世界卫生组织报告称，一名护士在刚果（金）应对埃博拉疫情警报时遭袭身亡，一名卫生工作者重伤。
The World Health Organization reports that a nurse has been killed and a health worker severely injured in an attack while responding to an Ebola alert in Congo.
刚果（金）布滕博 塞巴斯蒂安·基察·穆萨伊 —— 世界卫生组织称，一名护士和一名卫生工作者在刚果（金）应对埃博拉疫情警报时遭到袭击，护士身亡，卫生工作者重伤。
SEBASTIEN KITSA MUSAYI BUTEMBO, Congo — A nurse was killed and a health worker severely injured after being attacked while responding to an Ebola alert in Congo, according to the World Health Organization.
当局表示，这是针对卫生工作者和应对人员的一系列袭击中的最新一起，正在阻碍遏制全球增长最快的埃博拉疫情的努力。
It was the latest in a series of attacks on health workers and responders that authorities say is hampering efforts to slow the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in the world.
世界卫生组织总干事谭德塞周日在X平台发帖称，袭击于周六发生在该国东部乔波省的巴夫瓦森德镇。
The attack took place Saturday in the town of Bafwasende in the country’s eastern Tshopo province, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a post on X on Sunday.
他说：“所有致力于保护社区免受这种致命疾病侵害的人都必须能够在尊严和安全中工作。医疗卫生工作必须始终受到保护。”
“Everyone working to protect communities from this deadly disease must be able to work in dignity and safety. Healthcare must always be protected,” he said.
世界卫生组织非洲区域主任穆罕默德·亚库布·贾纳比博士也在X平台上谴责了此次袭击。“错误信息和恐惧绝不能助长暴力，”他说。当地政府尚未就袭击事件或嫌疑人发表评论。
WHO regional director for Africa, Dr. Mohamed Yakub Janabi, also condemned the attack on X. “Misinformation and fear must never fuel violence,” he said. Local authorities have not yet commented on the attack or the suspects.
该国卫生部最新数据显示，自5月疫情爆发以来，已记录9800多例病例，其中包括4700多例死亡，使其成为刚果（金）历史上最致命的埃博拉疫情。
The country’s health ministry’s most recent data indicates more than 9,800 cases including more than 4,700 deaths have been recorded since the start of the outbreak in May, making it the deadliest Ebola outbreak in Congo’s history.
上个月，一名刚果（金）政客在北基伍省因公开为政府应对埃博拉疫情的措施辩护而被殴打致死。他在一档广播节目中呼吁公众遵守应对措施，特别是保持社交距离和勤洗手。
Last month, a Congolese politician was beaten to death in North Kivu after publicly defending the government’s response to Ebola He had been calling on the public to obey response measures, particularly social distancing and handwashing, on a radio show.
此事发生在当局启动以村庄为中心的抗疫方法之后，该方法遭到部分居民抵制，他们将埃博拉视为骗局。由于政府过去应对埃博拉疫情的方式以及长期腐败，民众对政府普遍缺乏信任。
It came after authorities launched a village-centered approach to fight the outbreak which faced resistance from some residents who dismiss Ebola as a hoax. There is widespread distrust of the country’s government because of how it has managed past Ebola outbreaks as well as chronic corruption.
救援人员表示，社区对该疾病的怀疑态度使与居民开展工作的努力变得更加复杂，其中包括偏远地区和新出现的疫情热点地区，这些地方本就面临医疗物资和医护人员短缺的问题。
Responders say skepticism about the disease among communities has complicated efforts to work with residents, including in remote areas and emerging hot spots that already face shortages of medical supplies and healthcare workers.
早在疫情爆发初期的5月，愤怒的居民在短短一周内发动两起单独袭击，纵火焚烧了卫生中心的两顶帐篷。
Back in May at the start of the outbreak, two tents at health centers were set alight in two separate attacks in just one week by angry residents.
身处抗疫一线的人员此前曾表示，各支应急小组的一些成员曾在一些卫生区被扣押，一些负责安全且体面安葬的小组曾受到威胁。
Those on the front line of the response to the outbreak have previously said some members of various response teams have been held captive in some health zones, and some teams responsible for safe and dignified burials have been threatened.