
在非洲国家报告少数新的埃博拉病例之际,美国正在向肯尼亚和尼日利亚提供新的支持,此时该病毒正远远扩散至疫情最初发生地之外。
The US is offering new support to Kenya and Nigeria in the wake of the African nations reporting a handful of new Ebola cases, as the virus spreads well beyond the initial site of the outbreak.
“美国已经注意到有报道称,一名肯尼亚公民从刚果民主共和国前往内罗毕后死于埃博拉,也有报道称出现了其他病例,”国务院发言人对《semafor》表示,并补充称特朗普政府“随时准备根据需要支持肯尼亚的应对工作”。由于一种没有获批疫苗或治疗方法的罕见病毒株在刚果民主共和国疫情中心以外地区扩散,美国本周早些时候将针对肯尼亚的旅行警告提高到了3级。
“The United States is aware of reports of a Kenyan citizen who died of Ebola in Nairobi after traveling there from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as reports of additional cases,” a State Department spokesperson told Semafor, adding that the Trump administration “stands ready to support the response in Kenya as needed.”The US raised its travel advisory for Kenya to Level 3 earlier this week over Ebola, as a rare strain of the virus with no approved vaccine or treatment spreads beyond the center of the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
肯尼亚于10月6日记录了其有史以来第一例埃博拉病例,目前已确诊9例感染。
Kenya recorded its first-ever Ebola case on Oct. 6 and has now confirmed nine infections.
美国在肯尼亚的应对措施经受住了审查;莱基皮亚一座由美国建造的生物隔离设施在6月成为致命抗议和法庭诉讼的主题。
The US response in Kenya has withstood scrutiny; an American-built bio-isolation facility in Laikipia was the subject of deadly protests and court challenges in June.
“患有埃博拉的肯尼亚公民没有使用该设施,我们也没有收到任何要求将该设施用于该患者的请求,”国务院发言人说。
“Kenyan citizens with Ebola have not used the facility nor did we receive any requests for the facility to be used for this patient,” the State Department spokesperson said.
自5月宣布爆发疫情以来,刚果民主共和国已记录9,552起确诊病例和4,602起死亡病例,这是有记录以来第二大埃博拉疫情。早期检测漏掉了该毒株,从而延迟了发现。
The DRC has recorded 9,552 confirmed cases and 4,602 deaths since the outbreak was declared in May, the second-largest Ebola outbreak on record. Early tests missed the strain, delaying detection.
除了肯尼亚报告的新病例之外,非洲人口最多的国家尼日利亚也在周二宣布了首例已知病例,患者最近曾前往东非受疫情打击的地区。N美国国务院传达了对尼日利亚的同等援助提供。
Along with new cases reported in Kenya, Nigeria — the most populous nation on the continent — also announced its first known case Tuesday, in a person who recently traveled from epidemic-hit areas in East Africa. State communicated the same offer of aid for Nigeria.
“这场本迪布焦(Bundibugyo)埃博拉疫情已经成为历史上地理范围最广的埃博拉疫情,影响了非洲三个地区的多个国家,”非洲疾控中心负责人让·卡塞亚(Jean Kaseya)说。
“This Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak has already become the most geographically widespread Ebola outbreak in history, affecting multiple countries across three regions of Africa,” Africa CDC head Jean Kaseya said.