内罗毕，10月6日——肯尼亚卫生部长阿登·杜阿莱称，该国确诊了首例埃博拉病例，患者为一名长期居住在刚果民主共和国的肯尼亚公民，于周六抵达内罗毕。
NAIROBI, Oct 6 - Kenya has recorded its first confirmed Ebola case, a Kenyan citizen who has been living in Democratic Republic of Congo and arrived in Nairobi on Saturday, health minister Aden Duale said.
杜阿莱在新闻发布会上表示，该患者现已死亡，目前已确认28名密切接触者，其中包括其家属及医护人员。
The patient has since died, and 28 contacts have been identified so far including family members and health workers, Duale told a press conference.
目前刚果正遭遇史上规模最大的埃博拉疫情，此次疫情由较为罕见的邦迪布焦型病毒引发。该疫情虽于5月中旬被正式通报，但很可能早在数月前便已开始传播，至今仍未得到有效控制。目前刚果的确诊病例已超8000例，死亡人数超过4000人。
Congo has been battling its largest-ever Ebola outbreak, caused by the rare Bundibugyo species. The outbreak was declared in mid-May but may have started months earlier and has so far resisted containment efforts, with the Central African country recording more than 8,000 cases and over 4,000 deaths.
此前疫情还蔓延至乌干达，该国共报告20例确诊病例及2例死亡病例，不过世界卫生组织已于8月宣布乌干达已无埃博拉疫情。
The outbreak earlier spread to Uganda, which reported 20 cases and two deaths, but the World Health Organization declared Uganda free of the disease in August.
埃博拉病毒可通过直接接触感染者的体液传播，无论是活体还是尸体均可成为传染源。该病毒可引发发热、呕吐、腹泻等症状，重症患者还会出现体内外出血现象。
Ebola spreads through direct contact with the bodily fluids of infected people, living or dead. It can cause fever, vomiting, diarrhoea and, in severe cases, internal and external bleeding.