布尼亚，刚果——当局表示，刚果埃博拉疫情的死亡人数现已超过4000人，而当局正努力遏制病毒传播。
BUNIA, Congo — Congo’s Ebola outbreak has now recorded more than 4,000 deaths, authorities said as they struggle to contain the spread of the virus.
卫生部门星期四公布了最新数据。数据显示，在8300例确诊病例中，已有4018人死亡，占确诊病例的近一半；这已成为历史上扩散最快的埃博拉疫情。
The latest figures were released by the health ministry on Thursday. They show that 4,018 people have died from among 8,300 confirmed cases, making up for nearly half of the confirmed cases in what has become the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history .
刚果于5月15日宣布疫情暴发，病原体是罕见的邦迪布焦病毒，目前没有已知的治疗方法或疫苗。
Congo announced an outbreak on May 15, caused by the rare Bundibugyo virus, which has no known treatment or vaccine.
世界卫生组织近日就病毒迅速向新的卫生区扩散发出警报，这使本已有限的资源更加紧张。
The World Health Organization has recently raised the alarm regarding the rapid geographical spread of the virus into new health zones, stretching limited resources.
上月，一名当地政治人士被殴打致死；针对卫生工作者和其他救援人员的袭击屡见不鲜。这个中非国家正在应对其第17次埃博拉疫情，但民众普遍不信任卫生工作者和当局对疫情的处置，阻碍了减缓疫情蔓延的努力。
Widespread mistrust of health workers and authorities’ handling of the outbreak has hampered efforts to slow the A local politician was beaten to death last month and attacks on health workers and other responders have been common as the Central African nation battles what is its 17th Ebola outbreak.
当局上月启动了一项以村庄为中心的抗击疫情行动，但这些努力仍遭到部分居民抵制。由于对政府存在广泛的不信任，他们将埃博拉疫情斥为骗局；这种不信任涉及多种原因，从政府过去应对埃博拉疫情的方式，到长期存在的腐败问题。
Authorities last month launched a village-centered approach to fight the outbreak but those efforts continue to face resistance from some residents who dismiss Ebola as a hoax amid a widespread distrust in the country’s government for various reasons, ranging from how it’s managed past Ebola outbreaks to chronic corruption.