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美国新冠死亡人数突破 34 万，特朗普斥之为“假新闻”。美国传染病专家福奇和卫生总署负责人亚当斯对此进行了反驳。
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全文共 581 个词，by Patrick Temple-West in New York
Top US medical officials on Sunday contradicted outgoing President Donald Trump’s claims that the country’s escalating Covid-19 death figures had been grossly exaggerated.
美国医疗体系高官上周日驳斥了即将卸任的总统唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）的说法，即美国不断上升的新型冠状病毒肺炎（COVID-19，即 2019 冠状病毒病）死亡人数被严重夸大了。
As the number of fatalities from coronavirus rose above 340,000 over the weekend, Mr Trump dismissed the figures as “fake news”, claiming the method used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to count cases was out of step with other countries.
美国新冠死亡人数在上周末突破 34 万，特朗普将这些数字斥为“假新闻”，称美国疾病控制和预防中心（US CDC）使用的统计方法与其他国家不一致。
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“The number of cases and deaths of the China Virus is far exaggerated in the United States because of@CDCgov’s ridiculous method of determination compared to other countries, many of whom report,purposely, very inaccurately and low,” the president tweeted on Sunday morning.
上周日上午，特朗普在Twitter上写道：“与其他许多非常不准确地故意低报的国家相比，由于@CDCgov荒谬的判定方法，美国国内的中国病毒确诊病例和死亡人数被严重夸大了。”
“When in doubt, call it Covid. Fake News!”
“拿不准的时候，就定为新冠肺炎。假新闻！”
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In an interview on NBC’s Meet the Press, Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious disease expert, said the numbers of Covid-19 deaths “are real” and that the evidence can be seen in hospitals across the country.
在接受全国广播公司（NBC）的《与媒体见面》（Meet the Press）节目采访时，美国顶级传染病专家安东尼·福奇（Anthony Fauci）表示，新冠死亡病例数“是真实的”，证据在全国各地的医院都可以看到。
Speaking on CNN, Dr Jerome Adams, the US surgeon general, also said there was “no reason to doubt those numbers” of Covid-19 deaths.
美国卫生总署负责人杰尔姆·亚当斯（Jerome Adams）在接受美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）采访时也表示，“没有任何理由怀疑这些（新冠死亡病例）数字”。
The US had recorded 341,746 Covid-19 deaths as of January 2, according to the Covid Tracking Project.
根据“新冠追踪项目”（Covid Tracking Project），截至 1 月 2 日，美国录得的新冠死亡病例达到 341746例。
Dr Fauci said the US had failed to vaccinate people as quickly as needed. The US has vaccinated significantly fewer people than the 20m it had targeted by the end of the year.
福奇表示，美国未能像需要的那样快速为人们接种疫苗。美国接种疫苗的人数显著少于其设定的到去年年底时达到 2000 万人的目标。
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“We’re not where we want to be. We’ve got to do much better,” Dr Fauci said. “Let’s give it about a week or two into January to see if we can pick up momentum that was slowed down by the holiday season.”
“我们尚未实现我们的目标。我们本应做得更好，”福奇说，“让我们 1 月再用一两周时间，看看我们能否恢复因假日季而放缓的势头。”