2026年5月30日 美国东部时间12:24 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
世界卫生组织总干事周六探访了刚果东部的布尼亚——这场罕见埃博拉疫情的核心城市。尽管当地医疗设施部署更加完善、新增援助陆续抵达，但病毒传播速度仍远超应对工作节奏。
特德罗斯·阿达诺姆·盖布雷耶苏斯此行将探访一处治疗中心，并会见当地政府官员、医护人员以及受疫情影响的家庭。
“应对这场疫情的最佳方式，是为疫情中心的抗疫工作提供一切必要支持，并持续提供所需的全部援助，”世卫组织总干事周五晚间对记者表示。
世卫组织称，最新官方数据显示目前有906例疑似病例和223例疑似死亡病例。据《哥伦比亚广播公司周六晨间》报道，实际感染数字可能是报告数据的三至四倍。
乌干达卫生部周五表示，邻国乌干达已确认9例病例和1例死亡。
世界卫生组织（WHO）总干事特德罗斯·阿达诺姆·盖布雷耶苏斯于2026年5月30日抵达刚果民主共和国东部的布尼亚。GLODY MURHABAZI/法新社通过盖蒂图片社供稿
当前埃博拉毒株尚无获批治疗药物或疫苗
此次疫情的致病原为邦迪布焦病毒，目前尚无获批的治疗方案或疫苗。
“局势十分严峻，我们对此有清晰认知。但刚果民主共和国此前已多次与埃博拉病毒交锋，我们相信该国能够再次控制住这场疫情，”特德罗斯在周五与刚果总理朱迪思·苏明瓦·图卢卡会面后说道。
上周，世卫组织将该国的疫情风险等级上调至“极高”。特德罗斯表示，此次疫情“正在快速扩散”。
欧盟捐赠的医疗物资已于周四运抵刚果埃博拉疫情的核心区域伊图里州，预计未来几天还将有更多物资运抵。美国同日宣布追加8000万美元援助，使其对此次疫情的总承诺金额超过1.12亿美元。
应对工作未能跟上疫情扩散速度
美联社记者周五在现场观察到，布尼亚的兰帕拉医院和综合医院的应对工作显得更为有序，新增了医护人员、防护装备和医疗物资，但患者仍在全天候不断涌入。
无国界医生（MSF）周六警告称，此次应对工作未能跟上这场有记录以来传播速度最快的疫情之一的节奏。
“此次埃博拉疫情在宣布暴发后如此短的时间内就出现了如此多的病例，这在历史上从未有过，”无国界医生行动副主任艾伦·冈萨雷斯博士在一份声明中表示，“没有人知晓此次疫情的真实规模和严重程度。”
冈萨雷斯呼吁立即扩大检测范围、加快部署援助人员，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存在不满，该规程与当地传统丧葬习俗冲突，这进一步加剧了医护人员面临的安全风险。当地居民已至少发动了三起针对医疗中心的袭击事件。
伊图里地区还遭受了与伊斯兰国结盟的反叛组织“民主同盟军”以及多支民族民兵联盟的袭击，这也阻碍了疫情应对工作的开展。
此次疫情还在刚果的北基伍省和南基伍省被报告发现，这两个省份位于伊图里州南部，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了两例病例。
世卫组织称边境封锁“完全无法有效”阻止疫情扩散
乌干达和卢旺达已关闭与刚果的边境。特德罗斯周五表示，边境封锁和旅行禁令“完全无法有效”阻止疫情扩散。
“正如一些国家所采取的那样，关闭边境只会打击疫情通报的透明度。刚果民主共和国一直在公开透明地通报疫情情况，”他敦促各国重新考虑此类防疫措施。
美国国务卿马可·卢比奥周三宣布，将禁止任何埃博拉患者进入美国，并禁止近期访问过刚果、乌干达或南苏丹的非美国护照持有人入境。
美国包括纽约肯尼迪机场、华盛顿杜勒斯国际机场、亚特兰大哈茨菲尔德-杰克逊国际机场以及乔治·布什洲际机场在内的机场正在加强健康筛查。美国疾控中心官员将对出现症状的旅客进行评估，并可能将其转运至医院接受进一步治疗。
周五，肯尼亚一家高等法院法官暂时阻止了特朗普政府在该国一处空军基地设立埃博拉隔离设施的计划。
WHO chief visits Ebola outbreak epicenter in eastern Congo as cases outpace response
May 30, 2026 12:24 PM EDT / CBS/AP
The head of the World Health Organization on Saturday visited eastern Congo’s Bunia, a city at the heart of an outbreak of a rare type of Ebola, where the virus is spreading faster than the response despite better-organized health facilities and new aid arrivals.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is expected to visit a treatment center and meet local authorities, health workers and affected families in Bunia.
“The best way to address this is to provide all the necessary support to fight the disease at its epicenter and to continue offering every assistance needed,” the WHO’s director-general told reporters late Friday.
The health organization said latest official figures showed 906 suspected cases and 223 suspected deaths. The number could be three to four times higher than what is being reported, “CBS Saturday Morning” reported.
Neighboring Uganda has confirmed nine cases and one death, the Ugandan ministry of health said Friday.
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrives in Bunia, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, on May 30, 2026. GLODY MURHABAZI/ AFP via Getty Images
Current Ebola strain has no approved treatment or vaccine
The Bundibugyo virus, the current kind of Ebola, has no approved treatment or vaccine.
“This is a difficult situation, and we recognize that. But the Democratic Republic of Congo has faced the Ebola virus many times before. We are confident that it can once again bring this outbreak under control,” Tedros said after meeting with Congo’s Prime Minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka on Friday.
Last week, the WHO upgraded its risk assessment to “very high” at the national level. Tedros said the outbreak is “spreading rapidly.”
Medical aid donated by the European Union arrived in Ituri, the heart of Congo’s Ebola outbreak, on Thursday. More shipments are expected in the coming days. The U.S. announced $80 million in additional aid on the same day, bringing its total commitment to more than $112 million.
Response efforts don’t match pace of outbreak
Response efforts at Bunia’s Rwampara and General hospitals appear more organized, with additional staff, protective gear and medical supplies, though patients continue arriving around the clock, a reporter from The Associated Press observed on Friday.
The response has not kept pace with one of the fastest-spreading outbreaks on record, Doctors Without Borders, or MSF, warned on Saturday.
“Never before has an Ebola outbreak recorded so many cases so soon after its declaration,” Dr. Alan Gonzalez, MSF’s deputy director of operations, said in a statement. “Nobody knows the true scale and severity of this outbreak.”
Gonzalez called for an 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.
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.
Border closures “not effective” in preventing spread, WHO says
Uganda and Rwanda have closed their borders with Congo. Border closures and travel bans are “not effective at all” in preventing the spread of the outbreak, Tedros said on Friday.
“Closing borders, as some countries have done, only discourages transparency. The Democratic Republic of Congo is reporting the situation openly and transparently,” he said, urging countries to reconsider these measures.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio Wednesday that no Ebola patients will be allowed into the U.S., and banned entry for non-U.S. passport holders who had recently visited Congo, Uganda or South Sudan.
Airports in the United States, including JFK in New York, Washington-Dulles International Airport, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and George Bush Intercontinental Airport are conducting enhanced health screenings. CDC officials will evaluate travelers showing symptoms and they could be transported to a hospital for further treatment.
On Friday, a Kenyan High Court judge temporarily blocked a Trump administration attempt to set up an Ebola quarantine facility on an air base in the East African country.
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