塞巴斯蒂安·基塔·穆萨伊、伊芙·布伦南·布特姆博，刚果——哀悼者于周三聚集为一名刚果政治家安葬，他因公开为政府对埃博拉的回应辩护而被殴打致死，这起谋杀事件凸显了健康工作者所说的阻碍减缓历史上增长最快的埃博拉疫情的信任缺失。
SEBASTIEN KITSA MUSAYI, EVE BRENNAN BUTEMBO, Congo — Mourners gathered Wednesday to bury a Congolese politician who was beaten to death after publicly defending the government’s response to Ebola , a killing that highlights the mistrust health workers say is hampering efforts to slow the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history .
当地官员玛丽-塞莱斯汀·卡隆德瓦是刚果执政党民主与社会进步联盟（Union for Democracy and Social Progress）的成员，党方称他在周日于布特姆博（北基伍省的埃博拉热点地区）家中被袭击，原因是他在广播节目中为政府的应对措施辩护。
Marie-Célestin Karondwa, a local official with Congo’s ruling Union for Democracy and Social Progress party, was attacked Sunday at his home in Butembo, an Ebola hotspot in the eastern North Kivu province, after defending the government’s response efforts during a radio program, the party said.
“他们把他打得很惨，然后把房子点燃了，”卡隆德瓦的孙女萨吉斯·卡维拉在周三的葬礼上对美联社说。他随后在当地医院因伤势去世。
“They beat him up and then set the house alight,” Sagesse Kavira, Karondwa’s granddaughter, told The Associated Press at his funeral on Wednesday. He later died from his injuries at a local hospital.
此案发生在中央非洲国家正在应对其第17次也是最致命的埃博拉疫情期间，迄今已记录超过8,000例病例，其中近4,000例死亡。
The killing follows a series of attacks on health workers and other responders as the Central African nation battles its 17th and deadliest Ebola outbreak, which has so far recorded over 8,000 cases including nearly 4,000 deaths.
当局本月启动了以村庄为中心的抗疫方案。然而，这些努力仍面临部分居民的抵制，他们将埃博拉视为骗局，并在全国范围内对政府产生普遍的不信任，原因多种多样，从过去如何管理埃博拉疫情到长期腐败。
Authorities this month launched a village-centered approach to fight the Ebola outbreak. But those efforts continue to face resistance from some residents who dismiss Ebola as a hoax amid a widespread distrust in the country’s government for various reasons, ranging from how it’s managed past Ebola outbreaks to chronic corruption.
响应者表示，对疾病的怀疑使得与居民合作变得复杂，尤其是在偏远社区和新出现的热点地区，这些地区已经面临医疗物资和医疗人员短缺。
Responders say skepticism about the disease has complicated efforts to work with residents, including in remote communities and emerging hot spots that already face shortages of medical supplies and healthcare workers.
在刚果东部由叛军控制的领土上，长期与叛军的冲突以及人权侵害使得许多居民对外来者和国家当局保持警惕，导致信任难以恢复。
The mistrust is particularly difficult to overcome in eastern Congo’s rebel-controlled territories, where decades of conflict with rebels as well as human rights abuses have left many residents wary of outsiders and state authorities.
在布坦博遇害的当地政客此前一直通过广播节目呼吁公众遵守防疫措施，特别是保持社交距离和勤洗手。布坦博民主与进步联盟首任联邦副主席让-巴蒂斯特·卡松戈·卢瓦茨瓦告诉美联社。“人们认为，这激怒了一些年轻人。”他说。
The local politician killed in Butembo had been using the radio show to call on the public to obey response measures, particularly social distancing and handwashing, Jean-Baptiste Katsongo Lwatswa, first federal vice-president of UDPS in Butembo, told the AP. “That is believed to have provoked the anger of certain young people,” he said.
布坦博居民埃诺克·穆欣多·巴利马坦加说，当地民众对埃博拉疫情既感到恐惧，心态也颇为矛盾。“有人认为这种疾病确实存在，另一些人则拒不承认它的存在。这太可怕了！”他说。
Enoch Muhindo Balimatangi, a resident of Butembo, said there’s fear and mixed feelings about Ebola among locals. “Some say that the illness exists, while others refuse to accept that it does. That’s frightening!” he said.
遏制此次疫情的一项主要挑战是，尚未有获批的疫苗或治疗方法可用于应对引发疫情的罕见邦迪布焦病毒。目前，相关临床试验正在疫情中心伊图里省进行。
A key challenge in slowing this particular outbreak is the absence of approved vaccines or treatments for the rare Bundibugyo virus that is causing it. Clinical trials for those are currently ongoing in Ituri province, the epicenter.
世界卫生组织在最新情况报告中警告称，疾病形势依然严峻，“在及时发现病例以及让患者获得早期、充分治疗方面仍存在持续性挑战”。世界卫生组织还表示，疫情蔓延速度仍快于追踪和遏制疫情的努力，并有望超过有记录以来死亡人数最多的疫情，即2014年至2016年的西非地区疫情，共造成1.1万人死亡。
In its latest situation report, the World Health Organization warned the disease remains serious and there are “persistent challenges in timely case detection and access to early and adequate patient care.”
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WHO has also said the outbreak continues to outpace efforts to track and slow it, and is on track to exceed the deadliest on record, West Africa’s regional outbreak between 2014 and 2016, which killed 11,000 people. Brennan reported from Dakar, Senegal. Justin Kabumba in Goma, Congo, contributed. For more on Africa and development: