賽。

世界羽球聯盟在聲明中表示：「全球2019年冠狀病毒疾病疫情迅速升溫，使得這些比賽的參與各方都同意將賽事暫停。」

世界羽球聯盟已在上週暫停球員的世界排名，並表示原定今年舉行的東京奧運因疫情延後到明年，世界羽聯仍在評估相關衝擊。

journalist: 撰稿編輯：楊明娟

countries: 印尼 俄羅斯 中國 澳洲 泰國

events: COVID-19 武漢肺炎 冠狀病毒

title: 疫情發燒 6月印尼羽球公開賽宣布取消


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法國俗稱武漢肺炎的2019年冠狀病毒疾病(COVID-19)疫情嚴峻，起初堅持口罩對一般民眾毫無作用，甚至會有反效果，而今政策正鬆動轉變，考慮要求民眾出門戴口罩。政府幕僚說，政策轉彎與法國口罩庫存量有關。

法國政府一開始堅持的「口罩無用說」現今正在轉變。衛生部長維宏(Olivier Veran)4日接受法媒專訪時表示，未來禁足令解除後，可能考慮要求全民戴口罩，同時維持社交距離。維宏說：「這不是原則改變，而是重新評估，希望能在解封後多一層防護，同時喚起民眾注意，才有意義。」

維宏說，已針對此政策調整與總統馬克宏溝通，「我們正朝這方向評估。全民使用口罩並非毫無可能，但需視口罩數量而定」。

根據法國媒體5日晚上公布的數字，法國COVID-19確診病例累計達9萬2,839例。

法國全國醫學學會3日發布新型冠狀病毒疫情最新報告，文中強烈建議民眾出門戴口罩，甚至應要求民眾出門一定要戴「替代性」口罩。

衛生部公衛署長沙羅孟(Jerome Salomon)3日晚間便在記者會中回應口罩政策調整的可能性。沙羅孟說：「我們鼓勵民眾，如果他們想要的話，戴上口罩，尤其是目前正在生產的替代性口罩。」

一名政府幕僚向「世界報」(Le Monde)表示，會有這樣的矛盾轉變，「主要是因為過去的口罩存量不足。口罩政策是隨著存量而調整的。我們現在開始有能力大量生產及進口全民所需的用量」。

另一位親近總理菲力普(Edouard Philippe)的人士也向世界報說：「我們一開始在存貨有限的前提下制定政策，以將口罩保留給醫療人員。這剛好與世界衛生組織(WHO)表示口罩對一般民眾無用的說法一致。現在，多虧政府的努力，醫療人員才有口罩可用。」

醫學學會的看法及政府的回應也和世界上越來越多國家採取的策略相符。美國總統川普就建議民眾出門盡量遮蓋口鼻。

2019年冠狀病毒疾病疫情爆發時，法國政府一直把口罩保留給醫療人員，無論是外科口罩還是FFP2(類似N95口罩)。為了不讓民眾搶購，政府甚至宣導口罩無用的說法。法國政府發言人恩迪亞耶(Sibeth Ndiaye)3月25日說：「如果我們保持社交距離，就不需要口罩。」更早前她也說：「口罩不是每個人都需要，而且戴錯了可能有反效果。」

法國媒體表示，其實政策轉變從馬克宏3月31日巡視口罩製作工廠便可見端倪，他當時說：「口罩，是關鍵戰役…我們有社會上的需求，且民眾也支持醫療以外的人員配戴口罩，因此我們正努力製造替代性口罩。」

然而沙羅孟在4日的記者會上表示，醫療人員仍是目前的優先對象。他說：「我們每天更認識這個病毒一些。或許有一天我們會建議每個人都戴上防護設備，但目前還不到那個階段。我們還需要跟專家進一步討論…必要時也會調整立場。」

countries: 法國 美國

events: 武漢肺炎 COVID-19 冠狀病毒

title: 法國防疫政策大轉彎 政府擬推動全民戴口罩


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FILE - In this April 2, 2020 file photo, an adult and a child, both wearing face masks amid the coronavirus outbreak, carry bags in the Chinatown neig...
 FILE - In this April 2, 2020 file photo, an adult and a child, both wearing face masks amid the coronavirus outbreak, carry bags in the Chinatown neighborhood of Los Angeles. The first U.S. national data on COVID-19 in children suggest that while the virus usually isn’t severe in kids, some do get sick enough to require hospital treatment. The new information is in a federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released Monday, April 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

 The first national data on COVID-19 in U.S. children suggest that while the illness usually isn’t severe in kids, some do get sick enough to require hospital treatment.
 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released Monday shows that fever, cough and shortness of breath were the most common symptoms in kids, but they occurred less often than in adults. The findings mostly echo reports from China about how the new coronavirus affects children.
 The report included nearly 150,000 laboratory-confirmed U.S. cases in adults and children from Feb. 12 through April 2. About 2,500 of them, or almost 2%, were children. While most kids didn’t become severely ill, three youngsters died.
 About 1 in 5 infected children were hospitalized versus 1 in 3 adults. Cases were more common in older children and teens but serious illness appeared to be more common in infants. Cases were slightly more common in boys than girls.
 The authors cautioned that many details were missing from pediatric cases, so the report should be considered preliminary.
 For most people, the virus causes mild or moderate symptoms that clear up in a few weeks. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including life-threatening pneumonia.
 Confirmed U.S. cases top 340,000 with more than 10,000 reported deaths. Globally, there have been more than 1.3 million confirmed cases, and more than 70,000 reported deaths.
 The report authors stressed that because people without symptoms, including children, are likely playing a role in transmitting the virus, “social distancing and everyday preventive measures" are recommended for all ages.
 Dr. Larry Kociolek, an infectious disease specialist at Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago, said the report should reassure parents and health care workers that children are less likely than adults to get very sick from the new virus. But that can pose a challenge, he said, because “patients with milder illness are less likely to quarantine themselves and may be at similar risk of transmitting."
 Authorities need to take that into account when considering when to lift social distancing policies and reopen schools, Kociolek said.
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journalist: By LINDSEY TANNER , AP Medical Writer, Associated Press

title: Virus is mostly mild and rarely fatal for US kids, data show


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A woman is reflected on a bus station as she wears a protective face mask amid concerns over the country's coronavirus outbreak, in Tel Aviv, Israel, ...
 A woman is reflected on a bus station as she wears a protective face mask amid concerns over the country's coronavirus outbreak, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, April 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

 A woman walks past graffiti as she wears a protective face mask and gloves amid concerns over the country's coronavirus outbreak, in Tel Aviv, Israel,...
 A woman walks past graffiti as she wears a protective face mask and gloves amid concerns over the country's coronavirus outbreak, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, April 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

 An ultra-Orthodox Jew wears an improvised protective face mask as he pulls a supermarket cart on a mainly deserted street because of the government's ...
 An ultra-Orthodox Jew wears an improvised protective face mask as he pulls a supermarket cart on a mainly deserted street because of the government's measures to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, in Bnei Brak, a suburb of Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, April 3, 2020. The military plans to send troops in to assist local authorities with coronavirus control. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

 JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Monday a complete lockdown over the upcoming Passover holiday to control the country's coronavirus outbreak, but offered citizens some hope by saying he expects to lift widespread restrictions after the week-long festival.
 Netanyahu's announcement came as leaders of the Coptic Orthodox Church in neighboring Egypt said they were suspending Easter celebrations because of the coronavirus.
 Israel has already greatly restricted movement to help slow the outbreak, allowing people to leave their homes to buy food or other essential activities.
 In a nationally televised address, Netanyahu said the government was further restricting movement for Passover, which begins Wednesday evening with a festive meal known as the “Seder.”
 “Every family will sit down for Seder night on its own. Celebrate only with the immediate family that’s at home with you now,” he said.
 Beginning Tuesday afternoon, Israel will ban movement between cities. From Wednesday evening until Thursday morning, Israelis will not be allowed to leave their homes.
 Netanyahu said similar travel restrictions would be in place for the upcoming holidays of Easter and Ramadan later in April.
 At the same time, he said “there are positive signs on the horizon” and that preparations were already underway for a possible easing of movement restrictions after Passover.
 Israel has reported nearly 9,000 cases of coronavirus and 57 deaths.
 For most people, the virus causes mild to moderate symptoms such as fever and cough. But for some, especially older adults and the infirm, it can cause pneumonia and even lead to death.
 In Egypt, the Coptic church said it was suspending Easter prayers and celebrations at churches later this month.
 Church spokesman Boulis Halim told The Associated Press that the church also suspended services for the Holy Week leading up to Easter Sunday, celebrated on April 19 by Egyptian Coptic Orthodox followers, one the world’s oldest Christian communities.
 Mosques and churches have already been ordered to shut across Egypt to slow the spread of the deadly virus. Egypt has reported 1,173 cases and 78 fatalities so far.
 Iran is facing the worst outbreak in the region. Iranian state TV reported Monday that the death toll there from the coronavirus rose by another 136 people, pushing total deaths to 3,739 amid 60,500 confirmed cases.

journalist: By ILAN BEN ZION , Associated Press, Associated Press

title: Israeli leader announces lockdown over Passover holiday


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FILE - In this March 28, 2020, file photo, staff work in a ventilator refurbishing assembly line at Bloom Energy in Sunnyvale, Calif. The COVID-19 out...
 FILE - In this March 28, 2020, file photo, staff work in a ventilator refurbishing assembly line at Bloom Energy in Sunnyvale, Calif. The COVID-19 outbreak has prompted companies large and small to rethink how they do business. Bloom Energy in San Jose, Calif., makes hydrogen fuel cells. But recently, they have been refurbishing old ventilators so hospitals can use them to keep coronavirus patients alive. (Beth LaBerge/KQED via AP, Pool, File)

 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's governor announced Monday the state would loan 500 ventilators to the national stockpile for use by New York and other states experiencing a crush of coronavirus-related hospitalizations.
 California chose to loan out some of its equipment because it is not yet in as dire a situation as New York, now the nation's epicenter for the crisis, said Jesse Melgar, a spokesman for the governor. Gov. Gavin Newsom said state modeling shows California will hit its peak of cases sometime in May.
 “I know that if the tables were turned and we were experiencing a hospital surge, other states would come to our aid and provide ventilators just as we are today,” Newsom said in a statement.
 Newsom's decision follows Oregon and Washington committing to transfer ventilators to New York.
 California has been on the hunt for ventilators to boost its own supply for weeks. Officials requested 10,000 ventilators from the national stockpile, though it has received none. Los Angeles, the state's most populous city, got 170 ventilators from the stockpile, though many were broken.
 As of Friday, California had access to 4,252 ventilators, Newsom said. Melgar said Monday the state is boosting that number by rehabilitating thousands of broken ventilators and procuring thousands more from other places. But he declined to provide a rough estimate of how many ventilators the state now possesses.
 Hydrogen fuel cell manufacturer Bloom Energy has dedicated a portion of its production plants in California and Delaware to repairing old ventilators. As of last week, the San Jose-based company had repaired 515 ventilators, with more on the way. The company says it has the capacity to repair up to 1,000 per week.
 Virgin Orbit, billionaire Richard Branson’s company that makes rockets, has developed a prototype for a “bridge ventilator” designed to help patients breathe until they can be put on a traditional ventilator. The company is awaiting federal approval before it can begin mass producing the model, which was developed in partnership with researchers at the University of California, Irvine.
 Newsom touted both as part of California's efforts to procure ventilators. Asked Saturday if California would share medical supplies with other states, Newsom told reporters the state was “working day and night to find new ventilators." But, he said, if the state was in a position to share medical supplies or to team up with other states to bulk purchase such supplies “absolutely, unequivocally we will do that.”
 Newsom was expected to hold a daily press briefing Monday afternoon.
 While the federal government hasn't given California any ventilators from the national stockpile, it has sent other supplies to the nation's most populous state. As of last week, California had received roughly 837,000 N-95 masks, 1.31 million gloves, nearly 2 million surgical masks, as well as face shields, surgical gowns, coveralls and 2,000 medical station beds, according to a White House press release.
 California has recorded more than 15,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 virus infections and at least 320 deaths, according to the latest data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. New York, meanwhile, has more than 123,000 confirmed cases and more than 4,000 deaths. 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.
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 Associated Press reporter Adam Beam contributed to this report.

journalist: By KATHLEEN RONAYNE , Associated Press, Associated Press

title: California to loan 500 ventilators to national stockpile


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President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Sunday, April 5, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patri...
 President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Sunday, April 5, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

 President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Sunday, April 5, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Sem...
 President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Sunday, April 5, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is pitching a medicine for COVID-19 sufferers that science has not concluded is effective or safe for their use. “Take it,” he said of the drug.
 For people sick with the coronavirus, he said Sunday, “It can help them but it’s not going to hurt them.” In fact, it may or may not help some people, and it may or may not hurt them.
 His straight-ahead advocacy of hydroxychloroquine, a malaria drug, is the latest and one of the most consequential examples of Trump and public-health authorities not being on the same page in the pandemic.
 His statement came during a weekend when he also misrepresented the facts behind his firing of the intelligence community’s inspector general whose handling of a whistleblower complaint led to impeachment proceedings. Over the previous days, he'd spread a number of distortions on the pandemic.
 A look at his recent remarks:
 MALARIA DRUG
 TRUMP, on the government’s decision to stockpile millions of doses of hydroxychloroquine drug to make it available for patients with COVID-19: “What do you have to lose? I’ll say it again: What do you have to lose? Take it. I really think they should take it. But it’s their choice and it’s their doctor’s choice, or the doctors in the hospital. But hydroxychloroquine — try it, if you’d like.” — news briefing Saturday.
 TRUMP: “They say taking it before the fact is good. ... I’m not acting as a doctor. I’m saying do what you want. ... It can help them but it’s not going to hurt them.” — briefing Sunday night.
 THE FACTS: He’s making unverified claims about a drug that can have serious side effects and may not work. The drug has not been approved as a treatment for COVID-19 and Trump’s own health experts say more studies are needed to know whether it’s safe and effective to use.
 The president has been talking up hydroxychloroquine, a drug long used to treat malaria, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus, after very small preliminary studies suggested it might help prevent coronavirus from entering cells and possibly help patients clear the virus sooner. Doctors can already prescribe the malaria drug to patients with COVID-19, a practice known as off-label prescribing.
 But the drug has major potential side effects, especially for the heart, and large studies are underway to see if it is safe and effective for treating coronavirus.
 On Friday, Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health and member of the White House coronavirus task force, said Americans shouldn’t consider hydroxychloroquine a “knockout drug.”
 “We still need to do the definitive studies to determine whether any intervention, not just this one, is truly safe and effective,” he said on Fox News.
 The American Medical Association, the American Pharmacists Association and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists in a joint statement previously cautioned against “prophylactically prescribing medications currently identified as potential treatments for COVID-19.” That means prescribing a medicine for the purpose of warding off a disease or preventing its spread.
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 SPANISH FLU
 TRUMP: “The problem is when something like this comes along, which you don’t expect. Look, 1917, it’s a long time ago, perhaps 100 million people died. It’s a long time ago, so people don’t think it’s going to happen.” — briefing Sunday night.
 THE FACTS: He got the year wrong for the Spanish flu and appeared to overstate deaths from it. The pandemic spread from early 1918 to late 1920. It killed an estimated 50 million or more worldwide, with about 675,000 of the deaths in the U.S., says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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 IMPEACHMENT
 TRUMP, on firing Michael Atkinson, the intelligence community inspector general: “I thought he did a terrible job. Absolutely terrible. He took a whistleblower report, which turned out to be a fake report — it was fake. It was totally wrong.” — news briefing Saturday.
 THE FACTS: No, the whistleblower’s accusations have not been shown to be wrong. Key details have been corroborated.
 For example, the White House account of Trump’s July 25, 2019, phone call with Ukraine’s new president showed that the whistleblower had accurately summarized the conversation, as relayed by unidentified U.S. officials, in the complaint Atkinson sent to the acting director of national intelligence. Witnesses who heard the call testified to the accuracy of that account.
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 TRUMP, suggesting that Atkinson had claimed that the whistleblower complaint regarding Ukraine should be discounted because of political bias: “He even said it was politically biased. He actually said that.” — news briefing Saturday.
 THE FACTS: He actually did not say that.
 Atkinson did not state that the complaint was “politically biased” or suggest that it should not be regarded seriously. To the contrary, Atkinson wrote in a letter to Joseph Maguire, then the acting director of national intelligence, that any potential bias on the whistleblower’s part did not take away from his overall conclusion that the complaint was “credible.” He noted that an initial review by his inspector general’s office had found support for key allegations in the complaint, including that Trump had put pressure on Ukraine’s leader to take action favorable to his re-election campaign.
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 THE VIRUS THREAT
 TRUMP, on a warning that had just been delivered by Dr. Deborah Birx of the coronavirus task force that more Americans need to heed distancing steps ordered by many states and recommended by Washington: “She wasn’t referring to our country, she was referring to one state.” — briefing Thursday.
 THE FACTS: No, she was talking about more Americans overall needing to keep away from each other. More specifically, Birx said the outbreak would not be spreading by now in areas with low infection rates if everyone were following the guidelines. Instead, officials are now seeing cases of people who were infected after the guidelines took effect.
 “This should not be happening any longer in new places if people are doing the social distancing, washing their hands, not getting together in large groups more than 10,” she said at the briefing where Trump then tried to tamp down her warning out of his concern about the “headlines tomorrow.”
 Birx said: “We see Spain, we see Italy, we see France, we see Germany. When we see others beginning to bend their curves, we can bend ours. But it means everybody has to take that same responsibility as Americans.” Bending the curve means flattening out the rate of increase in cases.
 She added: “Yes. There are states that are dead flat. But, you know, every — what changes the curve is a new Detroit, a new Chicago, a new New Orleans, a new Colorado.”
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 TRUMP: “Four weeks ago, we had the greatest economy in the history of the world. The greatest in the world — greatest in the history of the world.” — briefing Thursday.
 THE FACTS: Not true. The economy was healthy back then but not the best in U.S. history, much less world history.
 Economic gains largely followed along the lines of an expansion that started more than a decade ago under President Barack Obama. And while posting great job and stock market numbers, Trump never managed to achieve the rates of economic growth he promised in the 2016 campaign. The U.S. economy was not the world’s best in history when this started.
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 TRUMP, going back to that period four weeks ago: “And then, one day, I get a call from Deborah, who’s fantastic, and from Dr. Fauci. And he said and she said, ’We have a problem. I said, ’What’s the problem?’ And they said, ‘We may have to close it up.’ I said, ‘Close what up?’ They said, ‘Close up the country.’ And I said, ‘What’s that all about?’” — briefing Thursday.
 THE FACTS: You’d think that Trump was just learning about the outbreak from Birx and Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health in the phone call. That’s not the case.
 Trump knew the U.S. had “a problem” well before that timeline of roughly early March.
 By then the U.S. had restricted travel from abroad, experienced its first coronavirus infections and was told to expect the outbreak to spread in the country. The World Health Organization declared a global health emergency Jan. 30.
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 VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE: “I don’t believe the president has ever belittled the threat of the coronavirus.” — CNN interview Wednesday.
 MITCH McCONNELL, Senate majority leader: The coronavirus crisis “came up while we were tied down in the impeachment trial. And I think it diverted the attention of the government, because everything, every day was all about impeachment.” — interview Tuesday with radio host Hugh Hewitt.
 THE FACTS: While Pence claims Trump always treated the virus threat seriously, McConnell suggests Trump may not have because he was distracted by impeachment. Neither claim is credible.
 Trump says he would not have done anything faster on the virus, absent impeachment. And he actually belittled the coronavirus threat repeatedly from January to mid-March, maintaining his position even after the Senate acquitted him Feb. 5 in his impeachment trial. He dismissed the threat as a small number of U.S. cases that were under “control” and would fall to zero by April.
 On Feb. 10, he asserted “we’re in great shape ... we have 12 cases” and told Fox Business it will be fine because “in April, supposedly, it dies with the hotter weather. And that’s a beautiful date to look forward to.”
 “When you have 15 people, and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero, that’s a pretty good job we’ve done,” he said Feb. 26. A day later he said: “It’s going to disappear. One day — it’s like a miracle — it will disappear,”
 “It’s got the world aflutter, but it’ll work out,” Trump told the National Association of Counties on March 3. Along the way, he said Democrats who were calling on him to do more were perpetuating a hoax.
 On March 9, he tweeted the 546 cases and 22 deaths experienced by then in the U.S. were no reason to take drastic steps: “Nothing is shut down, life & the economy go on.”
 Trump now acknowledges the U.S. could see 100,000 to 240,000 deaths from the pandemic even if current distancing guidelines are maintained. When asked Tuesday if impeachment proceedings had distracted him from the U.S. coronavirus response, he said, “I don’t think I would have acted any differently or I don’t think I would have acted any faster.”
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 SOCIAL MEDIA
 TRUMP: “I have, you know, hundreds of millions of people. Number one on Facebook. Did you know I was number one on Facebook? I mean, I just found out I’m number one on Facebook. I thought that was very nice for whatever it means.” — news briefing Wednesday.
 THE FACTS: It doesn’t mean anything because it’s not true. He’s nowhere close to No. 1.
 Trump has 29 million followers on Facebook, far below former President Barack Obama, who has 54 million. Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portuguese soccer player, has 126 million.
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 TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS
 TRUMP: “I stopped some very, very infected, very, very sick people, thousands coming in from China long earlier than anybody thought, including the experts. Nobody thought we should do it except me. And I stopped everybody. We stopped it cold.” — interview March 30 with “Fox & Friends.”
 PENCE: “The president suspended all travel from China in January.” — interview Wednesday with CNN.
 THE FACTS: Trump didn’t “stop cold” all the people infected with coronavirus from entering the U.S. with a ban of all travel from China. There were gaps in containment and initial delays in testing, leading to the U.S. rising to No. 1 globally in the number of people infected by COVID-19.
 Nor did Trump decide on his own to impose travel restrictions on China — he followed a consensus recommendation by his public-health advisers.
 His order in late January temporarily barred entry by foreign nationals who had traveled in China within the previous 14 days, with exceptions for the immediate family of U.S. citizens and permanent residents. Americans returning from China were allowed back for two more weeks. They were given enhanced screenings. But screenings can miss people who are carrying the virus but showing no symptoms.
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 MORTALITY
 TRUMP: “So we have more cases than anybody, but we’re doing really well, and we also have a very low — relative to other countries — very low mortality rate. And there are reasons for that.” — interview March 30 with “Fox & Friends.”
 TRUMP: “We’ve been doing more test — tests than any other country anywhere in the world. It’s one of the reasons that we have more cases than other countries, because we’ve been testing. It’s also one of the reasons that we’re just about the lowest in terms of mortality rate.” — news briefing on March 29.
 THE FACTS: His suggestion that the U.S. response is better than other countries’ because its mortality rate is “just about the lowest” is unsupported and misleading.
 It’s too early to know the real death rate from COVID-19 in any country. Look at a count kept by Johns Hopkins University, and you can divide the number of reported cases by the number of recorded deaths. But that math provides a completely unreliable measurement of death rates, and the Johns Hopkins tally is not intended to be that.
 First, the count changes every day as new infections and deaths are recorded.
 More important, every country is testing differently. Knowing the real denominator, the true number of people who become infected, is key to determining what portion of them die. Some countries, the U.S. among them, have had trouble making enough tests available. When there’s a shortage of tests, the sickest get tested first. And even with a good supply of tests, someone who’s otherwise healthy and has mild symptoms may not be tested and thus go uncounted.
 The result is a hodgepodge of numbers that get sorted out as the crisis diminishes. Indeed, initial death rates were thought to be as high as 4% in parts of China. But a report published Monday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases calculated that 1.38% actually is the best estimate of deaths among confirmed cases across China and that accounting for unconfirmed cases could drop that rate below 1%.
 Early on Fauci estimated that the death rate in the U.S. might hit around 1%, which would be 10 times higher than mortality from a typical flu season.
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 Associated Press writers Darlene Superville, Lauran Neergaard and Matthew Perrone in Washington, Alan Suderman in Richmond, Va., and Amanda Seitz in Chicago contributed to this report.
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 EDITOR’S NOTE — A look at the veracity of claims by political figures.
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journalist: By HOPE YEN, ERIC TUCKER and CALVIN WOODWARD , Associated Press, Associated Press

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In this photo taken Sunday, April 5, 2020, laboratory technician Irene Ooko walks outside to take a nasal sample from a patient seeking a test for the...
 In this photo taken Sunday, April 5, 2020, laboratory technician Irene Ooko walks outside to take a nasal sample from a patient seeking a test for the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19, at the Pathologists Lancet Kenya laboratory in Nairobi, Kenya. The company, which is offering tests to patients with a doctor's referral, was previously having to send samples to South Africa for testing but is now completing the testing in-house in Kenya. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

 In this photo taken Sunday, April 5, 2020, laboratory technicians, seen behind a blue-tinted window, work on testing patient samples for the new coron...
 In this photo taken Sunday, April 5, 2020, laboratory technicians, seen behind a blue-tinted window, work on testing patient samples for the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19, at the Pathologists Lancet Kenya laboratory in Nairobi, Kenya. The company, which is offering tests to patients with a doctor's referral, was previously having to send samples to South Africa for testing but is now completing the testing in-house in Kenya. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

 JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Kenya increased its restrictions to combat the coronavirus on Monday, announcing travel bans into and out of the capital city, Nairobi, the port of Mombasa and two counties.
 More than half of Africa’s 54 countries have imposed lockdowns, curfews, travel bans or other restrictions to try to contain the spread of COVID-19. Fifty-one of the continent's countries report cases of the disease.
 In Kenya, President Uhuru Kenyatta said all movement by rail, road and air in and out of the Nairobi metropolitan area will halt starting Monday at 7 p.m.
 Movement will also be halted in and out of Mombasa, Kenya’s second largest city, as well as Kilifi and Kwale counties on Kenya’s Indian Ocean coast starting Wednesday. The restrictions will last for an initial 21 days. Movement of food supplies and cargo will continue as normal, Kenyatta said.
 Kenya already has a dusk-to-dawn curfew to contain the virus that has infected 158 people in the country, according to government statistics. Four people have died in Kenya from the disease.
 Kenyatta said 82% of the confirmed cases came from Nairobi and 14% were reported from Kilifi, Kwale and Mombasa counties.
 The East African nation of 50 million people has 578 intensive care beds.
 South Africa leads other African countries with 1,655 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 11 deaths, and was among the first to impose travel restrictions as confirmed cases increased in the country and across Africa.
 The country is in a strict three-week nationwide lockdown that started on March 27 and is set to last until April 17.
 A couple was arrested at their wedding over the weekend in Richards Bay in Kwazulu-Natal province for breaking the lockdown restrictions which ban gatherings including church services. Forty wedding guests and a pastor were also arrested for attending the ceremony, according to the police.
 A video of the couple being arrested and led into a police vehicle circulated on social media.
 In the Western Cape province, which includes the city of Cape Town, police arrested a 33-year-old man who was allegedly part of a group that looted a liquor store in the city. Liquor sales are not allowed under South Africa's lockdown, which also prohibits cigarette sales.
 South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, currently the chairman of the African Union, has rallied African leaders to unite in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus.
 Ramaphosa on Monday lauded the recently announced African Union response fund, which has raised $12.5 million to help African countries fight the virus.
 The fund is to help lessen critical shortages of personal protective equipment for medical staff that have been reported in several African countries in Africa as global demand for these increases and flight restrictions hamper delivery of aid and other necessary supplies.
 The continental body would also channel an additional $4.5 million towards the Africa Centers for Disease Control, which is leading the fight against the virus on the continent.
 The African Union fund is similar to the national fund Ramaphosa has established in South Africa.
 The South Africa fund has already raised at least $150 million, which will be used to get medical and protective supplies, and support struggling small business and employees in distress due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 “In uniting behind this global health emergency, as African countries we have shown once again our ability of transcend political and other differences in pursuit of a common objective," Ramaphosa said in a statement. “We should seize this moment to deepen collaboration across other areas, such as development and trade.”

journalist: By TOM ODULA and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME , Associated Press, Associated Press

title: Kenya bans travel in and out of Nairobi to fight coronavirus


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FILE - In this March 14, 2020, file photo Taiwanese army soldiers wearing protective suits spray disinfectant over a road during a drill to prevent co...
 FILE - In this March 14, 2020, file photo Taiwanese army soldiers wearing protective suits spray disinfectant over a road during a drill to prevent community cluster infection of coronavirus in New Taipei City, Taiwan. The administration, backed by a bipartisan collection of lawmakers, is pressing for Taiwan's inclusion as a separate entity in international organizations like the World Health Organization and the International Civil Aviation Organization, both of which have significant roles in anti-virus efforts. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

 FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2019 file photo, President Donald Trump meets with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the InterContinental Barclay New Yor...
 FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2019 file photo, President Donald Trump meets with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the InterContinental Barclay New York hotel during the United Nations General Assembly in New York. With entire countries on lockdown, state visits canceled, travel curtailed and key meetings postponed or moved online, the coronavirus pandemic has dramatically altered international diplomacy. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is seizing the opportunity of the coronavirus pandemic to push a cause that has long been an irritant in U.S. relations with China: Taiwan. The virus has added yet another dimension to U.S.-China tensions that were already wracked by a trade war and heated discussions over intellectual property, human rights and Chinese policies in Hong Kong and the South China Sea.
 And, while U.S.-China differences over Taiwan have waxed and waned for decades, they have persisted and are reaching new heights as the world grapples with the exponential spread of the COVID-19 virus. As the pandemic has grown, U.S. officials and lawmakers have stepped up alternately bashing China for a lack of transparency over the outbreak and praising Taiwan for its response to the outbreak.
 The administration is pressing for Taiwan's inclusion as a separate entity in international organizations like the World Health Organization and International Civil Aviation Organization, both of which have significant roles in anti-virus efforts. But, it is more broadly pushing back against Beijing's recent diplomatic victories over Taipei that have included several small countries abandoning diplomatic recognition of Taiwan in favor of China.
 In the past 10 days, the administration has taken at least two specific overt steps to boost Taiwan, which China regards as a renegade province, in the international arena.
 Aware of the moves, China's government has been pushing back. Taiwan has developed its own identity since separating from China during civil war in 1949, but has never declared formal independence. Beijing still claims sovereignty over the island of 23 million people and threatens to use force to seize control if necessary.
 On Thursday, the State Department announced it had convened a virtual conference to promote “expanding Taiwan’s participation on the global stage.” Just days before, on March 26, the White House announced that President Donald Trump signed a law requiring the U.S. to press for Taiwanese recognition in international forums and to take unspecified action against countries that “undermine the security or prosperity of Taiwan.”
 At the March 31 conference, the participants “discussed ongoing efforts to reinstate Taiwan’s observer status at the World Health Assembly, as well as other avenues for closer coordination between Taiwan and the World Health Organization,” the State Department said.
 “Countries around the world can benefit from better understanding the ‘Taiwan Model’, as well as the generous contributions and impressive expertise Taiwan — a vibrant democracy and force for good — brings to the global community,” it said.
 "Taiwan has a role to play in global health and should be a World Health Assembly observer,” the department said in a follow-up tweet on Friday.
 The “Taiwan Model” refers to the early strict steps the island took to stem the spread of the virus, which as of late last week had reported only 329 confirmed cases and five deaths despite its close proximity to mainland China. In addition, Taiwan has announced plans to donate 7 million protective masks to European countries and another 2 million to the United States.
 China has made clear its displeasure, noting “the frequent exchanges between the U.S. and Taiwan in the recent days” and ridiculing Washington's praise of Taipei.
 “It seems that the U.S. standard is not that high since Taiwan has donated two million masks and then becomes a model of democracy and a true friend of the U.S.," Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Friday. “In the current extraordinary period, mutual assistance and support are all welcomed. But I still want to remind the U.S. and Taiwan that if someone tries to take advantage of the epidemic to impair China ’s core interests, they must be cautious.”
 U.S. lawmakers who have consistently pushed for upgraded relations with Taiwan are fully behind the administration.
 “A reevaluation of WHO leadership is urgently called for," said Sen Ted Cruz, R-Tex. “By consistently bending to the Chinese Communist Party, from downplaying the severity of the coronavirus to systematically excluding Taiwan, it has lost the credibility necessary to be effective.”
 Republican Senator Marco Rubio of Florida shared similar sentiments. “Taiwan’s open spirit shines through and, once, again, the island punches above its weight. Taiwan deserves praise for its efforts to protect its citizens and assist other nations during the COVID-19 pandemic," he said.
 Unsurprisingly, Taiwan, which has long been shut out of, or forced to identify itself as “Chinese Taipei,” at international organizations events, has applauded the U.S, push.
 “We are grateful to U.S. continuous support to Taiwan’s participation in international organizations such as WHO,” Taiwan’s diplomatic mission in Geneva told the Associated Press. "It is to the benefit of the whole world if Taiwan is allowed to fully access and participate in all WHO meetings and mechanisms."
 The Geneva-based WHO has been in a difficult position regarding Taiwan for some time and its staffers have faced uncomfortable questions about the matter that have gotten more pointed in recent weeks. Confronted with them, the organization released a statement last week saying that it was taking into account Taiwan's contributions to the virus fight.
 “The question of Taiwanese membership in WHO is up to WHO Member States, not WHO staff," it said.
 Meanwhile in Washington just days before the State Department's virtual conference on Taiwan, Trump signed into law legislation that aims to boost Taiwan's stature internationally.
 On March 26, the White House announced that Trump signed the “Taiwan Allies International Protection and Enhancement Initiative (TAIPEI) Act of 2019" that requires the U.S. to press for Taiwanese recognition in relevant international fora and to take unspecified action against countries that “undermine the security or prosperity of Taiwan.”
 The law is partially aimed at countries that have in recent months switched their diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing. Since Trump became president, at least four states have done so: Panama, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, the Solomon Islands and Kiribati.
 But, with bipartisan backing, it also aims to elevate Taiwan's status in organizations other than the WHO, such as the Montreal-based International Civil Aviation Organization, which oversees international air service and from which Taipei is excluded as a member.
 “Coronavirus further highlights the importance of including Taiwan in conversations regarding information-sharing and logistical planning, as air travel is a major factor in the spread of global pandemics,” the Democratic chairman and top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee wrote in a February letter to the organization. “Excluding Taiwan from these important discussions recklessly jeopardizes the health and safety of the 23 million people on Taiwan and beyond.”
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 Associated Press writers Christopher Bodeen in Beijing and Jamey Keaten in Geneva contributed to this report.

journalist: By MATTHEW LEE , AP Diplomatic Writer, Associated Press

title: US sees coronavirus window to push Taiwan's global status


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Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) gets his temperature checked.
 Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) gets his temperature checked.
 (CNA photo)

 Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) on Sunday reminded people of the need to wear masks and maintain proper social distancing when outdoors in accordance with the country's measures to combat the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19).

About 4 billion people around the world are under lockdowns as the coronavirus has spread to at least 160 countries and regions around the globe, Su said during a visit to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC). Taiwan is one of only a handful of countries in the world that still allow people to maintain normal life and daily activities,thanks to the joint efforts of the people, he noted, while calling on the public to remain vigilant to avert the need for stricter measures.

In response to calls for the government to close night markets or shopping malls, Su said that although tougher measures have not been adopted, Taiwan's people have done well at stopping the spread of the coronavirus. Su said he hopes the public continues its disease control efforts and adhering to social distancing guidelines, so normal life and business activities continue.

Under the guidelines announced last week by CECC head Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), people are advised to stay at least 1 meter apart outdoors and 1.5 meters apart indoors, and wear a face mask if they are unable to maintain a safe distance.

It was understandable that so many visited scenic sites and night markets during the recent four-day Tomb Sweeping Day holiday, which started last Thursday, Su said, adding that people must still keep a safe distance when in crowds to protect both themselves and others. Meanwhile, Su said the government has no plans to cancel the three-day Labor Day weekend that starts May 1.

Addressing a comment by former Kuomintang Legislator Apollo Chen (陳學聖) that the government should only donate surgical masks to other countries after Taiwan's consumers can buy 10 adult masks every 14 days under a rationing policy, Su said residents will be able to buy nine adult masks every 14 days from April 9, up from two per week at the beginning of the ration program, due to rising domestic mask production.

"Nine adult masks every 14 days" is an acceptable figure and the public should prevent waste of resources, according to Su. Aside from wearing masks, people should wash their hands frequently and reduce going to crowded places to prevent infection with the virus, he added.

Chen's comments came after President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文)last week announced plans to donate 10 million masks to countries that have been most severely impacted by the coronavirus.

Also Sunday, New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi (侯友宜) stated that domestic demand for masks should first be met if the government has the extra capacity to donate masks.

The supply should be at least 10 masks every 14 days for each adult and 14 masks would be even better, Hou said at a city coronavirus response meeting.

About 5,000 people visit City Hall per day and from Monday, all visitors will be required to wear masks, according to the city's Secretariat.

journalist: By Central News Agency

people: 陳學聖 陳時中 蘇貞昌 蔡英文 侯友宜

title: Premier urges social distancing during coronavirus pandemic


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TORONTO (AP) — The premier of Canada’s most populous province said Monday U.S. officials have stopped 3 million masks from getting to Ontario from manufacturing giant 3M, though he said 500,000 of them were being released Monday despite a Trump administration call to prevent the export of N95 protective masks needed amid the new coronavirus pandemic.
 Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he’s hopeful Canada will get an exemption and said he feels better about that after speaking with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.
 “It is absolutely critical that they except Canada from this presidential order,” Ford said.
 The move to block such masks, which are crucial in protecting healthcare workers on both sides of the border from the virus that causes COVID-19, outraged many officials in Canada. Ford said delays in global shipments and recent restrictions at the U.S. border have left Ontario with about a one-week supply of critical protective equipment.
 The premier said he had been told Ontario will get 500,000 masks on Monday.
 Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said the flow of medical equipment benefits both countries and needs to continue.
 State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said in a statement that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had spoken to Canada’s foreign minister about it and “reiterated the United States’ desire to work with Canada to ensure the viability of international supply chains for crucial medical supplies and personnel, while also meeting the needs of regions with the most severe outbreaks.”
 Trump used his authority under the 1950 Defense Production Act to direct the government to acquire the “appropriate” number of N95 respirators from Minnesota-based 3M and its subsidiaries. He also asked it to stop exporting such masks, also known as respirators, though 3M issued a statement saying that could have “significant humanitarian implications” for healthcare workers in Canada and Latin America. The company said possible retaliation by other nations could actually lead to fewer of the masks being available in the U.S.
 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has noted Canada supplies the U.S. with many supplies, including pulp for surgical-grade N95 masks, test kits and gloves. Canadian nurses also work in the U.S.

journalist: By ROB GILLIES , Associated Press, Associated Press

title: US blocks millions of masks for Canada, but some allowed


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Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador stands at attention at the National Palace in Mexico City, Sunday, April 5, 2020. López Obrador spoke to...
 Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador stands at attention at the National Palace in Mexico City, Sunday, April 5, 2020. López Obrador spoke to the nation about his economic recovery plan. Mexico's government has broadened its shutdown of "non essential activities," and prohibited gatherings of more than 50 people as a way to help slow down the spread of COVID-19. The one-month emergency measures will be in effect from March 30 to April 30. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

 Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks at the National Palace in Mexico City, as the press keeps their distance, Sunday, April 5, 2020. ...
 Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks at the National Palace in Mexico City, as the press keeps their distance, Sunday, April 5, 2020. Mexico's Treasury reduced its forecast for the year this week to a contraction of the Mexican economy, which was already in a technical recession. Mexico's government has broadened its shutdown of "non essential activities," and prohibited gatherings of more than 50 people as a way to help slow down the spread of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

 MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador promised Monday to stick with his modest economic recovery plan after the country’s main business groups reacted negatively to the proposal, which would expand his signature social programs and tighten government austerity measures in the face of economic havoc wrought by Covid-19.
 Unlike the United States' $2 trillion economic stimulus package to help the country weather the pandemic’s effects, Mexico will increase some public investment, but López Obrador said in a speech Sunday evening he would avoid public debt.
 “Some said that the president just gave a general outline and that this week the Treasury secretary is going to detail and break down the measures, but no, there isn’t anything else, it’s just this,” López Obrador said Monday.
 Mexico’s Business Coordinating Council (CCE), a national business association, said it welcomed some of the president’s ideas, but ultimately termed his plan “an incomplete response before the great dimensions of the crisis we face.”
 Manuel Molano, director of the policy think tank Center for Research in Public Policy, also saw a disconnect between the scope of López Obrador’s proposals and the dimensions of the economic hit Mexico will take.
 “We have a problem where the president is not understanding the magnitude of the crisis,” Molano said. “He’s not understanding the historic moment he’s living and how he would have to react to these events.”
 López Obrador on Sunday had outlined measures that focus on Mexico’s poorest citizens and has spoken repeatedly in recent weeks of the needs to protect the informal half of Mexico’s economy and those living day to day.
 However, Molano said the president appears to be failing to comprehend the massive loss of jobs that is coming for the formal economy and how the loss of those jobs will affect the poorest Mexicans.
 “Not understanding the tie between the person selling food on the corner and the person who works in a factory and buys that food, really implies there isn’t a real comprehension of how the economy works,” Molano said. López Obrador said he would create 2 million jobs in what remains of the year, a fanciful number for an economy already in technical recession.
 Molano predicted 1 million or more people would become underemployed or work fewer than 20 hours a week and 500,000 to 600,000 people would lose their jobs in the formal economy.
 Mexico is still waiting on the pandemic’s full impact. The government has pushed social distancing measures in the past two weeks and has reported more than 2,100 confirmed infections and 94 deaths. Non-essential businesses have been told to keep their employees at home.
 On Monday, massive Mexican cement company Cemex said it would comply with government instructions and suspend production through April 30.
 On Sunday, López Obrador said top level of government bureaucrats — from undersecretaries on up to him — will have their salaries reduced and give up their annual year-end bonuses.
 Mexico’s currency continued to lose value Monday morning, hovering around 25 to the dollar. Banco Base economist Gabriela Siller said the peso was the second most depreciated currency after the Japanese yen “due principally to the decision of Mexico’s executive to not present a plan of counter-cyclical measures,” essentially spending to stimulate the economy.
 “The exchange rate reacted because without counter-cyclical fiscal policy, there is no way to lessen the coronavirus’ hit on the economy,” Siller said in an analysis Monday.
 Molano said López Obrador’s aversion to taking on more public debt is understandable considering Mexico’s checkered past of bailing out failing businesses and the related corruption. But he said that helping small and medium-sized businesses — responsible for most of Mexico’s jobs — would have a greater impact than simply giving small cash transfers to poor families. One of those families that receives $100 is likely to use it to pay down its existing debt, when what’s really necessary is for people to spend that money or even expand their debt to counter the recession, he said.
 But that’s anathema to López Obrador. “They’re accustomed to those at the top being rescued, to not being charged taxes,” the president said Monday. “Some say,, ‘Where is the plan to reactivate the economy?’ because what they want is a starting flag to once again install corruption.”

journalist: By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and CARLOS RODRÍGUEZ , Associated Press, Associated Press

title: Mexico president sticks to modest economic recovery plan


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In this Nov. 15, 2029, photo U.S. Navy Capt. Brett Crozier, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), addresses the ...
 In this Nov. 15, 2029, photo U.S. Navy Capt. Brett Crozier, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), addresses the crew during an all-hands call on the ship's flight deck while conducting routine operations in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. U.S. defense leaders are backing the Navy's decision to fire the ship captain who sought help for his coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier, even as videos showed his sailors cheering him as he walked off the vessel. Videos went viral on social media Friday, April 3, 2020, showing hundreds of sailors gathered on the ship chanting and applauding Navy Capt. Brett Crozier as he walked down the ramp, turned, saluted, waved and got into a waiting car. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nicholas Huynh via AP)

 FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2019, file photo, U.S.Navy Capt. Brett Crozier, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), ad...
 FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2019, file photo, U.S.Navy Capt. Brett Crozier, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), addresses the crew during an all hands call on the ship's flight deck while conducting routine training in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The commander of the U.S. 7th Fleet visited the leadership of the USS Theodore Roosevelt in Guam, where the aircraft carrier is being cleaned after an outbreak of COVID-19 among its crew. The ship’s commander, Capt. Crozier, was fired for going outside of the chain of command in asking for help for the outbreak, in a decision now under review. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Kaylianna Genier via AP)

 In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas B. Modly is toured through the patient transfer process at the Military Se...
 In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas B. Modly is toured through the patient transfer process at the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), Tuesday, March 31, 2020. Mercy deployed in support of the nation's COVID-19 response efforts, and will serve as a referral hospital for non-COVID-19 patients currently admitted to shore-based hospitals. (Petty Officer 1st Class David Mora/U.S. Navy via AP)

 WASHINGTON (AP) — In an extraordinary broadside punctuated with profanity, the Navy’s top leader accused the fired commander of the COVID-stricken USS Theodore Roosevelt of being “too naive or too stupid” to be in charge of an aircraft carrier. He delivered the criticism to sailors who had cheered the departing skipper last week.
 Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly harshly criticized Capt. Brett E. Crozier — and by implication those among the crew who had vocally supported him — in a lengthy and passionate speech aboard the ship, which is pier-side at Guam. Crew members are being taken off the ship to be tested for the coronavirus. At least 155 of the 4,865 members of the crew have tested positive, and the carrier is sidelined.
 Modly relieved Crozier of command of the ship last week, saying he had lost confidence in him for having shown “extremely poor judgment” in widely distributing a letter pleading for an accelerated evacuation of the crew. The dismissal turned into a hot political issue, with Democrats saying Crozier was wrongly fired for defending his sailors, and President Donald Trump denouncing Crozier and backing Modly.
 An unofficial transcript of Modly's remarks Sunday circulated widely on the internet Monday. Several officials confirmed the authenticity of the transcript's contents. Modly himself issued a brief statement saying he stood behind his remarks but had not heard a recording and therefore could not confirm every detail in the transcript.
 “The spoken words were from the heart, and meant for them,” Modly said, referring to the crew. "I stand by every word I said, even, regrettably any profanity that may have been used for emphasis. Anyone who has served on a Navy ship would understand. I ask, but don’t expect, that people read them in their entirety.”
 In his remarks aboard the Roosevelt, Modly acknowledged he was “hated” by some for firing Crozier. “I understand that you may be angry with me for the rest of your lives,” he said.
 Modly said Crozier should have known his letter would leak to the media, allowing “sensitive information” about the ship's condition to be published. If Crozier didn't think this would be the result, he was “too naive or too stupid to be a commanding officer of a ship like this."
 Modly also accused Crozier of betraying his duty as an officer, while noting that he had come under heavy criticism for having fired him.
 “It was betrayal,” Modly said, according to the transcript. “And I can tell you one other thing, because he did that he put it in the public's forum and it's now become a big controversy in Washington D.C. and across the country.”
 The Navy's top admiral, Mike Gilday, ordered a preliminary inquiry into events surrounding the handling of the crew in response to the outbreak of COVID-19 cases. The recommendations and findings by Adm. Robert Burke, the vice chief of naval operations, were expected to be submitted to Gilday Monday.
 The Theodore Roosevelt crisis accelerated last week, with increasing numbers among the crew testing positive for COVID-19 and Modly seeking to defend his decision to fire Crozier, who was popular among his crew.
 The reports of Modly making harsh accusations about Crozier during a speech to the crew on Sunday drew a rebuke by a leading Democrat on Capitol Hill. Sen. Tim Kaine, a Virginia Democrat, said Modly was out of line.
 “Based on the transcript I’ve read, Secretary Modly’s comments were completely inappropriate and beneath the office of the Secretary of the Navy," Kaine said in a written statement. "It’s deeply disappointing that he would deliver a speech on board a U.S. aircraft carrier suggesting that Captain Crozier might be ‘stupid’ and bashing the media for trying to report the truth. These dedicated sailors deserve better from their leadership.”
 Rep. Elaine Luria, a Virginia Democrat and former member of the Navy, called for Modly to be fired for his remarks, saying they show he is “in no way fit” to lead the Navy.
 Defense Secretary Mark Esper said during a Sunday talk show appearance that the decision to fire Crozier was made by Modly, but that Esper had supported him. Trump over the weekend strongly criticized Crozier for writing and distributing the letter without first consulting with his immediate superior.

journalist: By LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS , Associated Press, Associated Press

title: Navy leader calls fired carrier captain 'naive' or 'stupid'


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Liverpool's goalkeeper Adrian, center bottom, fails to save the ball as Atletico Madrid's Marcos Llorente scores his side's second goal during a secon...
 Liverpool's goalkeeper Adrian, center bottom, fails to save the ball as Atletico Madrid's Marcos Llorente scores his side's second goal during a second leg, round of 16, Champions League soccer match between Liverpool and Atletico Madrid at Anfield stadium in Liverpool, England, Wednesday, March 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

 Apologizing to its own fans, Liverpool on Monday reversed a decision to apply its furloughed non-playing staff for the British government's job retention scheme during the coronavirus pandemic.
 Under the scheme implemented to help businesses survive the national lockdown, staff can be put on furlough and receive 80% of their salaries from the government, up to a maximum of 2,500 pounds ($3,000) a month.
 Liverpool’s about-turn came after two days of fans and former players of the European champion expressing unhappiness with its furloughing plans.
 “We believe we came to the wrong conclusion last week to announce that we intended to apply to the coronavirus retention scheme and furlough staff due to the suspension of the Premier League football calendar,” Liverpool chief executive Peter Moore said in a message to fans, “and are truly sorry for that.”
 Players remain on full pay at the club, which is 25 points clear with nine games to go in a Premier League on hold as sporting events are banned in a bid to contain the spread of COVID-19.
 Tottenham, which lost to Liverpool in last season’s Champions League final, has disregarded a backlash from its supporters and politicians by pressing ahead with plans revealed a week ago to furlough staff.
 Manchester rivals United and City have said they would not use public funds to make savings on the wage bill despite much of the clubs' operations being paused.
 Liverpool is one of the wealthiest clubs in world football, making a pre-tax profit of 42 million pounds ($52 million) on a turnover of 533 million pounds last year. The northwest English club has been owned for a decade by John Henry’s Fenway Sports Group, which also features the Boston Red Sox.
 “Our intentions were, and still are, to ensure the entire workforce is given as much protection as possible from redundancy and/or loss of earnings during this unprecedented period," Moore said.
 “We are therefore committed to finding alternative ways to operate while there are no football matches being played that ensures we are not applying for the government relief scheme.”
 Fellow Premier League clubs Newcastle, Norwich and Bournemouth are still furloughing some non-playing staff.
 Manchester United on Monday told its full-time staff of around 900 that they would continue to be paid in full. Anyone unable to work from home or those with reduced workloads have been urged to volunteer for the National Health Service or in their local communities.
 If the season cannot be completed, the Premier League could owe broadcasters a reported 762 million pounds. Burnley, which has nine of its 38 games remaining, estimates a cash shortfall of 50 million pounds.
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journalist: By ROB HARRIS , AP Global Soccer Writer, Associated Press

title: Liverpool reverses plan to furlough staff after backlash


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CHARLOTTE, N.C (AP) — The NFL is delaying the start of its offseason workout program while formulating a plan with the NFL Players Association on how to proceed during the coronavirus pandemic.
 At least for the time being, NFL coaches won’t be allowed to communicate with players via videoconferencing.
 Normally, Monday would have signaled the start of the nine-week offseason workout program for the five NFL teams with new head coaches — Carolina, Dallas, Washington, Cleveland and the New York Giants — to begin participating in conditioning drills and light workouts. However, due to COVID-19, players are not allowed to be at team facilities while social distancing standards remain in place throughout the country.
 It was expected that those teams would begin meeting Monday via videoconferencing. But the NFL informed teams on Friday they will be notified once the league and NFLPA determine the scope and earliest possible date when they may begin their offseason workout programs.
 Specifically, the league is discussing possible revisions to the offseason workout program that would permit teams to conduct classroom instruction, workouts, and non-football educational programs on a virtual basis while team facilities remain closed.
 “We are still waiting for the league to tell us when that starts," Panthers general manager Marty Hurney said via conference call on Monday. "We don’t have a date yet.”
 In the meantime, teams may provide players with playbooks and video on iPads, Microsoft Surface tablets, or other similar type units for voluntary use by the player away from the team facility. The video may include coaching or instructional voice-overs or audio content; superimposed diagrams; schematics; or written commentary.
 That will give players at least some head start preparing for the season ahead.
 For teams like Carolina, there is a lot of work to do with a new coaching staff, a new quarterback and a new playbook.
 Hurney said Carolina's staff is working tirelessly preparing for the coming weeks and months while doing everything possible to establish effective lines of communication between players and coaches once given the OK.
 “We have worked hard to get ready for whenever we get the green light and have video conferencing with our players,” Hurney said. "But right now it's a lot like going into the draft — we are getting prepared for all of the scenarios and waiting to see when we can move forward.”
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journalist: By STEVE REED , AP Sports Writer, Associated Press

title: NFL delays start of offseason workout programs for teams


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The nonprofit that raises funds for around 80% of the world's anti-doping research is shifting $120,000 to conduct 15,000 COVID-19 tests that will help scientists get a better sense of how many people have the new coronavirus but show no symptoms.
 The Partnership for Clean Competition, a research group founded in 2008 by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, the NFL, Major League Baseball and the U.S. Olympic Committee, is teaming with University of Southern California, Stanford and a Salt Lake City lab known for its cutting-edge anti-doping work to conduct tests among the general public.
 Identifying asymptomatic people who are infected, and those who have been infected and recovered, is seen as a key to helping control the spread of the virus. More than 350,000 people have been diagnosed with the virus in the U.S., and more than 10,000 of those people have died, according to a Johns Hopkins University database.
 “The study will reveal the prevalence of COVID-19 infections,” said Daniel Eichner, president of the Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory in Salt Lake City. “Importantly, the data will also determine how many people have been infected and recovered. Based on our observations of other outbreaks, many carriers don’t have a clinical reason to get tested, so they go undetected and may continue to put others at risk of infection.”
 In a nod to the number of asymptomatic people who could be spreading the virus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week recommended people use cloth face masks in places such as grocery stores, where social distancing measures are more difficult to maintain.
 PCC executive director Michael Pearlmutter said the Salt Lake City lab has purchased 15,000 testing kits that produce results within 15 minutes. They will be given to people in sports-related organizations near Stanford and USC, but also to members of the general public in highly affected areas, as a way of getting a better gauge on how many people have the virus in the general population.
 “What we need is a large enough sample size to produce data that can be used for solid decision-making,” Pearlmutter said.
 Since its founding, the PCC has raised more than $29 million to fund about 100 research projects in the anti-doping field. This is its first project that goes outside that realm.
 “I don’t think anyone expected we'd be doing this, but we all have a part to play," Pearlmutter said. “In our case, we have resources and access to SLC lab. It was nimble and appropriate for our board to allow us to do this project, in addition to the anti-doping research we always do."

journalist: By EDDIE PELLS , AP National Writer, Associated Press

title: Anti-doping group funds extensive COVID-19 research project