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1. 媒體來源：Reuters

2. 記者署名：Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru. Editing by Gerry Doyle

3.完整新聞標題：

U.S. may need to extend social distancing for virus until 2022, study says

研究指出，因為疫情持續，美國可能需要延長「保持社交距離」政策，直到 2022 年

4.完整新聞內文：

U.S.APRIL 15, 2020 / 2:08 PM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO

(Reuters) - The United States may need to endure social distancing measures
adopted during the coronavirus outbreak until 2022, according to researchers
at the Harvard School of Public Health.



The study comes as more than 2,200 people died in the United States from the
outbreak on Tuesday, a record, according to a Reuters tally, even as the
country debated how to reopen its economy. The overall death toll in the U.S.
from the virus stands at more than 28,300 as of Tuesday.



“Intermittent distancing may be required into 2022 unless critical care
capacity is increased substantially or a treatment or vaccine becomes
available”, the Harvard researchers said in findings published Tuesday in
the journal Science.



Giving examples of South Korea and Singapore, the researchers wrote that
effective distancing could reduce the strain on healthcare systems and enable
contact tracing and quarantine to be feasible.

該研究人員舉韓國和新加坡為例，認為若能保持有效的社交距離，就可以減輕醫療系統的
負擔，並得以追蹤、或是隔離接觸者。

The study acknowledged that prolonged distancing would most likely have
profoundly negative economic, social, and educational consequences.

該研究也坦承，「保持疏遠」政策很可能會對經濟、社會和教育產生嚴重的負面影響。

The study added that even in the case of “apparent elimination”, SARS-CoV-2
surveillance should still be maintained, as a resurgence in contagion may be
possible as late as 2024.

該研究補充指出，即使在「（疫情）明顯消失」的情況下，針對 SARS-CoV-2 的監測仍應
持續，因為該傳染病可能在 2024 年重新流行。

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that infections had “certainly
” not yet peaked. Nearly 2 million people globally have been infected and
more than 124,000 have died in the most serious pandemic in a century.

世界衛生組織（WHO）警告，該疫情「肯定」還沒達到高峰。在這場一個世紀以來最嚴重
的大流行中，全球已經有將近 200 萬人受到感染，超過 124,000 人死亡。

The epicenter has shifted from China, where the virus emerged in December, to
the United States, which has now recorded the most deaths.

而現在的疫情重災區，已經從 12 月份時出現這種病毒的中國，轉移到了美國，該地區目
前為全球死亡人數之冠。

5.完整新聞連結 (或短網址):

https://reurl.cc/8GqlQy

6.備註:

social distancing（保持社交距離），或是 distancing（疏遠）政策

不只包含排隊的時候要拉大距離、走路時不要靠太近

也包含要求民眾減少出門、避免參加聚會、降低與人接觸的可能性等

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