Nearly 80% of EU's population estimated to have been infected with COVID

India reports over 3,000 daily COVID cases for first time in 46 days

Friday, April 29, 2022 - 01:00

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Nearly 80 per cent of the European Union’s population is estimated to have been infected by COVID-19, the bloc’s executive body has said. The figures were reached by calculating the unreported infections that could be as high as 350 million or 77 per cent of Europe’s population, the European Commission said, Bloomberg reported.

歐盟執(zhí)行機(jī)構(gòu)表示，據(jù)估計(jì)，近80%的歐盟人口已感染COVID-19。據(jù)彭博社報(bào)道，歐盟委員會(huì)表示，這些數(shù)字是通過計(jì)算未報(bào)告的感染人數(shù)得出的，可能高達(dá)3.5億人，或歐洲人口的77%。

Bloc：集團(tuán)、陣營(yíng)

As the EU prepares to enter a post-emergency phase in which mass reporting of cases is no longer necessary, governments should?ramp upvaccination of children against the virus, a senior official of the European Commission said, adding that it is considering plans to develop antivirals.

歐盟委員會(huì)(European Commission)一位高級(jí)官員表示，隨著歐盟準(zhǔn)備進(jìn)入不再需要大規(guī)模病例報(bào)告的后緊急情況階段，各國(guó)政府應(yīng)加強(qiáng)兒童的疫苗接種。他補(bǔ)充說，歐盟正在考慮開發(fā)抗病毒藥物的計(jì)劃。

ramp up：傾斜升溫，增加

"It is estimated that between 60 per cent to 80 per cent of the EU population has by now had COVID," EU health commissioner Stella Kyriakides said. The commission said reported cases covered about 30 per cent of the European population so far. Meanwhile, India on Thursday reported 3,303 fresh COVID-19 cases that took its tally to 43,068,799, while the active cases increased to 16,980, according to Union Health Ministry data.

歐盟衛(wèi)生專員Stella Kyriakides說:“據(jù)估計(jì)，到目前為止，60%至80%的歐盟人口已感染新冠?！?歐盟委員會(huì)表示，迄今為止，已報(bào)告的病例覆蓋了約30%的歐洲人口。與此同時(shí)，根據(jù)聯(lián)合衛(wèi)生部的數(shù)據(jù)，印度周四報(bào)告了3303例新冠肺炎病例，使其總數(shù)達(dá)到43068799例，而活躍病例增加到16980例。

The daily cases crossed the 3,000-mark after 46 days. The death toll due to COVID-19 climbed to 5,23,693 with 39 more fatalities.

每日新增確診病例突破3000人，這是46天以來的第一次。新冠肺炎死亡人數(shù)攀升至523693人，死亡人數(shù)增加39人。

The active cases comprise 0.04 per cent of the total infections. The national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.74 per cent, the ministry said.

活躍病例占感染總數(shù)的0.04%。衛(wèi)生部表示，全國(guó)新冠肺炎治愈率為98.74%。

The number of people who have recuperated?from the disease surged to 42,528,126, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.22 per cent, it said.

治愈人數(shù)激增至42528126人，病死率為1.22%。

recuperate /r??ku?p?re?t/ v. 1. ~ (from sth) 康復(fù)；恢復(fù)；恢復(fù)健康??He's still recuperating from his operation. 他動(dòng)了手術(shù)，還在恢復(fù)。2.收回；挽回（損失）??He hoped to recuperate at least some of his losses. 他希望至少挽回一部分損失。

The total number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive has exceeded 188.40 crore.

截至目前，全國(guó)接種新冠肺炎疫苗總劑量已超過18.84億劑。

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