CDC: Coronavirus 'does not spread easily' except for close contact with infected patients 

美疾控中心:除非与感染者有密切接触，否则新冠病毒“不易传播”

Fears have abounded over whether the virus is easily transmittable through groceries, packages
人们担忧新冠病毒是否会通过包裹或物品传播

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued updated coronavirus guidelines that now downplay the chances of contracting the virus from surfaces, potentially offering relief to millions of Americans who have been concerned they might catch the disease from purchased groceries or delivered packages.
美国疾病控制与预防中心(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention，简称cdc)发布了最新的新冠病毒(coronavirus)防控指南，该指南表示物体表面传播新冠病毒的可能性极低，这将会使数百万担心自己从物品或包裹上感染病毒的美国人安心。

On its website, the CDC says that coronavirus is "thought to spread mainly from person-to-person." Yet "the virus does not spread easily in other ways."
CDC在官网上表示新冠病毒主要的传播方式是“人传人”，但是通过其他方式传染也未可知。

"It may be possible that a person can get COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes," the CDC also states on its site. "This is not thought to be the main way the virus spreads, but we are still learning more about this virus."
CDC还在其网站上说明:“一个人可能会通过触摸带有病毒的物体表面，然后触摸自己的嘴、鼻子或眼睛从而感染COVID-19。”“这并不是病毒传播的主要方式，但该问题仍在研究当中。”

Animal-to-people and people-to-animal transmissions are also unlikely, the agency states.
该机构也称动物传人乃至人传动物也不太可能。

The new guidelines come after several months of concerns that the virus was spreading quickly and easily through items such as grocery store packaging and delivered packages.
几个月来，人们一直担心新冠病毒是否会通过包裹或物品传播。

Research announced in late-March determined that the virus could live on some materials for several days, leading to grim warnings that consumers should be wary of shopping carts, glass surfaces and other common objects.
3月下旬公布的一项研究表明这种病毒可以在某些材料上存活数天，这警告消费者小心购物车、玻璃表面和其他常见物品。

Some experts have recommended that people leave parcels outside for up to a day to ensure any virus on packaging dies before being brought inside. In a widely-circulated segment in early-April, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Sanjay Gupta instructed viewers in how to wipe down groceries after bringing them home from the store.

一些专家建议人们将包裹放在外面一天，确保包装上的病毒死亡后再拿进家里。在4月初广为流传的一段视频中，美国有线电视新闻网(CNN)首席医疗记者桑杰·古普塔(Sanjay Gupta)指导观众如何将从商店买回来的食品擦干净。

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