CNN News: 剛果共和國埃博拉病毒

Today’s global coverage begins in Central Africa. International health officials say they have reason to be cautiously optimistic about limiting the spread of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It was first reported in early May. Since then, there’d been 54 cases identified in the DRC. That includes 25 people who’ve died from Ebola.

今天的全球新聞從中非開始。國際衛(wèi)生官員表示，他們有理由對控制剛果民主共和國埃博拉疫情的蔓延持謹(jǐn)慎樂觀態(tài)度。今年埃博拉病毒5月初首次報(bào)道。從那時(shí)起，剛果民主共和國已經(jīng)發(fā)現(xiàn)了54個(gè)病例。其中包括25人死于埃博拉病毒。

On average, the virus kills about half of those who get it. Most of the cases in this outbreak were in a rural area. But what alarmed medical officials a couple of weeks ago is that the disease had spread to a city named Mbandaka, where more than a million people live and there were concerns that it could spread quickly there.

平均來說，病毒感染死亡率為50%。這次暴發(fā)的大多數(shù)病例發(fā)生在農(nóng)村地區(qū)。但幾周前令醫(yī)療官員擔(dān)憂的是，這種疾病已經(jīng)蔓延到了一個(gè)名為姆班達(dá)卡的城市，那里有100多萬人居住，人們擔(dān)心這種疾病可能會在那里迅速蔓延。

So, doctors started vaccinating people. The World Health Organization says more than 400 had been vaccinated to far. The drug is experimental. It’s not approved everywhere. But the officials using it say it’s both safe in humans and highly effective against the Ebola virus.

因此，醫(yī)生開始給人們接種疫苗。世界衛(wèi)生組織表示，目前已有400多人接種了疫苗。藥物實(shí)驗(yàn)。但有些地方尚未批準(zhǔn)。但批準(zhǔn)的官員表示，該疫苗對人類是安全的，對埃博拉病毒也非常有效。