一些州对下个月重新开放表示乐观

一些州对下个月重新开放表示乐观

In the fight to contain the coronavirus, states have issued sweeping directives shuttering businesses and asking residents to stay at home in recent weeks. Now, with the White House claiming the U.S. has passed its peak of coronavirus cases, at least two of those states have told businesses that the opportunity to reopen their doors may be just a couple of weeks away.

在控制冠状病毒的战斗中，各州在最近几周发布了全面的指令，关闭企业，并要求居民呆在家里。现在，随着白宫宣布美国已经度过了冠状病毒感染的高峰期，至少有两个州已经告诉企业，再过几周就有机会重新开门营业了。

North Dakota and Idaho announced Wednesday that, while officials in each state are extending their mandatory nonessential business closures through the end of April, these businesses should expect to open again come May 1 if the conditions in the states — as well as companies' operations — manage to meet some key criteria.

北达科他州和爱达荷州星期三宣布，虽然每个州的官员都将强制性的非必要业务关闭期限延长到4月底，但如果各州的条件以及公司的运营能够达到一些关键标准，这些业务预计将在5月1日重新开业。

At a news conference Thursday, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine also noted that his state is looking at the possibility of reopening May 1 — albeit slowly, and in phases.

在周四的新闻发布会上，俄亥俄州州长迈克·德万也指出，该州正在考虑在5月1日重新开放的可能性，尽管速度缓慢，而且是分阶段进行的。

"Without therapeutics to treat symptoms of coronavirus, without a vaccine, and without herd immunity, consumers want to know businesses will adhere to strict practices to assure their health and safety," Idaho Gov. Brad Little said in a statement Wednesday.

爱达荷州州长布拉德·利特尔周三在一份声明中说：“如果没有治疗冠状病毒症状的药物，没有疫苗，也没有群体免疫，消费者希望知道企业将坚持(执行)严格的做法，以确保他们的健康和安全。”。

Little said that some nonessential businesses — those, such as bars and hair salons, "where people simply cannot safely social distance" — should expect to remain closed. But others that are capable of complying with the state's conditions and do so, his office said, "should prepare to reopen after April 30."

利特尔说，一些不重要的企业，如酒吧和发廊，“人们根本无法安全地与社会保持距离”，应该继续关闭。但他的办公室表示，其他有能力遵守州政府条件并这样做的公司，“应该准备在4月30日后重新开学。”

In contrast with states such as New York and New Jersey, which have become the epicenter of the outbreak in the U.S., both Idaho and North Dakota have so far escaped the brunt of the coronavirus.

与纽约和新泽西等州形成对比的是，这些州已经成为美国的疫情中心到目前为止，爱达荷州和北达科他州都躲过了冠状病毒的冲击。

As of Wednesday, Idaho health authorities had reported at least 1.587 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and several dozen deaths linked to COVID-19 across the state. Residents there have been under a statewide stay-at-home order since March 25.

截至周三，爱达荷州卫生当局已经报告了至少1.587例冠状病毒确诊病例，以及该州各地数十例与COVID-19有关的死亡病例。自3月25日以来，全州范围内的居民都被要求呆在家里。

Meanwhile, no such stay-at-home order has been issued in North Dakota, which recently saw its highest single-day spike in new confirmed cases — but also has reported even lower numbers than Idaho, with more than 360 confimed cases and a death toll of at least nine.

与此同时，北达科塔州还没有发布这样的“居家令”，该州最近出现了新确诊病例的最高单日峰值，但报告的数字甚至比爱达荷州还要低，那里有360多例确诊病例，死亡人数至少为9人。

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum made it clear that — though he is hopeful to reopen businesses such as health clubs, bars and entertainment venues when his order expires after April 30 — state officials will need to see a slew of conditions met before they do so.

北达科他州州长道格·博格姆明确表示，虽然他希望在4月30日命令到期后重新开放健身俱乐部、酒吧和娱乐场所等企业，但州政府官员在这样做之前需要看到一系列条件得到满足。

These conditions include: "robust" rapid testing and contact tracing statewide, sufficient protective equipment for medical workers and hospital beds for patients, and new standard operating procedures from the businesses reopening.

这些条件包括：全州范围内“强有力的”的快速检测和接触追踪，为医务工作者提供足够的防护设备，为患者提供足够的医院床位，以及重新开业的企业的新标准操作程序。

Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, for his part, has said that he and other state officials will strive to remain "careful" in their possible attempt to open certain businesses at the start of next month. Ohio's death toll, unlike North Dakota and Idaho, has numbered in the hundreds so far, but it was among the first dozen states to issue a statewide stay-at-home order.

共和党俄亥俄州州长迈克·德万则表示，他和其他州政府官员将努力保持“谨慎”，在下月初可能尝试开放某些企业。与北达科他州和爱达荷州不同，俄亥俄州的死亡人数目前已达数百人，但它是首批发布全州“居家令”的十几个州之一。