一名被怀疑感染埃博拉病毒的肯尼亚患者的初步实验室检测结果呈阴性。
Preliminary laboratory results from a Kenyan patient who was suspected of contracting the Ebola virus have come back negative.
周四，在接受治疗的瓦吉尔郡（Wajir County）长官透露了检测结果后，该东非国家对出现第二例埃博拉病例的担忧得以缓解。
Fears of a second case of Ebola in the East African country were allayed on Thursday after the governor of Wajir County, where the patient is being treated, revealed the test results.
瓦吉尔郡长官在一份声明中表示：“我很高兴地向大家报告，初步实验室结果显示，埃博拉病毒病样本呈阴性。”
“I am pleased to report that the preliminary laboratory results indicate that the sample is NEGATIVE for Ebola Virus Disease,” the Wajir county governor said in a statement.
这名疑似患者是一名20岁男子，有从刚果民主共和国（DRC）经乌干达前往肯尼亚的旅行史。另一名经检测呈阳性随后死亡的肯尼亚患者也走了同一条路线。
The suspected patient is a 20-year-old man with a travel history from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) through Uganda to Kenya. The other Kenyan patient who tested positive for the virus and subsequently died had travelled the same route.
周四早些时候，一名在刚果（金）患病并在内罗毕死亡的公民让肯尼亚报告了其历史上首例埃博拉病例。
Kenya had reported its first-ever Ebola case on Tuesday after a citizen who became sick in the DRC died in Nairobi.
持续的埃博拉疫情：今年早些时候从刚果（金）开始，致命的埃博拉病毒株已经广泛传播。刚果（金）于5月正式宣布爆发疫情。
Ongoing Ebola outbreak The deadly strain of the Ebola virus has spread widely, starting in the DRC earlier this year. The DRC officially declared an outbreak in May.
肯尼亚是第四个记录到与刚果（金）埃博拉疫情相关的病例的国家，这也是有记录以来第二大疫情。刚果（金）东部持续的疫情已造成至少4,205人死亡，报告病例超过8,700例。
Kenya is the fourth country to record a case linked to the Ebola epidemic in the DRC, the second-largest on record. The ongoing outbreak in the eastern DRC has killed at least 4,205 people out of more than 8,700 reported cases.
疫情蔓延至邻国乌干达，乌干达曾有约20起病例，随后于7月被宣布无埃博拉疫情。
The outbreak spread across the border to Uganda, which had about 20 cases before being declared Ebola-free in July.
导致此次传播的病毒株被称为本迪布焦病毒（BDBV），据信该病毒通过新的传播途径从动物传给了人类。目前尚无针对本迪布焦病毒的疫苗。
The strain behind the latest spread has been dubbed the Bundibugyo virus (BDBV), believed to have spread from animals to humans through a new transmission route. No vaccine currently exists for Bundibugyo.
肯尼亚的首例病例引起了人们对邻国乌干达病毒状况的审视，并暴露了肯尼亚边境筛查系统中的漏洞。死者曾顺利通过多个机场的体温检查。
The first case in Kenya drew scrutiny over the status of the virus in neighbouring Uganda and exposed lapses in Kenya’s border screening systems. The patient who died was able to pass through multiple airport temperature checks.
世界卫生组织（WHO）正与肯尼亚当局合作，追踪密切接触者并加强对入境旅客的检查。
The World Health Organization (WHO) is working with Kenyan authorities to trace contacts and strengthen checks for travellers entering the country.