The virus spread rapidly, causing a global
contagion that affected millions.
这种病毒迅速传播，引发了全球性的传染，影响了数百万人。
Social distancing is crucial to prevent the
contagion of the disease.
保持社交距离对于防止疾病传播至关重要。
The fear of
contagion led to the closure of public places and schools.
对传染的恐惧导致公共场所和学校关闭。
The
contagion can be transmitted through contact with contaminated surfaces.
通过接触被污染的表面，这种传染可以传播。
The rapid
contagion of the flu strain prompted the government to take immediate action.
流感病毒的快速传播促使政府立即采取行动。
Isolation measures were implemented to curb the further
contagion.
实施隔离措施以遏制进一步的传播。
The doctor advised us to wear masks to avoid air-borne
contagion.
医生建议我们戴口罩以避免空气传播的感染。
The
contagion rate of the new variant is significantly higher than the previous one.
新变种的传染率明显高于之前的变种。
The vaccine has shown promising results in preventing
contagion.
疫苗在预防传染方面显示出有希望的效果。
The economic
contagion from the pandemic caused a global recession.
大流行引发的经济传染导致了全球经济衰退。
Liu Xin, fixed income director for BlackRock Fund Management Co Ltd, said the Chinese bond and equity markets will churn out more opportunities for active investors this year thanks to China's optimized contagion control measures, improving growth outlook and economic stimulus packages.
贝莱德基金管理有限公司固定收益总监刘欣表示，由于中国优化了传染控制措施、改善了增长前景和经济刺激计划，中国债券和股票市场今年将为活跃投资者创造更多机会。
With the contagion coming under better control, consumption demand is recovering.
随着疫情得到更好的控制，消费需求正在复苏。
Since the outbreak of the disease, Chinese vaccine developers have moved swiftly to design vaccines against the contagion.
自该疾病爆发以来，中国疫苗开发商迅速采取行动，设计出对抗传染病的疫苗。
Since mid-April, on receiving guidance on contagion prevention, efforts to restore normalcy in business have been consistent and thorough across the city, said Wu Jincheng, director of Shanghai Commission of Economy and Informatization.
上海市经济和信息化委员会主任吴金成表示，自4月中旬以来，在接受传染病预防指导后，全市范围内恢复商业正常的努力一直是一致和彻底的。
In Songjiang district, where the spread of the contagion has been brought under control, 87 percent of the industrial companies on various white lists for business resumption have resumed their production as of Thursday, said Chen Rong, deputy government head of Songjiang district.
松江区政府副区长陈荣表示，在疫情蔓延已得到控制的松江区，截至周四，各类复工白名单上87%的工业企业已恢复生产。
As one such SOE currently fighting against the contagion in Shanghai, Yifang Pharmaceutical Co Ltd is leveraging its edge in traditional Chinese medicine, or TCM, to safeguard the safety of residents.
作为目前在上海抗击传染病的国有企业之一，一方制药有限公司正在利用其在中医药方面的优势来保障居民的安全。
He Jing, a Chinese citizen who lives and works in Bangkok, said he noticed demand for kitchen appliances had soared as the city had a few lockdowns from the contagion last year.
在曼谷生活和工作的中国公民何静表示，他注意到，由于去年疫情的影响，该市实施了几次封锁，对厨房用具的需求激增。
Although the contagion has brought about some shocks to Epson's business, we have seen new opportunities in China," Fukaishi said.
“尽管疫情对爱普生的业务造成了一定冲击,但我们在中国也看到了新的机遇,”福崎说。
It has continued to tighten contagion prevention in its 25 overseas warehouses and supermarkets for building materials to enhance its supply chains in global markets.
它继续在其25个海外仓库和建筑材料超市加强疫情防控，以增强其在全球市场的供应链。
He noted the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy is gradually weakening, thanks to the Chinese authorities' timely and effective measures to control the contagion.
他注意到,得益于中国政府及时有效的疫情防控措施,新冠疫情对经济的影响正在逐步减弱。
"Currently, China is taking the lead in contagion prevention and control, as well as economic recovery.
目前在疫情防控和经济恢复上都走在了世界前列的是中国。
On another front, the global spread of the contagion has led to rising demand for air cargo flights.
另一方面，疫情在全球的蔓延导致对航空货运航班需求激增。
"Despite uncertainties brought by the contagion, Pagoda will boost cooperation with LMC economies within the whole industry chain, especially in fruit production, processing and circulation," said Yu Huiyong, founder and chairman of Pagoda.
“尽管疫情带来不确定性，但百果园将加强与澜湄国家在全产业链的合作，尤其是在水果生产、加工和流通方面。”百果园创始人兼董事长余惠勇表示。
According to the report, 91 percent of the surveyed companies said they have not laid off staff since the contagion's outbreak, and 23 percent said they have increased recruitment.
报告指出,91%的受访企业表示,自疫情爆发以来,他们并未裁员,而23%的企业表示他们已增加招聘。
After the pandemic broke out, the local government tightened the management of construction projects and other economic activities to prevent the spread of the contagion.
疫情爆发后，当地政府加强了对建筑项目和其他经济活动的管理，以防止病毒传播。
While many economies are seeking solutions to mitigate the impact caused by the contagion, Moen started to increase its production capacity in its plants in China to ensure sufficient supplies to other global locations last year.
当许多经济体正在寻求缓解疫情冲击的解决方案时，Moen去年开始加大其在中国工厂的生产能力，以确保对全球其他地区的充足供应。
Younger respondents said they hope to travel abroad as soon as possible, and more than 50 percent of students who took part in the survey said they wish to travel within three months after the contagion is over.
较年轻的受访者表示，他们希望尽快出国旅行，而且参与调查的学生中有超过50%表示，他们希望在疫情结束后三个月内出行。
"Now, the priority in the country is contagion prevention and control, and the priority of prevention and control is vaccinating as many people as possible.
“现在，国家的首要任务是防止和控制疫情扩散，而防控工作的重中之重就是尽可能多的人接种疫苗。”
Effective control of the contagion, clear guidance for economic development and the unwavering resolve to further open up the market are among the factors reassuring overseas companies aiming to consolidate their presence in China through further investment and localized efforts.
有效控制疫情、明确的经济发展指导以及坚定不移地进一步开放市场的决心，是让有意通过进一步投资和本土化努力来巩固在中国市场地位的海外企业感到安心的因素之一。
While many industries have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, Chinese partners of DTS have been working hard to maintain steady growth during the contagion.
尽管COVID-19大流行对许多行业造成了严重打击，但DTS的中国合作伙伴一直在努力保持稳定的增长态势。
With the recent re-emergence of the contagion, we mostly stayed in hotels at foreign destinations, and tried not to go out.
随着这种传染病的再次出现，我们在国外旅行时大多选择住在酒店，并尽量避免外出。
As the contagion increasingly comes under better control in China, the country has been leading the global recovery in the air travel market, with the number of scheduled flights in the domestic market till mid-November reaching about 80 percent of the level recorded last year, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China.
随着中国日益控制住疫情，据中国民用航空局数据，截至11月中旬，国内航班计划数量已恢复到去年水平的大约80%，从而在全球航空旅行复苏中处于领先地位。
The plant, which started operations last year, resumed production in April, when the contagion came under better control in China.
这家工厂于去年开始运营，在今年4月中国疫情得到更好控制后恢复了生产。
Chinese pharmaceutical companies are ramping up efforts in the development of vaccines for COVID-19, raising hopes for an ultimate solution to defeat the contagion.
中国医药公司正在加速研发COVID-19疫苗，这给战胜疫情带来了希望。
The contagion has put a crimp in economic activity, thereby affecting livelihoods in many countries.
这种传染已经影响了经济活动，从而对许多国家的生计造成了影响。
"Given the ongoing pandemic worldwide, China has been doing well in the prevention and control of the contagion and resuming business.
As the contagion is being contained, a recovery in demand for construction machinery and equipment is expected, said Xu Hao, an industrial analyst at Minsheng Securities.
Since the contagion has been largely under control since April, the company saw its first-half international business volume surge.
In the first six months, when the unexpected outbreak of the contagion hit China, the country only received 14 aircraft from Airbus in the half-year period.
Chinese property developers are eagerly adopting digital technologies and exploring new opportunities due to the COVID-19 contagion, said Lu Weixing, general manager of Tmall's property business.
Tmall Global said more than 200,000 products debuted from January to March this year when the contagion was plaguing the country.
To ensure trading partners have sufficient power amid their battle against the pandemic, central SOEs from energy sectors including China Huadian Corp and China Energy Investment Corp have also sent staff and shipped materials for contagion prevention to power stations under the build-operate-transfer model in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and South Africa since March, said Zhou Lisha, a researcher at the research institute of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council.
Since the project was launched in March 2019, construction and management units－guided by State Grid's UHV transmission projects－have overcome challenges of complex geological conditions affecting construction, short working periods and contagion containment issues.
The use of consumer credit is on the rise as it is increasingly seen as an effective solution to cushion the impact of the contagion on personal finances.
"Travel restrictions caused by the contagion have to some extent fueled local consumption of luxuries," Zhang said.
At the beginning stage of the COVID-19 pandemic, Power China issued an emergency plan for contagion prevention and control in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
在COVID-19疫情爆发初期，中国电建紧急发布了《波黑疫情防控应急方案》。
It established an emergency working group and a contagion prevention office in order to guide local employees in the fight against pandemic.
为指导本地员工抗击疫情，该公司成立了应急工作组和疫情防控办公室。
Due to the contagion, many overseas employees could not return to their workplace after taking vacations.
The contagion also harmed a few digital businesses to some extent.
CTCE's overseas team members also help host countries battle the contagion.
CTCE的海外团队成员也协助所在国抗击疫情。
In Mongolia, CTCE project managers at a new central wastewater treatment plant in Ulan Bator purchased 30,000 disposable surgical masks from China and donated them to the Mongolian ministry of construction, helping the country fight the contagion.
在中国外文局发布的《中国关键词：抗击新冠肺炎疫情篇》中，有一段描述：“在蒙古国首都乌兰巴托新建的中央污水处理厂，中国土木工程集团有限公司的项目经理们从中国采购了30000只一次性医用口罩，并将其捐赠给蒙古国建设部，助力该国抗击疫情。”
这段话英文可译为：
'In Mongolia's capital city, Ulan Bator, project managers from China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CTCE) at a newly constructed central wastewater treatment plant purchased 30,000 disposable surgical masks from China and donated them to the Mongolian Ministry of Construction, thereby contributing to the country's efforts against the spread of the contagion.
In battling the contagion, CTCE's overseas staff have devised creative measures to stabilize working conditions for employees at its sites.
在抗击疫情的过程中，CTCE的海外员工设计出了创新措施，以稳定其各站点员工的工作条件。
The company has taken a string of steps to mitigate the negative impact of the contagion, such as broadening production, supply, retail and transport channels during the epidemic, accelerating efforts to resume normal work and production, and strengthening health checks for employees, he said.
Cooperation projects related to the BRI are generally running smoothly with no major delays amid the contagion, Zheng added.
For medical professionals who previously went to Hubei to fight the contagion, there are also gifts.
Although the pandemic situation in China is abating, medical supplies used in contagion prevention and control are still a must.
Aside from big data and AI, CSG also utilized its cloud computing technologies to offer contactless services to its clients to avoid contagion.
China's Civil Aviation Administration also decided to cut the number of international flights in and out of the country in late March to curb the spread of the contagion.
China National Biotech Group Co Ltd, Sinopharm's vaccine and bioscience unit, announced on Monday that its second inactivated vaccine targeting the contagion won clinical trial approval from the National Medical Products Administration.
中国生物技术集团公司（Sinopharm的疫苗和生物科技部门）在周一宣布，其研发的第二款针对该传染病的灭活疫苗已获得国家药品监督管理局的临床试验批准。
Before the Arima project was about to be delivered after five years of construction, the outbreak of the contagion added urgency to the task.
The global spread of the contagion has brought serious challenges to overseas operations.
The company's 21 nuclear power units generated more than 20 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity since Jan 20, thus helping meet energy demand amid ongoing work to fight the contagion.
The company's 21 nuclear power units generated more than 20 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity since Jan 20, thus helping meet energy output demand amid ongoing work to fight the contagion.
No nuclear power plant in the country has been shut down due to the impact of the contagion, thus helping guarantee normal electricity supply, said Tang Bo, director of the department of nuclear power safety supervision at the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, during a news conference on April 15.
Shenzhen, Guangdong province-based DJI, the world's largest commercial drone manufacturer by market share, said its drones have been used in some European countries－such as France, Spain and Italy－to effectively enforce lockdowns or spray disinfectant in residential areas as part of a broader drive to contain the spread of the contagion.
The UK government has decided to use Chinese drones for disinfection operations to fight the contagion's spread in the country.
With the government's guidance, Fosun has deployed more than 3.92 million units of medical supplies－including surgical masks, protective suits and diagnostic reagents－to help contain the pandemic in countries confronting the deadly contagion.
Up until now, Fosun has established 14 overseas teams to help with contagion control and prevention measures.
This has been the third batch of medical supplies that Fosun has donated to Italy ever since the contagion broke out.
The coronavirus contagion has shattered the global commercial aviation industry, and carriers have grounded planes and delayed orders for new planes.
With 46 countries in Africa having confirmed novel coronavirus cases by the end of March, CRCC and its subsidiaries, including China Civil Engineering Construction Corp and China Railway 17th Bureau Group Co, found that the work of contagion prevention and control, as well as production and operation, are under increasing pressure in Nigeria.
Strict epidemic case checks and reporting are required among staff working overseas to prevent the spread of the contagion.
Due to the contagion and suspension of production in February, a group of domestic enterprises has suffered some losses.
While the contagion's spread in China has already been effectively contained, a lack of test kits is becoming an issue in many other countries.
With a daily production capacity of 500,000 test kits, the company has distributed its products to more than 40 countries and regions to help curb the contagion, including donations to countries such as Ethiopia, Kenya, Sweden and Sierra Leone.
It is great that their products can help other countries fight the contagion, Wang said.
The senior executive also highlighted that the contagion is now under better control in China and will not change the country's position as an important part of the global supply chain.
The air cargo transportation will become available in more than 100 countries and regions from now to the end of April, as the company claims it is one of the few global logistics networks whose operation has not been affected by the contagion.
The new business is not expected to offset the earlier drop in flight volumes in China and continuous expansion of the contagion worldwide.
The group also cooperated with local governments to guarantee smooth transportation of medical waste as many roads have been blocked to prevent the contagion from spreading.
While a number of carriers are having a hard time in their operations during the novel coronavirus outbreak, many airlines are helping transport medical staff and relief supplies on a complimentary basis to Hubei province, the epicenter of the contagion.
To help in the fight against the contagion, Chinese airlines are shouldering more responsibilities.
The scarring effects are twofold — damage to balance sheets of microeconomic entities caused by COVID-19 restrictions, and the psychological trauma that the contagion has inflicted on the public.
At the beginning of the year, when pandemic prevention and control measures were eased, many economic entities held very optimistic expectations about what would happen next, believing that the difficulties of the past few years were mainly caused by the contagion and would soon disappear.
Meanwhile, projects which were delayed by the contagion are also enjoying a faster development pace since the beginning of the year.
Consumption, production and investment have recovered significantly after the optimization of contagion control policies with last year's low base providing room for rapid growth on a comparative basis.
Second, the contagion has impacted the balance sheets of enterprises and financial institutions, escalating financial risk in some areas.
Experts noted that the spillover of the US banking upheaval should be manageable for China, considering the actions taken by US authorities to reduce risk contagion and the robustness of China's large banking institutions.
But Europe and the US have done more to stabilize consumption on a macroeconomic scale, especially to alleviate retail spending hesitancy under the impact of the contagion.
The Chinese economy suffered a lot in January due to the pandemic, and the next few months, some fear, may see additional widespread outbreaks of the contagion with a certain impact on the economy, although the impact could be much smaller than that experienced in January.
Indeed, our equity strategy team at UBS believes the optimization of contagion controls will increase consumption and renew earnings growth, which, in turn, will support future share valuations across many sectors.
The meeting also stressed better coordinating pandemic prevention and control measures with economic and social development, urging efforts to optimize contagion responses based on time and situation, and focus on the elderly and those with underlying diseases.
Contagion outbreaks, sluggish export demand remain major challengesChina is on track for a steady economic rebound in the following months with the optimization of COVID containment measures as well as targeted supportive measures, experts said.
Despite the contagion, the value of trade between China and the EU reached 588 billion euros in 2020, and exceeded 600 billion euros in 2021, showing strong bilateral trade demand, said Haakma.
Huo Jinjie, president of International Data Corp China, a market research firm, said digital resilience－which refers to an organization's ability to rapidly adapt to business disruptions by leveraging digital capabilities－has become a key for Chinese companies to quickly respond to business disruptions amid contagion outbreaks.
"China is gaining better control over COVID-19 and disruptions from the contagion to business operations and people's lives are weakening," he said.
However, due to the frequent disruptions that contagion resurgences have brought to business activity, local governments' balance sheets are also highly stressed.
The nation has effectively coordinated COVID-19 responses with economic and social development, attaining positive results in contagion prevention and control and making new headway in economic and social development.
Real estate investment, however, did not see a quick recovery due to new contagion outbreaks, with the decline expanding from 7.8 percent to 9.4 percent.
For instance, China's exports fell by 31.4 percent year-on-year in February 2020 due to the COVID-19, while Vietnam's exports that month soared 27.4 percent from a year earlier, and then, as the contagion in China began to come under control, Vietnam's export growth dropped rapidly.
While the economy has been severely affected by the pandemic, the impact of the contagion on industrial production and consumption will gradually ease, Li said.
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries around the world held a "wait and see" attitude, which led to even more serious spread of the contagion.
Xu Xiaolan, vice-minister of industry and information technology, said many SMEs have encountered operational difficulties amid the contagion, but China's economic fundamentals, including its strong resilience and long-term sustainability, remain unchanged.
After several major shock waves of COVID-19 outbreaks since 2020, China's economy has gradually recovered from the impact brought by the contagion, though recovery in household consumption has been relatively slow.
Shanghai-based China COSCO Shipping Corp, the country's largest shipping group, launched special service guides for its units such as container shipping and logistics businesses in Shanghai, to meet demand from both importers and exporters in the Yangtze River Delta region during the city's contagion containment period.
According to the group's Shanghai branch, the temporary hospital at the National Exhibition and Convention Center enjoys coverage from fast and reliable 4G, 5G, fiberoptic broadband services and WiFi networks, enabling 5G disinfecting robots and delivery robots to lend a hand in the contagion fight.
Sun Huaibin, vice-president of the China National Textile and Apparel Council, said the contagion has disrupted logistics in some areas of China, which inevitably affects normal production and operation of the textile and apparel industry, whose supply chain is very long.
But as the central and local governments step up their push to stabilize industrial and supply chains, the measures have gradually taken effect, Sun said, adding that the council plans to hold a consumption festival later this year to help the textile and apparel industry better deal with the impact of the contagion.
Zhang Yansheng, chief researcher at the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, said the Chinese government could adopt more accurate contagion control measures to minimize impact on economic activity, while further improving government functions and enhancing the business environment to boost market confidence.
Companies unable to release their 2021 financial results on the scheduled date due to the contagion can have the final disclosure date extended to April 30, according to the Shanghai bourse.
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