
政府数据显示,刚果民主共和国(刚果(金))埃博拉疫情死亡人数已超过5000人,当局尚未找到控制该国有记录以来最致命埃博拉疫情的办法。最新死亡人数于周五公布。
The death toll from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has surpassed 5,000, government data show, with authorities yet to find a way to control the country’s deadliest outbreak of the virus on record. The latest death toll was announced on Friday.
自5月宣布爆发疫情以来,埃博拉已在刚果(金)感染超过10000人。
Ebola has infected more than 10,000 people in the DRC since the outbreak was declared in May.
目前尚无获批的治疗方法或疫苗来对抗导致本次疫情的罕见邦迪布焦毒株。
There are no approved treatments or vaccines to combat the rare Bundibugyo strain of the virus, responsible for the ongoing outbreak.
检测延迟、冲突和紧张的医疗服务使病毒比以往疫情传播得更快,迄今已波及刚果(金)26个省中的8个。病毒也已蔓延至邻国。
Delayed detection, conflict and strained health services have helped the virus sprapidly than in past outbreaks, reaching eight of the DRC’s 26 provinces to date. The virus has spread to neighbouring countries as well.
上周,尼日利亚成为第四个报告埃博拉病例的非洲国家,将疫情的地理传播范围延伸至西非。东非国家肯尼亚和乌干达也报告了病例。
Last week, Nigeria became the fourth African country to report an Ebola case, extending the outbreak’s geographic spread to West Africa. East African countries Kenya and Uganda have also reported cases.
今年的埃博拉疫情是有史以来第二大疫情,仅次于2014-2016年那场在几内亚、利比里亚和塞拉利昂感染超过28600人、造成超过11000人死亡的疫情。
This year’s Ebola outbreak is the second-largest ever, behind only the 2014-2016 epidemic that infected more than 28,600 people and killed more than 11,000 people across Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
一些政府已开始限制前往受影响国家的旅行,或对近期访问或途经这些国家的旅客实施隔离。
Some governments have been restricting travel to affected countries or quarantining travellers who have recently visited or transited through them.
据沙特通讯社报道,周五,沙特阿拉伯暂停了往返肯尼亚的旅行及来自肯尼亚的人员入境。
On Friday, Saudi Arabia suspended travel to and entry from Kenya, according to the Saudi Press Agency.
措施包括暂停沙特公民前往肯尼亚旅行,以及暂停向来自该国的旅客签发所有类型签证。
The measures include suspending travel by Saudi citizens to Kenya and a pause on issuing all types of visas to travellers from the country.
该国还禁止来自肯尼亚的旅客入境,包括那些在过去21天内曾在肯尼亚或其他埃博拉受影响国家停留、并经第三国中转的旅客。
The kingdom is also prohibiting entry to travellers arriving from Kenya, including those transiting through third countries who have stayed in Kenya or other Ebola-affected countries within the previous 21 days.
6月,沙特阿拉伯已暂停往返刚果(金)、乌干达和南苏丹的旅行及来自这些国家的人员入境。
In June, Saudi Arabia suspended travel to and entry from the DRC, Uganda, and South Sudan.