Coronavirus briefs (2020.04.18)

Boris Johnson was discharged from hospital, where he had been admitted to intensive care. The British prime minister is convalescing at Chequers, an official residence.

• discharge
  • the act of officially allowing sb, or of telling sb, to leave somewhere, especially sb in a hospital or the army 获准离开；免职；出院；退伍
• admit
  • [often passive] (formal) 接收入院；收治
• intensive care
  • 重症监护
• convalesce
  • (formal) 逐步康复
• residence
  • 住所（尤指宅第，豪宅）
    • official residence 官邸

Taiwan reported no new coronavirus cases on April 14th, the first such interlude in more than a month. China recorded scores of new cases, including an increase caused by local infections. A cluster of cases was discovered on China’s north-east border with Russia.

• interlude
  • a period of time between two events during which sth different happens （两事件之间的）间歇，插入事件
• score
  • scores [pl.] 大量，很多
  • (pl.score) 20个,约20个

Russia reported several record daily surges in new cases, bringing its total to 25,000.

New York City’s cumulative death toll soared past 10,000 as officials added 3,700 previously unrecorded deaths from the disease to the rolls.

America’s Supreme Court said it would hold its first-ever hearings by telephone conference, starting next month.

• surge
  • [noun] （数量的）急剧上升
  • [verb] 涌动，汹涌
• death toll
  • 死亡人数
• past
  • [perposition] 超过，多于
• roll
  • an official list of names 花名册,名单
• hearing
  • 听证会，审讯
• telephone conference
  • 电话会议