非洲疾病预防控制中心（非洲疾控中心）负责人周四表示，尽管该地区埃博拉疫情迅速蔓延，非洲卫生部长们同意保持各国边境开放。
African health ministers agreed to keep their countries’ borders open despite the fast-expanding Ebola outbreak in the region, the head of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said Thursday.
此项声明是在非洲疾控中心召开的一次高级别视频会议后发布的，会议旨在评估埃博拉疫情形势并讨论加强跨境协调的方式。
The announcement came after a high-level virtual meeting convened by the Africa CDC to assess the Ebola situation and discuss ways to strengthen cross-border coordination.
40多位非洲部长出席了此次紧急会议，会议是在由邦迪布焦毒株引起的埃博拉疫情地理范围迅速扩大的背景下召开的。
More than 40 African ministers attended the emergency meeting, convened amid the rapid geographic spread of the Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo strain.
目前有四个国家受到本轮疫情影响，包括刚果、乌干达、肯尼亚和尼日利亚。
Four countries have been affected so far by the current outbreak, including Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Nigeria.
会议决定让每个国家都做好准备，并跨境携手合作，以遏制病毒进一步扩散。据非洲疾控中心称，自5月以来，该病毒已造成近5000人死亡，主要在刚果民主共和国。确诊病例数已超过10170例，病死率为48.5%。
The meeting resolved to get every country ready and work hand-in-hand across borders to avert further spread of the virus, which has claimed nearly 5,000 lives since May, mainly in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The number of confirmed cases has surpassed 10,170, with a case fatality rate of 48.5% according to Africa CDC. “I stood before more than 40 African Ministers and said what the data tells us: we are not winning so far,” said Kaseya.
卡塞亚表示：“我站在40多位非洲部长面前，陈述数据告诉我们的情况：到目前为止，我们并未取胜。我们一致同意让每个国家做好准备，跨境协调，并在密切监控的同时保持边境开放。我们的合作伙伴支持非洲的计划。”卡塞亚告诉部长们，在过去五个月里，疫情已从一场国家危机演变为一场大陆卫生安全考验。
“Together, we agreed to prepare every country, coordinate across our borders and keep those borders open while watching them closely. Our partners are standing behind Africa’s plan.”Kaseya told the ministers that the outbreak has grown during the past five months from a national crisis into a continental health security test.
他表示，虽然首要任务是在非洲大陆遏制埃博拉，但不安全局势、复杂的人道主义形势和资金有限仍是挑战。
He said while the main priority is to stop Ebola on the continent, insecurity, complex humanitarian situations and limited funding remain the challenges.
乌干达卫生部长克里斯·巴里奥穆恩西表示，乌干达的经验表明，当各国早果断行动时，可以阻断传播。世界卫生组织于8月宣布乌干达无埃博拉疫情。自5月宣布疫情爆发以来，该国报告了20例确诊病例。
Uganda’s Health Minister Chris Baryomunsi said his country's experience shows that countries can interrupt transmission when they act early and decisively. Uganda was declared free of Ebola in August by the World Health Organization. The country reported 20 confirmed cases after the outbreak was declared in May.
非洲疾控中心警告称，继刚果（金）爆发疫情后，卢旺达、肯尼亚、坦桑尼亚、安哥拉、布隆迪、中非共和国、刚果共和国、埃塞俄比亚、南苏丹和赞比亚等10个非洲国家面临“受影响风险”。
The Africa CDC has warned that 10 other African nations are “at risk” of being affected by the virus, following an outbreak in Congo, including Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, South Sudan and Zambia.