白宫
新闻秘书办公室
华盛顿哥伦比亚特区
2020年2月29日
詹姆斯·布雷迪新闻发布厅（James S. Brady Press Briefing Room）
东部标准时间下午1:51
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我想向我们的人民、我们的公民——坦率地说，还有全世界——就我们关于冠状病毒以及那些受到极大伤害的人所采取的行动提供最新情况。
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1月31日，我对曾经——任何去过中国或从中国出来的——外国人施加了旅行限制。而且我想说中国似乎正在取得巨大进展。他们的数字大幅下降。如果你读新闻的话，苹果（Apple）公司的蒂姆·库克（Tim Cook）说他们现在在中国恢复全面运营了。他们的数字大幅下降。
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作为我们的努力的一个重要部分，星期一，我将同实际上是全世界最大的一些制药公司见面。他们将来到白宫，而且我们将讨论一种疫苗以及研发，非常迅速地——他们已经开始就此努力——非常迅速地研发用于这种病毒的疫苗，以防治这种病毒。……
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副总统：……
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从这个国家知悉冠状病毒传播的那一刻起，唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）总统就采取果断行动，并成立了白宫冠状病毒工作组（White House Coronavirus Task Force）。正如总统刚才介绍的，他采取了空前行动，暂停了来自中国的所有人进入美国。这是任何历届政府完全没有做过的。这也是冠状病毒对美国人的威胁依然很低的原因之一，尽管今天从华盛顿州（Washington State）传来了悲哀的消息。
工作组今天上午开会，向总统提出了一系列选择方案。在他的指导下，我们将采取以下措施：
首先，总统今天授权采取行动对伊朗新增旅行限制。我们将使用212(f)条款，禁止来自伊朗的旅客。伊朗已经被置于一项旅行禁令之下，而我们正在将现有的旅行限制扩大到包括任何在过去14天内去过伊朗的外国人。
除了有关伊朗的措施外，我们还将警告级别提高到最高级——即四级——警告美国人不要前往意大利和韩国的特定地区。
让我再说一遍，总统今天授权国务院将对美国人的旅行警告提升到四级。我们敦促美国人不要前往受冠状病毒影响最大的意大利和韩国的有关地区。
总统还指示国务院同我们在意大利和韩国的盟友合作进行筛查——在他们的国家对任何前往美利坚合众国的人进行医疗筛查。我们期待着同他们以一种协作性的及合作的方式共同努力。
现在谈一下工作组的情况。虽然我在几天前刚刚就任，但我可以告诉你们，与总统刚才提到的这些杰出专业人士一道工作，直接与十几位州长通话——包括今天上午与华盛顿州州长杰伊·伊斯利（Jay Inslee）通话——我认为，如果像我一样了解到卫生与公众服务部(HHS)、CDC以及我们所有机构的工作，每一位美国人都会感到自豪。
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此外，主管预防和应对工作的助理部长将在今天宣布行动计划，包括增加口罩供应、优先满足面临高风险的医护人员的需求、修改防疫指南以及制定一项全民信息传播计划。
总统要求我们确保医护人员能够获得他们所需要的支持，以便他们能够从事他们的工作，并且安全地从事他们的工作。
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阿扎尔（Azar）部长：……首先，我代表卫生与公众服务部的所有官员和我们整个团队，对华盛顿州的这名患者去世表示哀悼。对我们来说，任何一个人的死亡都非常可悲。我们对她的家人表示同情，并希望告诉所有正在遭受或将遭受新型冠状病毒的人，我们将和你们心心相连。
从第一天起，我们就预测到这种情况，我们就预期这种情况会发生。对普通美国人来说，新型冠状病毒是低风险的。目前仍然是低风险。由于特朗普总统采取的前所未有的行动以及他今天宣布的措施，目前仍然是低风险。
但是，情况可能迅速发生变化。从我们谈到疫情的第一刻起，我们一直说我们会看到更多病例。我们正在看到更多病例。我们还将看到更多病例。
但记住这一点很重要：对绝大部分感染新型冠状病毒的人而言，他们将出现轻度或中度的症状，他们的治疗方式将是待在家里，像对待重感冒或流感那样来对待他们的症状。
对于有些人，较小一部分人，特别是那些可能病弱的人，他们将必须得到医疗照护，包括可能要住院。
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福奇（Fauci）博士：非常感谢你，部长先生。我想首先，再一次，正如整个团队所感到的，向这个病毒和这种疾病所造成的那位死者的家人表示慰问。
但我还想强调并重申部长谈到的这里正在出现的几点变化。你们都听到过“社区传播”这个术语。而社区传播是指在社区中出现与已知的指示病例没有直接联系的感染。这的确向我们提出了挑战，要我们去做需要做的事而且要做得非常好。州和地方卫生官员，同疾病控制与预防中心协作，需要识别、隔离并追踪接触者。这就是现在在国内发生的情况。
就具体地区而言，现在涉及华盛顿，国家作为一个整体——因为我们总是被问到这点——仍然处于低风险。但是当我们这样说的时候，我们要强调它是一个不断变化的局势。我们将实时让你们随时了解正在发生的情况，就好像我们今天正在做的一样。
那么如何应对这一新的挑战？我们有内部的努力和外部的努力。我回想总统最初的决定，要确保我们知道中国正在发生的情形。我们防止了从中国到美国的旅行。如果我们没有那样做，我们现在这里会有许许多多必须处理的病例。
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所以，当世界各地都出现病例时，这是我们正在看见的情况——韩国、意大利、伊朗和其他类似地方——美国不可能完全豁免。挑战在于我们如何应对它。我可以肯定地告诉各位，所有必须的资源都在被投入应对我们正在看到的正在变化的情况。
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问：……你提到中国传播减少，冠状病毒病例。美国政府是否在考虑评估在美国采用相似措施，一旦情况恶化的话？
总统：某些措施。我们在与中国保持非常密切接触，包括我自己同习主席。他非常希望这样。他希望摆脱，结束，解决。
他工作——他一直在非常非常努力地工作，这点我可以告诉各位。他们在中国正在取得很大进展。
你们大概看到，星巴克（Starbucks）现在又营业了。你们大概看到了——就像我所说的。蒂姆出来，他说苹果公司在中国的生产设施恢复正常。他们取得了很大进展。
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总统：我认为我们与中国的关系非常好。我们刚达成一个重大贸易协议。我们在与中国开始另一个贸易协议——一个非常大的协议。我们一直在密切合作。他们在同我们的人对话，我们在同他们的人对话，与这个病毒有关的。
不，我们与中国的关系非常好。也许因为此时发生的事变得更密切，因为它是——你知道，某种方面而言，这可以让世界更紧密，如果你想知道的话。这真的可以起这样的作用。
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结束
东部标准时间下午2:43

White House
REMARKS
Issued on: February 29, 2020
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 
1:51 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT:  …… 
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I want to provide an update to our people, to our citizens — to the world, frankly — on our action to address the coronavirus and those that have been hurt badly by it. 
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On January 31st, I imposed travel restrictions on foreign nations who had — and anybody that had been to China or people coming out of China.  And I want to say that China seems to be making tremendous progress. Their numbers are way down. And if you read, Tim Cook of Apple said that they are now in full operation again in China.  Their numbers are way down.
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As an important part of our efforts, on Monday, I’ll be meeting with the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, actually.  They’ll be coming to the White House, and we’re talking about a vaccine and developing, very quickly — and they’ve already started working on it — developing, very rapidly, a vaccine for the virus, to combat the virus.  
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THE VICE PRESIDENT:  …… 
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From the moment that this country learned of the spread of the coronavirus, President Donald Trump took decisive action and established the White House Coronavirus Task Force.  And as the President just described, the President took unprecedented action to suspend all travel into the United States from China. It simply had never been done before by any previous administration.  And it is among the reasons why the threat to Americans of coronavirus remains low, despite today’s tragic news from Washington State. 
The task force met this morning and brought the President a range of options.  And at his direction, we will be doing the following:
First, the President authorized action today to add additional travel restrictions on Iran.  We will be using Section 212(f), banning travel from Iran. Iran is already under a travel ban, but we are expanding existing travel restrictions to include any foreign national who has visited Iran within the last 14 days. 
In addition to moving Iran, we are going to increase to the highest level of advisory — which is level four — advising Americans do not travel to specific regions in Italy and South Korea.
Let me say again: The President today has authorized the State Department to increase the travel advisory for Americans to level four.  We are urging Americans to not travel to the areas in Italy, and the areas in South Korea, that are most affected by the coronavirus.
The President has also directed the State Department to work with our allies in Italy and in South Korea to coordinate a screening — a medical screening in their countries of any individuals that are coming into the United States of America. And we look forward to working with them in a collaborative and a cooperative way. 
Now, with regard to the task force, I’m just a few days into this job, but I can tell you, having spent time with these extraordinary professionals that the President just alluded to, having spoken directly to more than a dozen governors — including Governor Jay Inslee this morning in Washington State — I am — I think every American would be proud to know what I’ve heard about the work of HHS, the work of CDC, the work of all of our agencies. 
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In addition to that, the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response will be announcing today courses of action to increase the availability of masks, as well as prioritizing availability to high-risk healthcare workers, modifying guidance, and developing a whole-of-nations communications plan. 
The President wants us to be certain that our healthcare providers have the support they need to do their job and to do their job safely. 
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SECRETARY AZAR:  ……  Let me begin by, on behalf of all of the officials at HHS and our whole teams, expressing our sadness for the loss of this patient in the state of Washington.  Any single death for us is a real tragedy. And our sympathy to her family and our solidarity with all those who are and will suffer from the novel coronavirus.
From day one, this is what we predicted, this is what we expected.  The risk to any average American is low, from the novel coronavirus.  The risk remains low. Thanks to the unprecedented actions President Trump has taken and the actions he’s announcing today, that risk remains low.
But this can change rapidly.  We have always said, from the first moment that we have spoken about this, that we would see more cases.  We are seeing more cases. We will see more cases.
But it’s important to remember: For the vast majority of individuals who contract the novel coronavirus, they will experience mild to moderate symptoms, and their treatment will be to remain at home, treating their symptoms the way they would a severe cold or the flu. 
For some individuals, a smaller percentage, especially those who may be medically fragile, they will require medical attention, including possibly hospitalization.
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FAUCI:  ……I want to first, again, as the entire team feels, to extend our sympathies to the family of the individual who expired as a result of this particular virus and this particular disease.
But I also want to underscore and emphasize the points that the Secretary made about what is evolving here.  You’ve heard of the terminology, “community spread.” Well, community spread is when you have infection in the community in which you don’t have a direct link to a known index case.  That really challenges us with something that we need to do and that we do very well. The state and local health authorities, in collaboration with the CDC, would need to identify, isolate, and contact trace.  And that’s what’s going on right here in the country. 
With regard to the particular area that’s involved now in Washington, the country as a whole — because we get asked that all the time — still remains at low risk.  But when we say that, we want to underscore that this is an evolving situation. And in real time, we will keep you appraised of what is going on just the same way as though we are doing it today.
So how do you address this new challenge?  There’s what we do from within and what we do from without.  I hearken back to the original decision that was made by the President of making sure that we knew the scenario that was going on in China.  We prevented travel from China to the United States. If we had not done that, we would have had many, many more cases right here that we would have to be dealing with. 
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So when you have cases throughout the world, the way we’re seeing now — South Korea, Italy, Iran, and places like that — the United States cannot be completely immune to that.  The challenge is how we deal with it. And I can assure you all the resources that are necessary are going to be put into dealing with what we see evolving right now. 
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Q:    Thank you, Mr. President.  You mentioned the drop of spread in China, the coronavirus cases.  Is the U.S. government considering evaluating similar measures in the U.S. in case the situation gets worse?
THE PRESIDENT:  Some measures.  We’ve been in very close contact with China, including myself with President Xi.  He very much wanted this to happen. He wanted this to get out and finished and be done.  He worked — he’s been working very, very hard, I can tell you that. And they’re making a lot of progress in China. 
You probably saw Starbucks are now opened again.  You probably saw that — as I mentioned, Tim just came out and he said Apple is back to normal in terms of production in their facilities in China.  They’ve made a lot of progress. 
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THE PRESIDENT:  Well, I think our relationship with China is very good.  We just did a big trade deal. We’re starting on another trade deal with China — a very big one.  And we’ve been working very closely. They’ve been talking to our people, we’ve been talking to their people, having to do with the virus. 
No, our relationship with China is very good.  Maybe it’s closer because of what’s happened here, because it was — you know, in a certain way, this can bring the world closer, if you want to know.  It can really do that.
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END            2:43 P.M. EST