官员周五表示，比利时正向刚果民主共和国东北部部署一座移动实验室，以支持针对邦迪布焦埃博拉病毒的疫苗和治疗研究，该国正面临有史以来最大规模的疫情爆发。
Belgium is deploying a mobile laboratory to northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo to support research into vaccines and treatments for the Bundibugyo Ebola virus, as the country battles its largest outbreak of the disease, officials said Friday.
据刚果卫生部称，该设施将运往伊图里省首府布尼亚，使研究人员能够在现场进行生物分析，作为开发安全有效疫苗工作的一部分。
The facility, destined for Bunia, the capital of Ituri province, will enable researchers to conduct biological analyses on site as part of efforts to develop a safe and effective vaccine, according to Congo's Health Ministry.
卫生部表示，在研究团队附近设立实验室将减少将样本运往遥远检测中心的需求。
The ministry said having a laboratory near the research teams would reduce the need to transport samples to distant testing centers.
比利时外交部长马克西姆·普雷沃周四表示，设备正通过比利时的B-FAST应急响应机制，乘坐军用飞机运输。
Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot said Thursday that the equipment was being transported aboard a military aircraft under Belgium's B-FAST emergency response mechanism.
普雷沃重申比利时致力于通过流行病学监测、疾病预防和改善卫生服务来支持刚果。该倡议得到欧盟支持。
Prevot reaffirmed his country's commitment to supporting Congo through epidemiological surveillance, disease prevention and improvements to health services. The initiative is supported by the European Union.
根据最新官方数据，疫情已造成确诊病例超过1万例，死亡近5000例。
The outbreak has surpassed 10,000 confirmed cases, with nearly 5,000 deaths, according to the latest official figures.
自5月出现以来，疫情已蔓延至八个省份：上韦莱、伊图里、北基伍、南基伍、下韦莱、乔波、南乌班吉和北乌班吉，伊图里仍是疫情中心。目前尚无针对邦迪布焦毒株的获批疫苗。
Since emerging in May, the disease has spread across eight provinces: Haut-Uele, Ituri, North Kivu, South Kivu, Bas-Uele, Tshopo, South-Ubangi and North-Ubangi, with Ituri remaining the epicenter. There is currently no approved vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain.
本周早些时候，在世界卫生组织支持下，刚果卫生当局宣布启动一项临床试验，在确诊病例的接触者中评估候选疫苗。
Earlier this week, Congolese health authorities, supported by the World Health Organization, announced a clinical trial to evaluate candidate vaccines among contacts of confirmed cases.