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刚果金沙萨——非洲顶级公共卫生机构非洲疾控中心于周五证实，刚果偏远的伊图里省暴发新一轮埃博拉疫情，目前已记录246例疑似病例和65例死亡病例。
非洲疾病预防控制中心在一份声明中表示，死亡病例和疑似病例主要集中在蒙格瓦卢和伦帕拉卫生区。
埃博拉病毒具有高度传染性，可通过呕吐物、血液、精液等体液传播。其所引发的疾病虽罕见但病情严重，往往致命。
该机构称：“实验室确诊病例中已有4人死亡。布尼亚也报告了疑似病例，目前等待确认结果。”布尼亚是伊图里省首府，毗邻乌干达边境。
声明还表示，初步实验室检测结果显示，20份样本中有13份检出埃博拉病毒。
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此次疫情暴发距刚果上一轮埃博拉疫情被宣布结束仅约五个月，上一轮疫情共造成43人死亡。
伊图里省位于刚果东部偏远地区，道路网络极差，距离首都金沙萨超过620英里。
非洲疾控中心表示，由于人口大量流动、蒙格瓦卢地区因采矿产生的人员流动、受影响地区的安全局势、接触者追踪工作存在缺口以及防控工作面临挑战，疫情进一步扩散的风险令人担忧。
该机构还指出，受影响地区毗邻乌干达和南苏丹，这也加剧了人们的担忧。
非洲疾控中心称，该机构将于周五与刚果、乌干达和南苏丹的卫生当局，以及包括联合国机构和其他国家在内的主要合作伙伴召开紧急高级别协调会议。
“此次会议将聚焦于即时应对优先级、跨境协调、监测、实验室支持、感染预防与控制、风险沟通、安全且体面的丧葬安排以及资源动员等议题。”
这是自1976年埃博拉病毒在刚果首次被发现以来，该国第17次暴发埃博拉疫情。2018年至2020年在刚果东部暴发的埃博拉疫情造成超过1000人死亡。
2014年至2016年席卷西非的早期埃博拉疫情也造成超过1.1万人死亡。
此次新疫情将让这个中非国家更加忧心忡忡，该国东部一直在与多个武装组织作战，其中包括M23反叛组织。该组织于去年1月发动快速攻势，随后占领了多个关键城市。
伊图里省尤其还在对抗“民主同盟军”的暴力活动，这一与极端组织“伊斯兰国”有关联的武装组织已在该省和东部其他地区杀害数十人。
刚果是非洲陆地面积第二大国家，在应对疾病疫情方面经常面临后勤挑战。在去年持续三个月的疫情中，由于交通不便和资金匮乏，世界卫生组织最初在运送疫苗方面面临巨大困难。
Ebola outbreak in Congo kills dozens, may be hitting hundreds more, Africa’s CDC says
May 15, 2026 / 5:31 AM EDT / AP / CBS News
Kinshasa, Congo— Africa CDC, the continent’s top public health body, on Friday confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo’s remote Ituri province, with 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths recorded so far.
The deaths and suspected cases have been recorded mainly in the Mongwalu and Rwampara health zones, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement.
The Ebola virus is highly contagious and can be contracted through bodily fluids such as vomit, blood, or semen. The disease it causes is rare but severe, and often fatal.
“Four deaths have been reported among laboratory-confirmed cases. Suspected cases have also been reported in Bunia, pending confirmation,” the agency said, referring to the capital of Ituri province, near the border with Uganda.
It said preliminary laboratory results have detected the Ebola virus in 13 of 20 samples tested.
A health worker sprays disinfectant on a colleague after working at an Ebola treatment center in Beni, eastern Congo, in September 2018. AP Photo / Al-hadji Kudra Maliro
The latest outbreak comes around five months after Congo’s last Ebola outbreak was declared after 43 deaths.
Ituri is in a remote eastern part of Congo characterized by poor road networks and is more than 620 miles from the nation’s capital of Kinshasa.
Africa CDC said it’s concerned about the risk of further spread due to intense population movement, mining-related mobility in Mongwalu, insecurity in affected areas, gaps in contact listing and control challenges.
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The proximity of affected areas to Uganda and South Sudan also raises concerns, it said.
The agency said it is convening an urgent high-level coordination meeting Friday with health authorities from Congo, Uganda and South Sudan, together with key partners including U.N. agencies and other countries.
“The meeting will focus on immediate response priorities, cross-border coordination, surveillance, laboratory support, infection prevention and control, risk communication, safe and dignified burials, and resource mobilization,” it said.
This is the 17th outbreak in Congo since the disease first emerged in the country in 1976. An Ebola outbreak from 2018 to 2020 in eastern Congo killed more than 1,000 people.
An earlier outbreak that swept across West Africa from 2014 to 2016 also killed more than 11,000 people.
The new outbreak will create more worry for the Central African country, which has been battling various armed groups in the east, including the M23 rebel group, which launched a rapid assault in January last year and has since occupied key cities.
Ituri in particular is also battling violence from the Allied Democratic Force, an ISIS-linked militant group which has killed dozens there and in other parts of the east.
Congo, Africa’s second-largest country by land area, often faces logistical challenges in responding to disease outbreaks. During last year’s outbreak, which lasted three months, the World Health Organization initially faced significant challenges in delivering vaccines due to limited access and scarce funds
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