华盛顿，10月28日 —— 主要美国和外国航空公司敦促美国疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）重新考虑新规，该规要求所有前往美国的旅客证明其在过去21天内未曾前往刚果民主共和国。
WASHINGTON, Oct 28 - Major American and foreign airlines urged the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to reconsider new rules requiring all US-bound travelers to attest they have not been in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the prior 21 days.
国际航空运输协会（IATA）和美国航空公司协会（Airlines for America）在两封此前未被报道、经路透社查阅的信函中，分别敦促CDC重新考虑上周宣布、将于11月3日生效的计划，该计划旨在防止接触过埃博拉病毒的人员入境。
The International Air Transport Association and Airlines for America, in separate previously unreported letters reviewed by Reuters, urged the CDC to reconsider the plan announced last week that takes effect on November 3 and is aimed at preventing entry by people exposed to Ebola.
“美国政府要求所有服务于美国市场的航空公司在不到两周的时间内修改程序，以收集每一位飞往美国的（乘客和机组）人员的证明，这是不合理的，”代表130多个国家370多家成员航空公司的国际航空运输协会在周二日期的信函中表示。
"It is unreasonable for the U.S. government to require all airlines serving the U.S. market to modify their procedures to accommodate the collection of attestations from each individual (passenger and crew) flying to the United States in less than two weeks," IATA, which represents over 370 member airlines in more than 130 countries, said in the letter dated Tuesday.
新的CDC命令要求所有前往美国的航空公司乘客和机组人员提交电子或纸质证明。CDC未立即回应置评请求。
The new CDC order requires all US-bound airline passengers and crew members to file digital or paper attestations. The CDC did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
代表联合航空、美国航空、西南航空和达美航空的美国航空公司协会在另一封致CDC的信函中表示，该计划不可行。
Airlines for America, which represents United Airlines, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines, said in a separate letter to the CDC that the plan was unworkable.
“值机系统变更、电子签名、地面程序和培训无法在规定时间内轻易完成，”该协会表示，呼吁CDC“重新考虑一个更相称、更审慎的美国应对措施。”美国航空公司协会称，2025年美国海关与边境保护局（CBP）筛查了约1.3亿航空旅客，但其中与刚果民主共和国有关联的不足2.5万人。
"Changes to check-in systems, digital signatures, station procedures, and training cannot readily be completed in the allotted time," the group said, calling on the CDC to "reconsider a more proportionate and measured U.S. response." Airlines for America said that in 2025, US Customs and Border Protection screened about 130 million air passengers, but fewer than 25,000 of them had a connection to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
国际航空运输协会（IATA）还质疑为何该计划仅适用于航空旅客。IATA表示：“美国政府显然已认定，埃博拉病毒输入美国的风险足够高，足以证明实施这一全球性流程的合理性。难以理解为何其他交通方式——海运和陆运——未被纳入这一强制要求。”
IATA also questioned why the plan only applied to air travelers. "The U.S. government has clearly decided that the risk of the importation of Ebola into the United States is high enough to justify this global process. It is difficult to understand why other modes of transportation – maritime and surface – were not included in this mandate," IATA said.
美国疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）于5月通过规定，禁止在前三周内曾到过2026年疫情中心刚果（金）的外国航空旅客入境。7月，限制范围扩大至美国公民。
The CDC in May adopted rules barring foreign airline passengers who had been in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the center of the 2026 outbreak, in the prior three weeks. The restrictions were extended to US citizens in July.
美国航空业协会（Airlines for America）敦促CDC豁免机组人员、美军人员和跳座旅客，称该计划“过于严格、成本高昂，给美国民众和美国航空业带来沉重负担。”作为埃博拉防疫措施的一部分，CDC自今年早些时候起禁止在前三周内曾到过乌干达或南苏丹的外国国民入境美国。
Airlines for America urged the CDC to exempt crew members, the US military and jumpseat travelers, calling the plan "overly stringent, costly and burdensome to Americans and the US airline industry." As part of the Ebola measures, the CDC since earlier this year has barred foreign nationals from the US if they were in Uganda or South Sudan in the prior three weeks.
邦迪布焦毒株在疫情于5月宣布前已隐蔽传播数月。该毒株感染者死亡率约为二分之一，目前尚无获批治疗药物或疫苗。
The Bundibugyo strain of the virus spread undetected for months before the outbreak was declared in May. It kills about half of those infected and has no approved treatment or vaccine.
据非洲疾控中心（Africa CDC）统计，迄今疫情已确认在非洲造成约4700人死亡。
So far the outbreak is confirmed to have killed about 4,700 people in Africa, according to the Africa CDC.