據路透社4月19日報道，由于印度等國新冠肺炎感染病例不斷上升，引發了人們的擔憂，加上為遏制疫情而出臺的更有力措施將使經濟活動受沖擊，影響原油等大宗商品的需求，周一，油價下跌。

　　格林尼治標準時間06：43，布倫特原油價格下跌17美分，跌幅為0.3%，至每桶66.60美元，要知道，上周上漲了6%。美國西德克薩斯中質原油(WTI)價格下跌10美分，跌幅為0.2%，至每桶63.03美元，要知道，上周上漲了6.4%。

　　澳新銀行研究中心(ANZ Research)在一份報告中表示:“發達市場的疫苗接種活動的開展情況，可以從道路交通水平上表現出來，但不斷上升的病例數逆轉了新興國家的經濟復蘇，比如印度和巴西。”

　　周一，印度報告的新冠肺炎感染病例增加了創紀錄的273810例，總病例超過了1500萬，使該國成為繼美國之后，疫情第二嚴重的國家。值得注意的是，美國報告的感染病例超過了3100萬。印度死于新冠肺炎疫情的人數創紀錄地增加了1619人，累計約18萬人。

　　路透社的一項月度調查顯示，在日本，雖然新冠肺炎病例比其他主要經濟體少得多，但該國預計將出現第四輪感染，許多企業將面臨進一步的打擊。周一公布的官方數據顯示，日本3月份石油進口量較上年同期下降17%，至每日250萬桶。

　　值得一提的是，美國能源公司自2月份以來首次連續第五周增加石油和天然氣鉆井平臺，因為今年油價上漲鼓勵鉆探者重返井場。

　　王佳晶 摘譯自 路透社

　　原文如下：

　　Oil slips as rising infections spark demand concerns

　　Oil prices were lower on Monday as rising coronavirus infections in India and other countries prompted concerns that stronger measures to contain the pandemic will hit economic activity, along with demand for commodities such as crude.

　　Brent crude was down 17 cents, or 0.3%, at $66.60 a barrel by 0643 GMT, after rising 6% last week. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) U.S. oil was down 10 cents, or 0.2%, at $63.03 a barrel, having gained 6.4% last week.

　　"The progress of vaccination drives in the developed markets can be seen in road traffic levels, but resurging case numbers have reversed the recovery in the emerging countries," such as India and Brazil, ANZ Research said in a report on Monday.

　　India reported a record rise in coronavirus infections of 273,810 on Monday, increasing overall cases to just over 15 million, making the country the second-worst affected after the United States, which has reported more than 31 million infections. India's deaths from COVID-19 rose by a record 1,619 to nearly 180,000.

　　In Japan, which has had far fewer COVID-19 cases than other top economies, companies there will be a fourth round of y bracing for a further blow to business, a Reuters monthly poll showed.

　　Japan's oil imports in March fell 17% from a year earlier to 2.5 million barrels a day, official data showed on Monday.

　　In the United States energy companies added oil and natural gas rigs for a fifth consecutive week for the first time since February as higher oil prices this year encouraged drillers to return to the wellpad.