2026-05-31T08:38:00-0400 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
巴西卫生部门官员表示，该国圣保罗和里约热内卢正在对两名疑似感染埃博拉病毒的患者进行监测，这引发了外界对这场中非致命病毒疫情向外扩散的进一步担忧。
圣保罗州政府在周六的一份声明中称，一名来自疫情集中国刚果民主共和国的37岁男子“出现发烧等症状，符合埃博拉疑似病例的判定标准”。
声明指出，尽管初步检测未在该患者体内检出埃博拉病毒，但出于预防措施，他已被隔离在专门的传染病医疗机构并接受监测。
与此同时，里约热内卢州卫生部门报告称，一名来自乌干达的男子出现“咳嗽、寒战、腹泻等病毒感染症状”后，当地已启动安全防控预案。
里约市政府在发给法新社的电子邮件中表示，该患者在周六晚间的疟疾检测中呈阳性，“目前案件仍在调查中”。
圣保罗州政府称，尽管出现疑似病例，“技术评估显示，病毒传入巴西和南美地区的风险仍然极低”。
埃博拉康复病例报告
就在巴西公布相关情况的同一天，世界卫生组织总干事谭德塞报告称，非洲有5名患者从本次疫情的致病毒株本迪布焦病毒中康复。本迪布焦病毒是一种罕见毒株，正引发当前的疫情，目前尚无获批的治疗方法或疫苗。
谭德塞表示，这5起病例证明，患者仍有可能从该病中康复。世卫组织周五曾报告称，一名患者已从本迪布焦病毒感染中康复，这是自本次疫情暴发以来，首次有确诊病例被记录康复。
“今天将有4名患者出院，另有1名患者已于前天出院，”谭德塞在刚果东部伊图里省首府布尼亚的一座新埃博拉治疗中心揭幕仪式上说道，本次疫情的核心区域就在伊图里省。
“当然，我们仍在研发疫苗和治疗方法，但这并不意味着患者无法从埃博拉感染中康复，”他补充道。
世卫组织称，刚果境内已报告至少906起疑似埃博拉病毒感染病例，其中疑似病例死亡223例。该机构表示，在刚果及邻国乌干达，已有134例确诊病例，确诊病例死亡18例。乌干达卫生部周五称，该国已确认9例感染病例，1例死亡。
呼吁增加援助与检测
无国界医生（MSF）周六表示，尽管医疗设施得到改善、新一批援助物资已抵达，但病毒的传播速度仍快于应对行动的推进速度。该组织呼吁立即扩大检测范围、加快部署医疗援助人员，并确保医疗物资能够持续运抵疫区。
当地居民对处理死者遗体的严格医疗规程感到愤怒，这些规程与当地的丧葬习俗相冲突，这也加剧了医护人员面临的安全风险。当地居民已至少发动三起针对医疗中心的袭击事件。
谭德塞在周日新治疗中心的揭幕仪式上强调，让社区参与疫情防控工作至关重要。
“如果出现症状就前往医疗机构，你就能获得救治并康复，因此关键是尽早就诊并获取必要的支持，”这位世卫组织负责人说道。
“我们能够遏制这场埃博拉疫情，任何感染者也都有康复的可能。但有一条原则……那就是疫情防控人人有责，每位公民都应参与其中，”他补充道。
伊图里省境内的袭击事件也阻碍了疫情应对工作，发动袭击的包括与伊斯兰国组织结盟的民主同盟军，以及多个种族民兵组成的联盟。
疫情还在刚果的北基伍省和南基伍省被报告出现，这两个省位于伊图里省南部，由卢旺达支持的M23反叛组织控制着包括戈马和布卡武在内的多个关键城市。该反叛组织报告出现两例感染病例。
“我们想告诉伊图里社区的最后一条信息是，希望尚存，”刚果国家公共卫生研究所事件负责人皮埃尔·阿基利马利在周日的揭幕仪式上说道。
“通过我们目前提供的对症治疗，我们已经看到患者康复，”阿基利马利补充道。
“我们确实抱有希望。本次病毒并不像我们过去应对过的那些病毒那样复杂，在所有合作伙伴的支持下，我们相信能够尽快控制住这场疫情，”该治疗中心的另一名医生戴维·安比塔皮奥说道。
Brazil identifies 2 possible Ebola patients, as WHO reports some recoveries in Congo
2026-05-31T08:38:00-0400 / CBS/AP
Brazilian health authorities are monitoring two patients for possible Ebola infection in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, officials said, sparking further concern of the deadly virus outbreak in central Africa spreading abroad.
A 37-year-old man from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the outbreak has been concentrated, “exhibited symptoms such as fever, meeting the definition of a suspected case” of Ebola, the Sao Paulo state government said in a statement on Saturday.
While initial tests did not detect the Ebola virus in the patient, he is being monitored and isolated as a precautionary measure at a specialized infectious disease facility, the statement said.
The health department in Rio de Janeiro state meanwhile reported that it had activated safety protocols after a man from Uganda showed “viral symptoms such as cough, chills, and diarrhea.”
The Rio city government said in an email to AFP that the patient tested positive for malaria Saturday evening and “the case remains under investigation.”
The Sao Paulo government said that despite the suspected case, “the technical assessment indicates that the risk of the disease being introduced into Brazil and South America remains very low.”
Some Ebola recoveries reported
The reports from Brazil came the same day that World Health Organization chief Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reported five patients in Africa had recovered from the Bundibugyo virus, a rare strain fueling the current outbreak. Bundibugyo has no approved treatment or vaccine.
Tedros said these five cases exemplify that recovery from the illness is still possible. The WHO had said Friday that one patient recovered from the Bundibugyo virus, marking the first documented recovery of a person with a confirmed case since this outbreak began.
“Four people will be discharged today and there was one that was discharged the day before yesterday,” Tedros said during the opening of a new Ebola treatment center in Bunia, the provincial capital of Ituri in eastern Congo, which is at the center of the current outbreak.
Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, center right, visits the Evangelical Medical Center (CEM) in Bunia, Congo, Sunday, May 31, 2026. AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa
“Of course, we’re still working on vaccines and treatments but that doesn’t mean that people cannot recover from Ebola,” he added.
At least 906 suspected cases of the virus and 223 deaths, among the suspected cases, have been reported in Congo, according to the WHO. There 134 confirmed cases and 18 deaths among the confirmed cases in Congo and neighboring Uganda, the health agency said. Uganda has confirmed nine cases and one death, the Ugandan Health Ministry said Friday.
Calls for more aid and testing
The virus continues to spread faster than the response despite better-organized health facilities and new aid arrivals, Doctors Without Borders, or MSF, said Saturday, calling for the immediate expansion of testing, faster deployment of aid workers and sustained access for medical supplies.
The dangers faced by health workers have been heightened by anger among residents over the stringent medical protocols for handling the victims’ bodies, which clash with local burial rites. Residents have launched at least three attacks against health centers.
Tedros stressed the importance of involving the community in the outbreak response during the opening of the new treatment center on Sunday.
A view of a ward at the Evangelical Medical Center (CEM) during a visit by the Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in Bunia, Congo, Sunday, May 31, 2026. AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa
“If you come to health facilities when you have symptoms, you can get the support and recover, so the key is to come forward as early as possible and to get the necessary support,” the WHO chief said.
“We can stop this Ebola and anyone who has it can also recover. But the rule … is this thing is everybody’s business and every citizen should be involved,” he added.
Attacks in Ituri by the Allied Democratic Forces, a rebel group allied with the Islamic State group, and a coalition of ethnic militias have also hindered the response.
The illness also has been reported in the Congolese provinces of North Kivu and South Kivu, south of Ituri, where the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group controls many key cities, including Goma and Bukavu. The rebels have reported two cases.
“The final message we would like to share with the Ituri community is that there is hope,” Pierre Akilimali, Incident Manager at Congo’s National Institute of Public Health, said during the inauguration on Sunday.
“With the symptomatic treatment that we are currently providing, we are seeing patients recover,” Akilimali added.
“We truly have hope. The virus here is not as complicated as those we have dealt with in the past, and with the support of all our partners, we believe we will be able to bring this outbreak under control as quickly as possible,” said Davin Ambitapio, another doctor at the treatment center.
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