
尼日利亚卫生当局周一确认,在该国东北部调查的两例疑似埃博拉病例经两轮检测均呈阴性。
Health authorities investigating two suspected Ebola cases in north-eastern Nigeria confirmed on Monday that both samples were negative after two rounds of testing.
尼日利亚疾病控制与预防中心在社交媒体上表示,这两名个体在官员开展接触者识别、登记和实验室检测期间已被隔离。
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said on social media that the two individuals had been isolated while officials carried out contact identification, listing and laboratory testing.
尼日利亚于10月23日确认了十多年来的首例埃博拉病例,患者为一名42岁的瑞士女性,她曾前往乌干达,随后返回尼日利亚中部首都阿布贾。
Nigeria confirmed its first Ebola case in more than a decade on 23 October in a 42-year-old Swiss woman who had travelled to Uganda and then returned to the capital Abuja in central Nigeria.
她和丈夫于10月26日返回瑞士。这仍是尼日利亚唯一一例确诊的邦迪布焦毒株病例。
She and her husband returned to Switzerland on 26 October. It remains the only confirmed case of the Bundibugyo strain of the virus in Nigeria.
在登记了20例病例和2例死亡后,邻国乌干达于8月被世界卫生组织(WHO)宣布无埃博拉疫情。
After registering 20 cases and two deaths, neighbouring Uganda was declared Ebola-free by the World Health Organization (WHO) in August.
肯尼亚在9例病例中记录了2例死亡。大多数感染者近期曾前往刚果民主共和国(DRC),自5月宣布疫情爆发以来,该国已有5000多人死于埃博拉。
Kenya has recorded two deaths from the virus out of nine cases. Most of those infected had recently travelled to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where more than 5,000 people have died since the outbreak was declared in May.
刚果民主共和国是埃博拉疫情中心 随着刚果民主共和国应对其最致命的埃博拉疫情,邻国中非共和国(CAR)已加强边境管控,对过境旅客实施每日检查。
DRC centre of Ebola outbreak As the DRC deals with its deadliest Ebola epidemic, neighbouring Central African Republic (CAR) has tightened frontier controls, with daily checks on travellers crossing the border.
在首都班吉西南部宾博区的姆波科巴克码头,卫生工作者监督医疗检查。
At the M'Poko Bac pier, in the Bimbo district south-west of the capital Bangui, health workers supervise medical checks.
“我的同事之一负责引导他们去洗手站。我们向他们简要说明情况,然后引导他们去帐篷进行体温检测和登记,”马尔迪亚娜·巴加拉马解释道。
"One of my colleagues is there to direct them to the hand-washing station. We brief them on the situation, then direct them to the tent for temperature checks and registration," Maldiana Bagalama explained.
刚果民主共和国和中非共和国共享一条长达1500多公里的边境,边境管控薄弱。
The DRC and CAR share a porous frontier stretching for more than 1,500 kilometres.
埃博拉通过接触体液传播,会引起严重出血热,在过去50年里已在非洲夺走15000多条生命。尽管风险犹存,乌班吉河沿岸的经济活动仍在如常进行。渔民、独木舟船工、鲜鱼贩子,全都靠这条水道谋生。“我们很担心”“我们很担心,因为我们就在这儿、在河边干活,如果埃博拉病毒传到这里,我们会首当其冲,”鱼贩、三个孩子的母亲内热说。她补充道:“我们要求卫生部采取更严格的预防措施。”几米外,25岁的福克西·耶蒂·恩扎帕正用独木舟摆渡乘客。
Ebola, transmitted through contact with bodily fluids and which causes a severe haemorrhagic fever, has claimed more than 15,000 lives in Africa over the past 50 years. Despite the risks, economic activity continues apace along the Oubangui river. Fishermen, canoe operators, sellers of fresh fish all depend on the waterway. 'We are worried' "We are worried because we work right here, by the river, and if Ebola reaches here we shall be the first to fall victim to it," said Neige, a fishmonger and mother-of-three. "We're asking the ministry of health to take far greater precautions," she added. A few metres away, Foxy Yeti Nzapa, 25, ferried passengers by canoe.
这位两个孩子的父亲说,他担心在两国间往返会让自己暴露在病毒面前。
The father-of-two said he was frightened that travelling between the two countries might expose him to the virus.
“在中非共和国很难找工作,这是我唯一的收入来源,”他接着说。
"It's hard to find work in the Central African Republic and this is my only source of income," he added.
“我担心我们从对岸带回来的人也可能让我们面临风险,因为我们在两国间提供运输,却没有任何防护。这很危险,”他说。
"My concern is that the people we bring back from the other side might also put us at risk, given that we provide transport between the two countries without any protection. It's dangerous," he said.
布尼亚为保护家庭免受刚果(金)最致命埃博拉疫情侵袭而战 “从对岸,我们有时听说某人死于埃博拉。我也可能被感染。所以我们需要预防措施来保护自己,因为我们与对岸一直有接触。” 备战状态 除了在过河点进行筛查检查外,中非共和国卫生当局还发起了宣传宣导活动。
Inside Bunia’s fight to protect families from DRC’s deadliest Ebola outbreak "From over there, we sometimes hear this or that person has died of Ebola. I could also become infected. So we need preventive measures to protect ourselves, as we are in constant contact with the other side." State of preparedness In addition to the screening checks at the river crossing, health authorities in the CAR have launched awareness-raising campaigns.
社区首领、社区领袖和宗教人士被动员起来,向居民传达预防指南。
Neighbourhood chiefs, community leaders and religious figures are being drafted in to pass on prevention guidelines to residents.
“备战也意味着让公众参与进来,”卫生部部门负责人瓦朗坦·内班加医生说。
"Preparedness also means keeping the public engaged," said Dr Valentin Nebanga, departmental head at the Ministry of Health.
“我们需要确保人们理解防护措施的重要性,特别是在中非共和国尚无报告病例的情况下。” 护士遇害 刚果(金)疫情的应对工作因部分民众的不信任而受阻。
"We need to make sure that people understand the importance of protective measures, particularly while there are no reported cases in the CAR." Nurse killed The response to the DRC's outbreak has been hampered by the distrust of parts of the population.
据世卫组织称,10月24日,在刚果(金)东北部乔波省的巴夫瓦森德,一名护士在袭击中遇害,另一名卫生工作者重伤。
According to the WHO, a nurse was killed and another health worker seriously wounded in an attack on 24 October in Bafwasende, in the DRC's north-eastern Tshopo province.
非洲疾控中心负责人警告称“任何国家都不安全”,埃博拉已传入尼日利亚。巴法旺森健康区首席医疗官马塞尔·利科洛博士告诉法新社,该地区的年轻人指责受害者试图用药片感染当地人,随后袭击了他们。他表示,事发的埃博拉治疗中心此后已关闭。
Africa CDC chief warns ‘no country is safe’ as Ebola reaches Nigeria Doctor Marcel Likolo, chief medical officer of the Bafwasende health district, told the French news agency AFP that young people from the area had accused the victims of trying to infect locals with tablets before attacking them. The Ebola treatment centre where the incident took place has since shut down, he said.
近几周,针对埃博拉疫苗“厄沃博”的测试已经开始,以确定它是否也能对布迪布吉奥变种提供保护。该疫苗已被证明对较为常见的扎伊尔毒株有效,而布迪布吉奥变种目前没有获批的治疗方法或疫苗。
Testing of the Ervebo vaccine, which has proven to be effective against the more common Zaire strain of the Ebola virus, has begun in recent weeks to determine whether it could also provide protection against the Bundibugyo variant which has no approved treatments or vaccines.