据大卫·赫布林和杰森·盖尔报道，肯尼亚卫生部门确认一名近期从刚果民主共和国入境的旅客感染了埃博拉病毒，这是该国首例与中非地区疫情相关的输入性病例。
By David Herbling and Jason Gale Health authorities in Kenya confirmed an Ebola infection in a traveler who recently arrived from the Democratic Republic of Congo, marking the first imported case linked to the outbreak in central Africa.
卫生部长阿登·杜阿莱周二在首都内罗毕对记者称，这名肯尼亚籍患者一个月前在刚果发病，随后经陆路前往乌干达首都。他于10月3日乘飞机抵达肯尼亚首都，并于周一不幸去世。
The Kenyan citizen fell ill in Congo a month ago and traveled by road to the Ugandan capital, Health Secretary Aden Duale told reporters in the capital, Nairobi, on Tuesday. The patient arrived in the Kenyan capital on Oct. 3 by plane and died Monday, he said.
杜阿莱透露，目前卫生部门已追踪到28名密切接触者，包括患者的家属、同机乘客以及医护人员。
The authorities have listed 28 contacts including family members, plane passengers and health workers, he said.
“虽然我们为患者提供了对症支持治疗，但遗憾的是他还是在昨晚离世。”杜阿莱说道。
“The patient was given supportive treatment, but regrettably passed on last night,” Duale said.
当前，世界卫生组织警告称，由于暴力冲突、大量民众流离失所以及监测系统薄弱，刚果东部的疫情蔓延速度已远超防控能力。此次疫情由极为罕见的邦迪布焦型埃博拉病毒引发，目前尚无任何获批的疫苗或抗体疗法。
The case comes as the World Health Organization warns the outbreak in eastern Congo is “outpacing” responders amid violence, displacement and weak surveillance systems. The crisis is driven by the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, for which there are no approved vaccines or antibody treatments.
自近五个月前疫情爆发以来，当地感染人数已突破8000人，死亡病例至少达4000例。
More than 8,000 people have been infected and at least 4,000 have died since the outbreak was declared almost five months ago.
作为东非地区最大的经济体，肯尼亚今年6月曾因高等法院的禁令而暂停修建由美国出资、设在某军事空军基地内的埃博拉隔离设施。该计划当时还引发了当地居民的强烈抗议，民众认为该设施会大幅提高社区感染这种致命病毒的风险。
Kenya, East Africa’s biggest economy, in June halted construction of a US-funded Ebola isolation facility at a military airbase after the project was frozen by a High Court judge. The plan also sparked popular protests by local residents who said the facility would expose their community to a high risk of contagion from the deadly virus.