Name: 美國確認科羅拉多州的COVID-19變種。 (U.S. confirms COVID-19 variant in Colorado)
Uploaded: 2021-01-02T20:35:26.000Z
Duration: 1 min 34 s

the United States reported its first confirmed case of a highly infectious coronavirus variant on Tuesday.

美國報告其首例確診的高度傳染性冠狀病毒變種週二。

It was discovered in a patient in Colorado and came as President elect Joe Biden criticized the current administration's vaccination roll out.

它是在科羅拉多州的一名患者身上發現的，並且在當選總統喬-拜登責備現任政府的疫苗接種推出時出現。

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Biden warned it could take years for most Americans to be vaccinated at the rate they're being distributed Now, about two million people have been vaccinated, well short of the 20 million promised by outgoing Republican President Donald Trump by the end of the year.

拜登警告說，大多數美國人可能需要數年時間才能以他們的分發速度接種疫苗現在，大約有200萬人已經接種了疫苗，遠遠低於即將離任的共和黨總統唐納德-特朗普承諾的2000萬年底。

It's the Trump administration's plan to distribute vaccines is falling behind far behind.

是特朗普政府的疫苗分發計劃遠遠落後。

Shortly after his remarks in Delaware, Colorado Governor Jared Pulis confirmed the first case of the coronavirus variant, the same variant first detected in Britain.

在特拉華州發表講話後不久，科羅拉多州州長賈裡德-普利斯證實了首例冠狀病毒變種，也就是英國首次發現的變種。

The infected patient was a man in his twenties with no recent travel history and is currently in isolation, police said in a statement.

警方在一份聲明中說，感染者是一名20多歲的男子，近期沒有旅行史，目前正處於隔離狀態。

His office said no close contacts to the individual have been identified so far.

他的辦公室說，到目前為止，還沒有發現與此人有密切聯繫的人。

Scientists believe the variant is more contagious than other identified strains.

科學家認為，這種變異體比其他已發現的菌株更具傳染性。

So far, the variant reared its head in a number of European countries Canada, Australia, India, South Korea and Japan, among others.

到目前為止，該變種在歐洲一些國家加拿大、澳洲、印度、韓國和日本等地重新興起。

 Biden is set to assume the presidency on January 20th and said his administration will prioritize a speedy vaccine, roll out expanding testing and funding states to help reopen schools safely. 

拜登將於1月20日就任總統，他表示，他的政府將優先考慮加快疫苗，推出擴大測試和資助各州幫助學校安全重新開放。