盧浮宮因爲新冠肺炎關閉，館員拒絕上班

France's famed Louvre museum closed Sunday as coronavirus cases mounted across Europe and beyond, with the global death toll nearing 3,000.

法國著名的盧浮宮博物館週日因歐洲及其他地區爆發新冠肺炎閉館，全球死亡人數接近3,000。

The virus has now infected more than 88,000 people and spread to more than 60 countries around the world, well beyond the epicentre in China where it first emerged late last year.

這個病毒現在已感染88,000多人，波及全球60多個國家，遠超出了中國去年年末首次出現疫情的地區。

It has rattled global markets and prompted unprecedented measures from governments scrambling to contain the outbreak, which the World Health Organisation has warned could become a pandemic.

全球市場都被擾亂了，各國政府採取前所未有的措施來竭力控制疫情，世界衛生組織曾警告說此次疫情會轉變成一場瘟疫。

The Louvre, the world's most visited museum, was shuttered after staff refused to open the museum over coronavirus fears.

世界上參觀人數最多的博物館盧浮宮閉館了，因爲員工擔心新冠肺炎拒絕上班。

Some tourists turning up in the afternoon complained they had booked their tickets that same morning with no warning of the closure.

一些下午到達的遊客抱怨說他們當天上午訂票時並未收到閉館通知。

France, which has 130 confirmed cases and two deaths from COVID-19, said it would ban gatherings of 5,000 people or more, closing schools and cancelling religious services in some of the hardest-hit zones. Sunday's half-marathon in Paris was cancelled.

法國有新冠肺炎確診患者130例，2例死亡，政府說會禁止5,000人以上的集會、停課，並取消部分疫情嚴重地區的宗教活動。週日原定在巴黎舉行的半程馬拉松已經取消。

Two confirmed cases in France on were children, aged one and five, and their 27-year-old mother in the eastern city of Strasbourg. No children under 10 years old are reported to have died from the virus.

法國有兩名1歲和5歲的兒童已確診，他們和27歲的母親住在東部城市斯特拉斯堡。已報道的死亡病例中沒有10歲以下兒童。

In recent days, the epidemic has spread to sub-Saharan Africa, while Armenia and the Czech Republic reported their first cases, and cases in Germany doubled.

近些天，疫情已蔓延到撒哈拉以南的非洲，亞美尼亞和捷克共和國報告了首例病例，德國確診人數翻倍。

Qatar, Ecuador, Luxembourg, and Ireland all confirmed their first cases as the virus continued its global march beyond China's borders.

卡塔爾、厄瓜多爾、盧森堡和愛爾蘭均出現了首例確診病例，病毒已走出中國向全球蔓延。

翻譯：菲菲