法国将加大对刚果民主共和国东部抗击埃博拉疫情工作的支持力度，外交部长让-诺埃尔·巴罗在周六访问该疫区时表示。据刚果当局称，此次疫情已导致超过4000人死亡，目前这场疫情是历史上蔓延速度最快的埃博拉疫情。
France will step up its support for efforts to control Ebola in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said on Saturday during a visit to a region hit by the virus. The outbreak has killed more than 4,000 people, Congolese authorities said, as they struggle to contain what has become the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history.
刚果民主共和国卫生部周四发布的最新数据显示，自5月15日疫情在东部地区爆发以来，共有8376例确诊病例，其中4042人死亡。
The latest figures released by DRC's health ministry on Thursday showed that 4,042 people have died, among 8,376 cases recorded since the outbreak was declared in eastern Congo on 15 May.
巴罗是少数几位访问刚果东北部伊图里省布尼亚市的西方政客之一；该地区正是疫情的中心地带。法国在1月至7月期间为抗击埃博拉疫情拨款1340万欧元。
Barrot is one of only a few Western politicians to visit the north-eastern Congolese city of Bunia in Ituri province, which is at the epicentre of the outbreak. France allocated €13.4 million to the fight against Ebola between January and July.
巴罗表示，他将在即将举行的法国预算讨论会上提议增加用于抗击埃博拉疫情的人道主义援助资金；目前法国的财政状况已经因创纪录的公共债务而十分紧张。
Barrot said he would propose additional humanitarian funding for Ebola during upcoming discussions on the French budget, which is already stretched thin by record public debt.
一场全国性的人道主义会议定于10月6日在巴黎举行，埃博拉疫情将是会议议程上的重要议题。
A national humanitarian conference is due to be held in Paris on 6 October, where Ebola is on the agenda.
“对一些人或某些政治领导人来说，埃博拉疫情可能似乎遥不可及，但它可能会迅速卷土重来。我们的责任就是防止疫情再次爆发，”巴罗在布尼亚对记者们说。
"Ebola may seem far away to some people or political leaders, but it can return very quickly. Our responsibility is to prevent those resurgences," Barrot told reporters in Bunia.
世界卫生组织表示，刚果民主共和国部分地区的埃博拉疫情有所缓解，但整体危机依然严峻。目前这场疫情的死亡人数有可能超过2014至2016年间西非地区发生的最致命疫情（当时有11000人死亡）。
Ebola outbreak slows in parts of DR Congo but crisis remains severe 'Fighting a wildfire' The current outbreak is on track to exceed the deadliest on record, West Africa's regional outbreak between 2014 and 2016, which killed 11,000 people, the World Health Organisation has said.
非洲疾病控制与预防中心本周指出，新增确诊病例的数量正在下降，但这可能是因为一些疫情高发地区的安全状况不佳，以及当地社区在配合防疫工作方面存在困难。
The number of newly confirmed cases is falling, but that could be attributed to insecurity and challenges in getting communities to cooperate in some of the hot spots, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said this week.
该机构称，7月中旬时，每周新增确诊病例约为850例、死亡人数为470人；到了9月份，这一数字下降至平均每周490例、死亡人数230人。
Confirmed cases fell from around 850 cases and 470 deaths a week in mid-July to an average of 490 cases and 230 deaths in September.
虽然该疾病的传播速度在某些地区有所减缓，但在其他地区却加快了。
While the spread of the disease has slowed in some areas, it has accelerated in others.
国际援助组织“无国界医生”（Doctors Without Borders, MSF）周五表示，疫情在北基伍省尤为严重——自8月底以来，该省新增确诊病例占全国总数的40%。
The aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Friday the outbreak has particularly worsened in the North Kivu province, accounting for 40 percent of new confirmed cases since the end of August.
“这就像与一场野火作斗争，”无国界医生在北基伍省布滕博市的协调员斯蒂芬妮·霍夫曼（Stephanie Hoffman）说道，“多个疫情同时爆发，其严重程度和发生地点各不相同。”
"It is like fighting a wildfire," said Stephanie Hoffman, MSF coordinator in the city of Butembo in North Kivu. "Multiple outbreaks are developing at the same time, with varying intensity and in different locations."
刚果民主共和国（DRC）境内针对医护人员的暴力行为严重阻碍了疫情的防控工作。
Violence against healthcare workers in DRC hampers Ebola response From response to anticipation Speaking at a press conference on Friday, DRC health minister Roger Kamba said that the outbreak had peaked.
在周五举行的新闻发布会上，刚果民主共和国卫生部长罗杰·坎巴（Roger Kamba）表示，疫情已经达到高峰。他引用政府数据指出：在受影响的63个地区中，有19个地区至少三周以来没有再出现新的确诊病例。
He pointed to government figures showing 19 out of 63 zones affected have not recorded any cases for at least three weeks.
“这场疫情已不再超出我们的控制范围，”坎巴说，“我们之前是在被动应对疫情，但现在我们需要主动预测其发展趋势。”
"The epidemic is no longer beyond our control," Kamba said. "We were following the epidemic, but now we are anticipating it."
当被问及法国是否可能出现疫情传播时，巴罗（Barrot）称赞了刚果当局、联合国机构、人道主义组织以及医疗工作者在控制疫情、防止其扩散到刚果主要城市及其他地区方面所做出的努力。
Barrot praised Congolese authorities, UN agencies, humanitarian organisations and medical workers for containing the epidemic and preventing it from spreading to major urban centres in Congo and beyond.
“首先，我们必须从疫情最初爆发的地方开始进行防控，”巴罗强调。
"First and foremost, we must fight the epidemic where it emerges," Barrot said when asked whether the virus could spread after a case was reported in France.
6月23日，一名医生从刚果民主共和国执行人道主义任务后返回法国，其检测结果呈阳性（即感染了埃博拉病毒），但后来成功康复。
A doctor had tested positive for the virus after returning to France on 23 June from a humanitarian mission in DRC, but later made a full recovery.