來源：International Business Times, February 6, 2020

作者：Arthur Villasanta

新聞翻譯：InAHurry and TCC

快報；白宮科學技術政策辦公室（OSTP）主任Kelvin Droegemeier去函代表美國科學國家科學院集結智慧庫的美國國家科學，工程和醫學研究院（NASEM）的院長們，調查目前正在引起世界各地的疾病，死亡和恐慌的新型冠狀病毒（2019-nCoV）的真實起源。這是反映最近俄羅斯政府和俄羅斯社交媒體提出關於美國將冠狀病毒開發為攻擊和削弱中國的武器的指控。

Coronavirus Update: White House Steps In To 'Rapidly' Investigate Origins Of NCov

白宮介入"快速"調查NCov的起源

KEY POINTS

• Fake news claims the U.S. created and unleashed the Wuhan coronavirus on China
• U.S. scientists have been called on to refute this conspiracy theory
• White House asks experts to "rapidly" investigate the origins of the virus

要點:

• 假新聞聲稱: 美國在中國製造並釋放了武漢冠狀病毒
• 美國科學家被要求駁斥這一陰謀論
• 白宮要求專家“迅速”調查該病毒的來源

The presidents of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), which represents the collective genius in the scientific national academies of the United States, have agreed to investigate the true origins of the Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) currently causing disease, death and panic throughout the world.

代表美國科學國家科學院集結智慧庫的美國國家科學，工程和醫學研究院（NASEM）的院長們同意調查目前正在引起世界各地的疾病，死亡和恐慌的新型冠狀病毒（2019-nCoV）的真實起源。

Marcia McNutt, president of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), has received a letter from Kelvin Droegemeier, director of the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). The letter requests American scientific experts to "rapidly" look into the origins of the virus in order to address both the current spread, and "to inform future outbreak preparation and better understand animal/human and environmental transmission aspects of coronaviruses."

美國國家科學院（NAS）主席Marcia McNutt已收到白宮科學技術政策辦公室（OSTP）主任Kelvin Droegemeier的來信。這封信要求美國科學專家“迅速”調查病毒的起源，以解決當前的傳播問題，並“為將來的疫情暴發做好準備，並對冠狀病毒在動物/人類和環境的傳播方面更進一步了解”。

Droegemeier also called for a "meeting of experts, particularly world class geneticists, coronavirus experts, and evolutionary biologists."

德羅格邁爾還呼籲召開“專家會議，特別是世界一流的遺傳學家，冠狀病毒專家和進化生物學家們”。

In response to Droegemeier's letter, the presidents of the three scientific academies comprising NASEM submitted a synopsis of their research into the Wuhan coronavirus, as 2019-nCoV is also known. They called Droegemeier's request "timely given the declaration of a public health emergency and potential for misinformation to confound the response."

為了回應德羅格邁爾的來信，包括NASEM在內的三家科學研究院院長呈交了他們對武漢冠狀病毒，2019-nCoV，的研究摘要。他們稱Droegemeier的請求是“及時的，尤其在世衛組織宣布此次疫情為全球公共衛生緊急情況，並可能有錯誤的信息造成對應混亂的當下。”

The internet is awash with fake news about the origins of the Wuhan coronavirus. Especially damaging to the U.S. are allegations fanned by the Russian government and Russian social media the U.S. developed the coronavirus as a weapon to attack and weaken China.

互聯網上充斥著關於武漢冠狀病毒起源的虛假新聞。尤其是俄羅斯政府和俄羅斯社交媒體提出關於“美國開發冠狀病毒做為攻擊和削弱中國的武器”的指控，對美國造成了巨大的名譽傷害。

Russia's intelligence services are apparently behind a well-coordinated social media campaign to blame the U.S. for creating and unleashing the Wuhan coronavirus on the world. They assert 2019-nCoV is an American biowarfare weapon developed by U.S. scientists.

俄羅斯的情報部門明顯地有組織地利用社交媒體進行炒作，譴責美國是製造和釋放武漢病毒倒世界上的幕後推手。他們斷言2019-nCoV是由美國科學家開發的生物戰武器。

Western intelligence sources quoted by media said posts blaming the U.S. for attacking China with 2019-nCoV first began appearing on pro-Russia social media outlets such as VK (VKontakte) and Topcor.ru. The fake news has now spread to traditional Russian news media organizations such as Pravda and Izvestia and state propaganda platforms.

媒體引用西方情報人士的話說，指責美國用2019-nCoV襲擊中國的文章最先出現在親俄羅斯的社交媒體上，例如VK（VKontakte）和Topcor.ru。假新聞現在已經傳播到了俄羅斯傳統新聞媒體機構（如Pravda和Izvestia）和國家的宣傳平台。

A Russian website called Katushya.org says the People's Liberation Army (PLA), China's armed forces, is claiming the coronavirus was artificially produced in U.S. laboratories with the goal of destroying China from within. The website contends the outbreak is a U.S. bioweaponry reconnaissance operation aimed at testing the capabilities of Chinese biological weapons defenses.

一個名為Katushya.org的俄羅斯的網站說，中共軍隊的中共人民解放軍（PLA）聲稱，冠狀病毒是在美國實驗室人工合成的，其目的是從內部摧毀中共國。這個網站辯稱，此次病毒爆發是美國生物武器刺探行動，旨在測試中共生物武器防禦能力。

The United States has 12 confirmed cases of the Novel coronavirus

美國目前已有12例確診的新型冠狀病毒病例

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