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意大利科学家的最新研究显示，新冠病毒能够附着在大气污染物颗粒上，这或许可以使病毒传播得更远，导致更多人感染。 Lines of cars are pictured on Guomao Bridge in Beijing, Dec 8, 2019. [Photo/VCG] Coronavirus has been detected on particles of air pollution by scientists investigating whether this could enable it to be carried over longer distances and increase the number of people infected. 科学家日前在空气污染物颗粒上发现了新冠病毒，他们正在研究，这是否能使病毒传播得更远，并增加感染人数。 The work is preliminary and it is not yet known if the virus remains viable on pollution particles and in sufficient quantity to cause disease. 这项研究还处于初步阶段，目前还不清楚新冠病毒是否能在污染颗粒上存活，以及病毒数量是否足以致病。 The Italian scientists used standard techniques to collect outdoor air pollution samples at one urban and one industrial site in Bergamo province and identified a gene highly specific to Covid-19 in multiple samples. The detection was confirmed by blind testing at an independent laboratory. 意大利科学家使用标准技术在意大利贝加莫省的一个城市和一个工业场所收集了室外空气污染样本，并在多个样本中都发现了一种与新冠病毒有高度特异性的基因。这个发现已经得到另一个独立实验室盲测结果的验证。 | 
