
非洲疾病预防控制中心(非洲疾控中心)称,非洲最新一轮埃博拉疫情的死亡人数已超过5300人,绝大多数病例记录在刚果民主共和国(刚果(金))。
The death toll from the latest Ebola outbreak in Africa has surpassed 5,300, with the majority of cases recorded in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).
刚果(金)是此次疫情的中心,该国于5月中旬宣布爆发第17次——也是规模最大的一次——埃博拉疫情。
The DRC is the epicentre of the latest outbreak, having declared its 17th – and largest – Ebola outbreak in mid-May.
根据非洲疾控中心周一发布的数据,此次疫情已造成5376人死亡:其中刚果(金)5372人,肯尼亚和乌干达各2人。
According to data from the Africa CDC on Monday, the outbreak has killed 5,376 people: 5,372 in the DRC and two each in Kenya and Uganda.
导致本次疫情的邦迪布焦病毒株已在刚果(金)、乌干达和肯尼亚感染约10444人,病死率超过50%。病毒在最近几个月已多次跨境传播。
The Bundibugyo strain of the virus, responsible for the current outbreak, has infected some 10,444 people in the DRC, Uganda and Kenya, with a death rate of more than 50 percent. The virus has crossed borders several times in recent months.
邻国乌干达记录了20例病例,几乎全部涉及从刚果(金)入境的人员,于8月宣布无埃博拉疫情。
Neighbouring Uganda recorded 20 cases, almost all involving people who had travelled from the DRC, before being declared Ebola-free in August.
肯尼亚在10月记录了2例死亡和9例感染,标志着该国首次出现埃博拉病例。
Kenya recorded two deaths and nine infections in October, marking the first recorded cases of Ebola in the country.
非洲人口最多的国家尼日利亚的卫生当局称,对东北地区两例疑似病例进行的两轮检测结果均为阴性。
In Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, health authorities said two rounds of testing of two suspected cases in the northeast region confirmed the samples were negative.
阿布贾在10月报告了十多年来首例输入性病例,目前无死亡记录。法国在7月报告了一例从刚果(金)返回的医护人员感染病例。目前尚无获批的治疗方法或疫苗可对抗罕见的邦迪布焦病毒株。
Abuja reported its first imported case in October, the first in more than a decade. It has no recorded deaths. In France, a single case involving a health worker returning from the DRC was reported in July. There are no approved treatments or vaccines to combat the rare Bundibugyo strain.
近几周,针对Ervebo疫苗的临床试验已启动,该疫苗已被证明对更常见的扎伊尔病毒株有效。
In recent weeks, clinical trials have begun with the Ervebo vaccine, which has proved effective against the more common Zaire strain.