2026-05-25 07:36:20 美国东部时间 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
乌干达卫生当局周一报告两例新增埃博拉病例，使该国总感染人数升至7例。此前，邻国刚果民主共和国的疑似病例数已突破900例。
所有病例均与刚果的疫情暴发有关，此次疫情似乎早在该国5月15日宣布暴发前数日至数周就已开始。
一名59岁的刚果男子于5月11日被送往乌干达首都坎帕拉的一家医院，三天后死亡，当时尚未确诊其感染埃博拉病毒。另外两名在乌干达就医的刚果公民随后埃博拉病毒检测呈阳性。
2026年5月21日，刚果民主共和国蒙布阿卢，埃博拉疫情应对期间，身着防护装备的医护人员在综合转诊医院外行走。米歇尔·卢南加 / 盖蒂图片社
乌干达卫生当局周六确认了首批本土感染病例：一名司机和一名医护人员，他们曾接触过5月11日死亡的刚果患者。乌干达卫生部周一表示，坎帕拉一家私立医院的另外两名医护人员检测结果呈阳性。
刚果当局周日称，该国疑似埃博拉病例已超过900例，主要集中在东部伊图里省，这也是此次疫情的中心区域，该省确诊病例现已超过100例。
当地民众的恐惧、愤怒和挫败感，以及该地区长期受武装暴力影响导致的对当局的不信任，阻碍了疫情应对工作。此类情绪还引发了针对治疗中心的袭击事件。
世界卫生组织（WHO）已将此次疫情列为国际关注的突发公共卫生事件。
此次疫情的病原体为邦迪布约型埃博拉病毒，目前尚无获批的疫苗或治疗方法。不过牛津大学的科学家正在研发一款疫苗，有望在“两到三个月内”启动临床试验。世卫组织一名发言人上周告诉哥伦比亚广播公司的合作媒体BBC新闻。
枪击与撤离行动
周日晚间，愤怒的年轻人冲击了刚果东部一家收治埃博拉患者的医院，随着该地区响起枪声，医护人员被迫紧急撤离患者。
目前尚不清楚此次袭击是否造成人员伤亡。该院医疗主任理查德·洛库杜博士告诉美联社，袭击者要求将两名亲属的尸体交给他们。
洛库杜在电话中表示，现场发生了枪击，医护人员正试图撤离患者和工作人员。
“蒙布阿卢综合转诊医院已进入全面戒备状态，”他补充道。他无法提供更多关于当前混乱局势的细节。
此次袭击是一周内第三起针对医疗设施的袭击事件，医护人员正面临资源匮乏、难以救治疑似埃博拉病例的困境，这凸显了此次疫情应对面临的挑战。
感染埃博拉病毒死亡的尸体具有极强传染性，民众在筹备葬礼、聚集举行悼念仪式时可能会造成病毒进一步传播。
为应对此次疫情，刚果当局已规定，只要有可能，应由官方负责处理疑似死者遗体的高危工作，但这一举措往往会遭到死者家属和亲友的抗议。周五，刚果政府宣布在东北部地区禁止举行守灵活动以及聚集人数超过50人的集会，以遏制病毒传播。
2026年5月23日，乌干达姆庞德韦，随着当地埃博拉病例增多，边境防控措施升级，卫生团队在与刚果民主共和国接壤的姆庞德韦边境口岸对入境旅行者和车辆进行埃博拉筛查。尼古拉斯·卡乔巴/阿纳多卢通讯社 via 盖蒂图片社
周六，伊图里省蒙布阿卢的一群居民袭击并纵火烧毁了无国界医生组织搭建的疑似和确诊埃博拉病例收治帐篷。
洛库杜此前曾表示，袭击期间有18名疑似埃博拉感染者逃离该设施，目前下落不明。
周四，位于伦帕拉镇的另一家治疗中心被纵火烧毁，此前家属被禁止取回一名疑似因埃博拉死亡的当地男子的尸体。
世卫组织表示，此次疫情对刚果的风险评级已从此前的“高”上调至“极高”，但病毒在全球范围内传播的风险仍然较低。
周日早些时候，刚果通信部表示，埃博拉疑似死亡病例总数为119例，但该部门分别公布的各地区死亡病例数相加总计为220例。记者目前无法联系到官员解释这一数据差异。
国际红十字与红新月运动联合会周六表示，其三名志愿者在蒙布阿卢的疫情中死亡。该机构称，这三名医护人员于3月27日在执行一项与埃博拉无关的人道主义任务时，因处理尸体而感染病毒。
若情况属实，此次疫情的暴发时间线将大幅提前。
New ebola infections in Uganda as Congo passes 900 suspected cases
2026-05-25 07:36:20 EDT / CBS/AP
Ugandan health authorities reported two new Ebola cases Monday, bringing the number of infections there to seven after the number of suspected cases in the neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo surpassed 900.
All the cases are linked to the Congo outbreak, which appears to have started several days or weeks before authorities in that country declared the outbreak on May 15.
A 59-year-old Congolese man was admitted to a hospital in Kampala, the Ugandan capital, on May 11 and died three days later, before it was known he was suffering from the Ebola virus. Two other Congolese nationals who sought medical care in Uganda later tested positive for Ebola.
Health workers wearing protective equipment walk outside the General Referral Hospital during the Ebola outbreak response on May 21, 2026 in Mongbwalu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Michel Lunanga / Getty Images
Ugandan health authorities on Saturday confirmed the first local infections: a driver and a health worker exposed to the Congolese patient who died on May 11. Two more health workers at a private hospital in Kampala have tested positive, the Ministry of Health said Monday.
In the Congo, suspected Ebola cases have topped 900, mainly in the eastern Ituri province, where the ongoing outbreak is centered, authorities said Sunday, and where confirmed cases are now over 100.
The response has been hampered by fear, anger and frustration among locals including attacks on treatment centers, as well as distrust of authorities in a region long plagued by armed violence.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern.
The Bundibugyo type of Ebola virus responsible for the outbreak has no approved vaccine or treatment, though scientists from the University of Oxford are working on a vaccine that could begin clinical trials in “two to three months,” a WHO spokesperson told CBS News partner network BBC News last week.
Gunfire and evacuations
Angry young men stormed a hospital treating Ebola patients in eastern Congo on Sunday evening, forcing the medical staff to scramble to evacuate the patients as gunfire rang out in the area.
It was not immediately known if anyone was hurt in the attack on the Mongbwalu General Hospital but Dr. Richard Lokudu, the hospital’s medical director, told The Associated Press the attackers demanded that two bodies of their kin be handed over to them.
There was gunfire and the medics were trying to evacuate the patients and the staff, Lokudu said over the phone.
“Mongbwalu General Hospital is on general alert,” he added. He did not have any further details of the unfolding turmoil.
The attack – the third in a week’s time on healthcare facilities where medical workers struggle with a lack of resources to treat suspected Ebola cases – underlined the challenges of the outbreak.
Bodies of those who died of Ebola can be highly contagious and lead to further spread when people prepare them for burial and gather for funerals.
In response to the outbreak, Congolese authorities have mandated that the dangerous work of burying suspected victims be managed wherever possible by authorities, which can be met by protests from families and friends. On Friday, the government said funeral wakes and gatherings of more than 50 people would be banned in northeastern Congo in an effort to curb the spread of the virus.
Health teams screen travelers and vehicles entering Uganda for Ebola on May 23, 2026 as precautions have been stepped up at the Mpondwe Border Crossing on the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) following a rise in Ebola cases in Mpondwe, Uganda. Nicholas Kajoba/Anadolu via Getty Images
On Saturday, a group of residents of Mongbwalu, located in Ituri province, attacked and set fire to a tent set up for suspected and confirmed Ebola cases by the Doctors Without Borders humanitarian group.
During that attack, 18 people with suspected Ebola infections left the facility and were now unaccounted for, Lokudu had said earlier.
On Thursday, another treatment center, in the town of Rwampara, was burned down after family members were banned from retrieving the body of a local man suspected to have died of Ebola.
WHO has said the outbreak poses a “very high” risk for Congo – up from a previous categorization of “high” – but that the risk of the disease spreading globally remains low.
Earlier on Sunday, the Congolese Ministry of Communication said the total suspected Ebola deaths stood at 119, but the numbers it released separately for each region added up to 220. Officials could not immediately be reached to explain the discrepancy.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said Saturday that three of its volunteers had died from the outbreak in Mongbwalu. The agency said it believed the three healthcare workers contracted the virus on March 27 while handling dead bodies as part of a humanitarian mission unrelated to Ebola.
If confirmed, this would significantly push back the timeline of the outbreak.
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