
刚果民主共和国(DRC)政府数据显示,埃博拉病例已超过1万例,人们担心疫情可能扩散到更多非洲国家。
Ebola cases in DRC surpass 10,000 as nurse treating patients is killed by machete-wielding mob The number of Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has surpassed 10,000, government data showed, as fears that the epidemic could spread to more African countries grow.
该国卫生部最新报告显示,DRC的埃博拉病例数现为10060例,使这场疫情成为历史上增长最快的埃博拉疫情。
The number of Ebola cases in the DRC now stands at 10,060, according to the latest report from the country's health ministry - making this the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease in history.
此前,官员表示,一名参与DRC埃博拉疫情应对的护士,被一群手持砍刀的年轻人杀害。
It comes after officials said a nurse responding to the Ebola outbreak in the DRC was killed by a group of young people armed with machetes.
周五,另一名卫生工作者在袭击中受伤,这是一系列由关于这种致命病毒的错误信息所煽动的暴力事件中的最新一起。
Another health worker was injured in the attack on Friday - the latest in a series of violent incidents fuelled by misinformation about the deadly virus.
官员称,这两人被一群手持砍刀和棍棒的人袭击,该群体指责这两人通过污染水源传播疾病。
Officials said the two were targeted by a group wielding machetes and batons, who accused the pair of spreading the disease by contaminating water sources.
这名护士在齐奥普省巴法旺森德镇的综合医院工作,一直在帮助提高人们对邦迪布焦毒株的认识。DRC卫生部表示,自5月疫情开始以来,该毒株已在该国造成超过4800人死亡。
The nurse had worked at the general hospital in the town of Bafwasende in Tshopo province, and had been helping raise awareness about the Bundibugyo strain, which the DRC's health ministry says has killed more than 4,800 people in the country since the start of the outbreak in May.
一名当地卫生官员表示,他们“对民众转而反对这名护士感到震惊”,并且“不可能相信他会被误认为是陌生人”。
A local health official said they were "shocked at how the population turned against this nurse", and that it was "impossible to believe that he was mistaken for a stranger".
世界卫生组织(WHO)谴责了这次袭击,其总干事谭德塞坚称,卫生工作者“必须能够在尊严和安全中工作”。
The World Health Organization (WHO) condemned the attack, with its director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, insisting that health workers "must be able to work in dignity and safety".
联合国高级埃博拉协调员朱利安·哈尼在社交媒体帖子中表示,这名护士的死亡“对埃博拉应对工作是一种损失,对患者来说则是更大的损失”。
In a social media post, Julien Harneis, the UN's senior Ebola coordinator, said the nurse's death was "a loss to the Ebola response and an even greater loss to patients".
一名当地官员表示,巴法旺森德的卫生工作者目前在综合医院内,受到警察守卫,军队也曾短暂部署到该地区。
A local official said that health workers in Bafwasende are currently staying at the general hospital under police guard, while the army was also briefly deployed to the area.
该官员补充说:“没有一名护士在家睡觉,因为她们担心自身安全。”医护人员遭遇多次袭击 最近对医护人员的袭击针对医院、车辆以及参与埃博拉应对工作的人员,增加了控制疾病传播的难度。
The official added: "None of the nurses have slept at their homes because they fear for their security." Numerous attacks on health workers Recent attacks on health workers have targeted hospitals, vehicles and staff involved in the Ebola response - adding to the difficulty of containing the spread of the disease.
官员们表示,上周,该地区另一名从事埃博拉意识宣传的社区工作者的房屋被纵火。
The house of another community worker raising awareness about Ebola in the region was set on fire last week, officials said.
与此同时,上个月,一名刚果政治家因为政府应对疫情的措施辩护而被打死。
Meanwhile, last month, a Congolese politician was beaten to death for defending government measures in dealing with the outbreak.
本月早些时候,肯尼亚和尼日利亚均报告了与当前疫情相关的首例埃博拉病例。
Earlier this month, both Kenya and Nigeria reported their first cases of Ebola linked to the current outbreak.
尼日利亚的患者是一名出生于乌干达的瑞士外交官的妻子,当局周一表示,她已被医疗撤离到瑞士接受病毒治疗。
The patient in Nigeria, the Ugandan-born wife of a Swiss diplomat, has been medically evacuated to Switzerland for treatment for the virus, authorities said on Monday.
以色列“种族灭绝”在加沙地带持续,停火后仍在继续,联合国声称特朗普批评者赢得巴西选举 尼日利亚卫生部长穆罕默德·阿里·帕特表示,她的病情已明显好转,目前情况稳定,神志清醒,能够进行交流。
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“这并不意味着她不再具有传染性,因此实施了严格的防控措施,”帕特先生写道。瑞士政府表示:“这种情况不会对瑞士的公共卫生构成任何风险。”该女性在从乌干达返回尼日利亚首都阿布贾后检测呈阳性。尼日利亚当局表示,尚未确定她是如何感染病毒的。
"This does not mean she is not still infectious, hence the strict protocols in place," Mr Pate wrote on The Swiss government said: "This situation does not pose any risk to public health in Switzerland." The woman tested positive after returning to Nigeria's capital, Abuja, from Uganda. Nigerian authorities say they have not yet established how she contracted the virus.
肯尼亚报告了九例病例和两例死亡病例,乌干达也在五月和六月报告了病例。然而,世卫组织在八月宣布该国已摆脱病毒。
Kenya has reported nine cases and two deaths, while Uganda also reported cases in May and June. However, the WHO declared the latter country free of the virus in August.
这种传播意味着该毒株的地理传播范围是迄今为止非洲任何一次埃博拉疫情中最广的。
The transmission means the strain has the widest geographic spread of any Ebola outbreak in Africa to date.