非洲——据无国界医生组织周四通报,一名在刚果民主共和国参与埃博拉防控工作的工作人员病毒检测呈阳性。
AfricaChevron right 1 min 0 More article actions By Rachel Chason Rael Ombuor A Doctors Without Borders staff member who had been working on the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of Congo tested positive for the virus, the organization said Thursday.
该组织称,这名检测呈阳性的工作人员正被从刚果撤离,随后将在荷兰的一家医院接受治疗。
The person who tested positive is being evacuated from Congo and will be treated at a hospital in the Netherlands, according to a Doctors Without Borders statement. Get concise answers to your questions.
据刚果政府周四发布的疫情通报显示,此次埃博拉疫情已导致3,982人死亡,累计确诊病例达8,224例。
Try Ask The Post AI. There have been 3,982 deaths and 8,224 cases so far in this Ebola outbreak, according to a daily update published Thursday by the Congolese government.
此次疫情由邦迪布焦病毒引发,首例病例于5月15日被发现,目前已成为刚果历史上规模最大的一次埃博拉疫情,其严重程度甚至可能超过2014年至2016年间导致逾1.1万人死亡的西非疫情。
That means that this outbreak, which is tied to the Bundibugyo virus and saw its first case identified on May 15, is the largest in Congo’s history and likely to become the worst in history, outpacing the West African epidemic that lasted from 2014 until 2016 and killed more than 11,000 people.
由于西方援助资金减少导致资源匮乏、当地冲突使得医疗人员难以开展工作,以及当地民众对医护人员缺乏信任,当前的疫情防控工作面临重重阻碍。
The response has been hobbled by insufficient resources following Western aid cuts, conflict in the area that makes it difficult for health workers to move, and mistrust in communities of doctors and nurses on the ground.