国际英语资讯:Spotlight: European countries grapple with medical supply shortage as COVID-19 cases climb
<p><span word="BRUSSELS">BRUSSELS</span>/<span word="ROME">ROME</span>, <span word="March">March</span> 25-- <span word="As">As</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="witnessed">witnessed</span> <span word="over">over</span> 41,000 <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19 <span word="and">and</span> 18,433 <span word="fatalities">fatalities</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>, <span word="four">four</span> <span word="countries">countries</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Europe">Europe</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="counted">counted</span> <span word="over">over</span> 20,000 <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="each">each</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="struggling">struggling</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="tackle">tackle</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="shortage">shortage</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="medical">medical</span> <span word="supplies">supplies</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="fight">fight</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pandemic">pandemic</span>.</p><p><span word="FOUR">FOUR</span> <span word="HARDEST">HARDEST</span>-<span word="HIT">HIT</span></p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="Europe">Europe</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="epicenter">epicenter</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="global">global</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19 <span word="pandemic">pandemic</span>, <span word="Italy">Italy</span>, <span word="Spain">Spain</span>, <span word="Germany">Germany</span>, <span word="France">France</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="hardest">hardest</span>-<span word="hit">hit</span> <span word="countries">countries</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="continent">continent</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="terms">terms</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19 <span word="cases">cases</span>.</p><p><span word="By">By</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>, <span word="Italy">Italy</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="registered">registered</span> 74,386 <span word="coronavirus">coronavirus</span> <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="and">and</span> 7,503 <span word="deaths">deaths</span>, <span word="while">while</span> <span word="Spain">Spain</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> 7,937 <span word="new">new</span> <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="and">and</span> 738 <span word="new">new</span> <span word="deaths">deaths</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="past">past</span> 24 <span word="hours">hours</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="midday">midday</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>, <span word="raising">raising</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="tally">tally</span> <span word="to">to</span> 47,610 <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="and">and</span> 3,434 <span word="deaths">deaths</span>. <span word="Spain">Spain</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="registered">registered</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="fourth">fourth</span>-<span word="most">most</span> <span word="infection">infection</span> <span word="cases">cases</span>, <span word="after">after</span> <span word="China">China</span>, <span word="Italy">Italy</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span>.</p><p><span word="To">To</span> <span word="date">date</span>, <span word="France">France</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="confirmed">confirmed</span> 25,233 <span word="infection">infection</span> <span word="cases">cases</span>, <span word="with">with</span> 1,331 <span word="deaths">deaths</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="Germany">Germany</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="coronavirus">coronavirus</span> <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="totaled">totaled</span> 31,554, <span word="death">death</span> <span word="toll">toll</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="only">only</span> 149. <span word="However">However</span>, <span word="its">its</span> <span word="single">single</span>-<span word="day">day</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="of">of</span> 4,118 <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="quite">quite</span> <span word="surprising">surprising</span>.</p><p><span word="Meanwhile">Meanwhile</span>, <span word="nearly">nearly</span> 10,000 <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19 <span word="infection">infection</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Switzerland">Switzerland</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="death">death</span> <span word="toll">toll</span> <span word="reaching">reaching</span> 103.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="UK">UK</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="confirmed">confirmed</span> <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19 <span word="exceeded">exceeded</span> 9,500 <span word="as">as</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="morning">morning</span>, <span word="while">while</span> <span word="fatalities">fatalities</span> <span word="went">went</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="to">to</span> 463. <span word="Portugal">Portugal</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="close">close</span> <span word="to">to</span> 3,000 <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>, <span word="and">and</span> 43 <span word="deaths">deaths</span>.</p><p><span word="Estonia">Estonia</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="coronavirus">coronavirus</span> <span word="death">death</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="total">total</span> <span word="confirmed">confirmed</span> <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="exceeded">exceeded</span> 400.</p>
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