The new Coronavirus was named 2019-NCoV by the World Health Organization on January 12,2020 .How can we not know how to describe such a significant public health event in English? Today we will learn 10 phrases, master them, you can talk about this important health event in English! 新型冠状病毒于2020年1月12日被世界卫生组织命名为2019-NCoV。对于如此重大的公共卫生事件，我们怎么能不知道如何用英语来描述它呢？今天我们就来学10个词组，掌握了他们，你就能用英语畅谈这一重大卫生事件啦！

•1/ 2019-NCoV（2019 Novel Coronavirus）2019新型冠状病毒

For example:举例

The government publishes book on prevention of 2019-Novel Coronavirus.政府出版了一本关于预防2019新型冠状病毒的书。

•2/ Epidemic流行病，传染病

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Children paint to encourage doctors and nurses to fight Novel Coronavirus epidemic.儿童绘画，以鼓励医生和护士对抗新的冠状病毒传染病。

•3/ Symptom症状，病症/ Mild symptoms症状轻微/ Infection without symptoms无症状感染

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Some Coronavirus infected patients only get mild symptoms or even infection without symptoms.一些新冠肺炎感染的病人只有轻微的症状，甚至没有症状。

•4/ Confirmed cases确诊病例/ Deaths死亡人数/ Suspected cases疑似病例

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China mainland reported 5090 new confirmed cases and 121 new deathson Feb 13th.2月13日中国大陆报告新确诊病例5090例，新死亡121人

•5/ Discharge出院，准许离开，释放

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A lot of people has been discharged from hospital after recovery.许多人康复后已出院。

•6/ Incubation period潜伏期

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The incubation period for Coronavirus could reach 24 days in rare cases.在罕见病例中，冠状病毒潜伏期可达24天。

•7/ Transmission route传播途径

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One of the transmission route of Coronavirus is through contacts.冠状病毒的传播途径之一是通过接触。

•8/ Spray disinfectant喷洒消毒剂

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We need to spray disinfectant to contain virus spread. Such as, 75% alcohol.我们需要喷洒消毒剂来遏制病毒的传播。例如，75%的酒精。

•9/ Residential community居民区/ Lock down封锁/ Be isolated被隔离

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Many residential communities in Wuhan have been locked down and People from key infected areas will be isolated.武汉多个居民社区已被封锁，重点疫区人员将被隔离。

•10/ Resume work恢复工作/ Show identity cards出示身份证/ Have temperature checked（被）测量体温

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People are required to show their identity cards and have their temperatures checked when they resume work.民众必须在恢复工作时出示身份证并测量体温。

Now you could use these 10 phrases to talk about the big news about the new Coronavirus. If you put the example sentences in each phrase together, it becomes an English statement about the Coronavirus. Finally, I wish you and your family good health! 学会以上这10个短语可以让你畅谈新型冠状病毒这一重大新闻啦。如果你把每个短语中的例句组合在一起说的话，就变成了一段对冠状病毒的英文陈述了。

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