根据政府数据，刚果民主共和国的埃博拉疫情目前已导致超过4000人死亡，成为该国历史上最为严重的疫情。周五公布的数据显示，死亡人数已升至4018人，确诊病例数则达到8300例，遍布该国七个省份。目前政府仍在竭力控制疫情蔓延。
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak has now killed more than 4,000 people, according to government data, making it the worst epidemic in the country’s history Figures released on Friday showed that the death toll has risen to 4,018, and confirmed cases had reached 8,300 across seven provinces, as the government continues to struggle to contain the outbreak.
基础设施薄弱、刚果（金）东部地区地处偏远，加之与南苏丹、乌干达及卢旺达接壤地带武装冲突不断，这些都严重阻碍了疫情应对工作的迅速与有效开展。
Weak infrastructure, the remoteness of the region in eastern DRC, and ongoing conflict with armed groups near the borders with South Sudan, Uganda, and Rwanda have hindered efforts to respond to cases quickly and effectively.
联合国周五通报称，本周早些时候，在疫情重灾区伊图里省首府布尼亚市郊，士兵们在搜寻武器时烧毁了一处设有埃博拉患者转运中心的营地。这一事件迫使1.9万名民众被迫逃离该营地。
The United Nations reported on Friday that an Ebola-hit camp housing a transit centre for infected patients was burned by soldiers earlier this week as they were looking for weapons on the outskirts of Bunia, capital city of Ituri Province, which is at the epicentre of the outbreak. The incident forced 19,000 people to flee the camp.
联合国表示：“伊图里省一处重要的患者转运中心遭焚毁，这使得刚果（金）遏制埃博拉疫情扩散的任务变得更为艰巨。”
“The enormous challenge of halting the spread of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) just became even harder after a key transit centre for patients requiring treatment burned down in Ituri province,” the UN said.
民众对医护人员及政府当局的不信任与不满情绪，同样成为政府防控疫情所面临的阻碍。
People’s mistrust and anger towards health workers and authorities have also contributed to the obstacles the government faces in its efforts to contain the outbreak.
几天前，刚果（金）执政党“民主与社会进步联盟”的一名高级成员因参与广播节目宣传埃博拉防疫知识而遭殴打致死。
A senior member of DRC’s governing Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) party was beaten to death days ago after taking part in a radio programme to raise awareness about the epidemic.
遇害者是该党地方官员玛丽-塞莱斯汀·卡龙德瓦。上周日，他在北基伍省东部埃博拉疫情重灾区布滕博的家中遭到袭击。事后其住宅亦遭纵火，他最终因伤势过重在医院去世。
The attack on Marie-Celestin Karondwa, a local official with UDPS, took place last Sunday at his home in Butembo, an Ebola hotspot in the eastern North Kivu province. His house was set on fire afterwards, and he died at hospital from his injuries.
世界卫生组织警告称，此次疫情“远未结束”，其影响范围有望超过2014年至2016年间在西非地区爆发的埃博拉疫情。那次疫情主要在几内亚、利比里亚和塞拉利昂造成逾1.1万人死亡。
The World Health Organization has warned that the epidemic is “far from over” and on track to surpass the regional 2014-2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak, which killed more than 11,000 people, primarily in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
此次疫情由邦迪布焦型埃博拉病毒引发，在病例数超过2018年至2020年的疫情后，已成为刚果民主共和国历史上规模最大、致死人数最多的埃博拉疫情。
Caused by the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, the current epidemic became the largest and deadliest in the DRC after surpassing the 2018-2020 epidemic.
目前有多种针对邦迪布焦型埃博拉病毒的治疗方法和疫苗正在试验阶段，但尚未有任何获批的疫苗或治疗方法。
Several treatments and vaccines are being trialled against Bundibugyo, but currently, there is no approved vaccine or treatment.
此次疫情是刚果民主共和国遭遇的第17次埃博拉疫情，自5月15日正式宣布以来迅速蔓延。
The current outbreak, which is the DRC’s 17th, has spread rapidly since it was officially declared on May 15.
迄今为止，已有超过2000名患者从此次埃博拉疫情中康复。非洲疾病预防控制中心在最近的新闻发布会上表示，确诊病例数量正在下降，不过这一趋势也可能与部分地区的安全局势不稳定以及民众配合度不足有关。
More than 2,000 patients have recovered from the Ebola epidemic so far. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said in its latest news conference that the number of confirmed cases is falling, although that could be attributed to insecurity and challenges in getting communities to cooperate in some of the hotspots.