当地时间3日,世卫组织总干事谭德塞表示,刚果(金)姆班达卡市暴发的新一轮埃博拉疫情中,已发现8例病例,其中4例死亡。世卫组织及其合作伙伴派出近50人抵达姆班达卡,并带去3600剂疫苗和2000份检测工具。目前,当地政府正测定病毒基因序列,以确认是否与当地2018年暴发过的埃博拉疫情有关。
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The Ebola virus has infected two more people in Equateur province in western Democratic Republic of Congo and spread to a new area 150 km (93 miles) away from the original six cases, the World Heath Organization said on Wednesday.
On Monday Congolese authorities confirmed tests showing that four people had died of Ebola in the western city of Mbandaka.
On Wednesday almost 50 health workers from WHO and its partners arrived in Mbandaka with 3,600 doses of Ebola vaccine and 2,000 cartridges for lab testing, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
据媒体此前报道,刚果(金)卫生部长隆贡多1日说,该国西北部暴发了新一轮埃博拉疫情,这是自1976年以来刚果(金)第11次发生埃博拉疫情。
世界卫生组织1日也在官网发布了该消息。
The Democratic Republic of Congo or DR Congo on Monday announced a new outbreak of Ebola virus disease in the Wangata health zone of Mbandaka, the capital of quateur province in the northwestern part of the country.
The new cases mark the country's 11th outbreak of Ebola since the virus was first discovered in the country in 1976.
刚果(金)卫生部长隆贡多1日在新闻发布会上说,实验室检测结果表明赤道省首府姆班达卡发现了埃博拉病毒阳性病例。
According to Eteni Longondo, the heads of the National Institute of Biomedical Research in Kinshasa confirmed on Monday the result of the test taken from the patients on the spot in the town of Mbandaka.
Congolese Minister of Health Eteni Longondo is holding a press conference. (Xinhua/Uaykani Alwak Alain)图源:新华社
世界卫生组织总干事谭德塞当天也通过社交媒体确认了刚果(金)发生埃博拉新疫情,并透露已有6名感染者,其中4人已死亡。谭德塞博士在当天的媒体会上说,世卫组织将继续支持该国应对埃博拉疫情,以及应对2019冠状病毒病和世界上最大的麻疹疫情。
According to WHO Secretary-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who has confirmed six cases, including four already dead by his Twitter account, WHO already has its teams on scene to support the fight against the epidemic.
隆贡多表示,卫生部门未发现新的疫情与第10轮疫情之间有联系。
刚果(金)第10轮埃博拉疫情始于2018年8月,2019年7月世卫组织宣布刚果(金)埃博拉疫情构成国际关注的突发公共卫生事件。截至今年5月29日,刚果(金)在第10轮疫情中累计报告确诊病例3463例,死亡2280例。
据世界卫生组织资料显示,埃博拉病毒病(以往称为“埃博拉病毒性出血热”)是一种急性出血性传染病,病死率高达50%至90%,是世界上最凶猛的疾病之一。世界卫生组织将其列为对人类危害最严重的病毒之一,即“第四级病毒”(艾滋病为2级,SARS为3级,级数越大防护越严格)。
国际红十字会、联合国教科文组织曾共同出品科普动画短片《埃博拉的故事》,讲述一个非洲小女孩与家人一起战胜埃博拉的故事。短片以故事的形式普及了埃博拉病毒的传播途径、隔离治疗、及预防的知识,很值得一看。
综合来源:世界卫生组织官网,人民日报,路透社,新华网,中国日报网