布尼亚，刚果——刚果政府周三表示，该国埃博拉疫情确诊病例已超过1.1万例，这一严峻数字凸显了该国应对疾病蔓延时所面临局势的严重性。
BUNIA, Congo — Congo’s Ebola outbreak has topped 11,000 cases, the government said Wednesday, a stark figure that underscores the severity of the situation as the country grapples with the spread of the disease.
根据卫生部最新数据，已有11042人感染这种致命病毒，目前已造成5387人死亡——在刚果最致命的疫情中，近半数感染者死亡。
According to the latest health ministry data, 11,042 people have been infected with the deadly virus that has now killed 5,387 — nearly half of those infected in what has been Congo’s deadliest outbreak.
疫情于5月中旬宣布爆发，此后刚果当局在遏制疫情方面举步维艰，原因包括武装冲突、卫生系统危机、道路状况恶劣，以及居民因不信任和虚假信息而引发的暴力行为。
The outbreak was declared in mid-May, and since then Congolese authorities have struggled to contain it due to several factors, including armed conflicts, a health system crisis, poor roads and violence from residents fueled by mistrust and misinformation.
引发此次疫情的本迪布焦型病毒目前没有已知的疫苗或治疗方法，已蔓延至该国26个省中的8个省。
The Bundibugyo virus responsible for this outbreak has no known vaccine or treatment and has spread to eight of the country’s 26 provinces.
伊图里省和北基伍省这两个主要热点地区暴力事件再度抬头，令卫生当局感到担忧，他们呼吁停止战斗，以便卫生工作者能够不受阻碍地接触患者。
The resurgence of violence in the two major hotspots in Ituri and North Kivu provinces has sparked worry among health authorities who are calling for a halt to the fighting to allow health workers unhindered access to the sick.
刚果卫生部长罗杰·坎巴表示，伊图里省占全部病例的近70%，而北基伍省已成为新的主要传播地。
While Ituri accounts for nearly 70% of total cases, North Kivu has emerged as the main site of new transmission, according to Congolese Health Minister Roger Kamba.
许多对病毒持怀疑态度的社区居民还将医疗设施和医务人员作为攻击目标，已发生多起针对卫生工作者的袭击事件。疫情已影响到伊图里省的一些学校，更多教师感染了这种疾病。
Health facilities and medical professionals have also been targeted by many in communities skeptical of the virus, and there have been several attacks on health workers. The outbreak has affected some schools in Ituri, with more teachers contracting the disease.
伊图里省省会布尼亚的两名校长告诉美联社，在失去教职员工后，他们为教师和学生感到担忧。
Two head teachers in Bunia, the provincial capital of Ituri, told The Associated Press they are worried about their teachers and students after losing members of staff.
“我们的学生和全体教职员工都受到了心理创伤。在这个阶段，我们需要心理医生来支持我们，因为情况极其艰难，”其中一位校长艾萨克·辛戈马说。
“Our students and the entire staff have been left traumatized. At this stage, we need psychologists to support us, as the situation is extremely difficult,” Isaac Singoma, one of the head teachers, said.
专家呼吁加大力度，以减缓并遏制刚果的疫情。该疾病已蔓延至乌干达、肯尼亚和尼日利亚等多个非洲国家。自1976年首次发现埃博拉以来，已报告了数十起埃博拉疫情。
Experts have called for more efforts to slow and contain the outbreak in Congo. The disease has spread to multiple African countries including Uganda, Kenya and Nigeria. Dozens of Ebola outbreaks have been reported since the disease was first discovered in 1976.
最大且最致命的一次发生在2014年至2016年的西非，共有2.8万例感染，超过1.1万人死亡。
The largest and deadliest occurred in West Africa from 2014 to 2016, with 28,000 infections and more than 11,000 deaths.
当前疫情已位居第二；自宣布疫情以来，其病例数和死亡数至少是西非疫情同期的三倍。
The current outbreak already ranks second and has had at least three times the number of cases and deaths in the time since it was declared, compared with the West Africa outbreak.