刚果埃博拉疫情确诊超3200例 传播速度创历史新高

刚果埃博拉疫情确诊病例已达3262例，死亡1437例1，疫情规模正逼近该国2018至2020年最严重爆发时期1。此次疫情由Bundibugyo病毒引起1，主要在刚果东部伊图里省蔓延1。

令人担忧的是，这场疫情成为有记录以来传播速度最快的埃博拉爆发1。自2024年5月15日宣布疫情以来1，仅用10周时间就累积了3262例确诊1，达到了之前近两年疫情的病例规模1。慈悲组织应对小组负责人Onesphore Bangenza表示，"仅用10周时间我们就达到了近两年疫情的病例数，这令人震惊"1。

疫情快速蔓延的原因多方面。该病毒目前尚无获批的疫苗或治疗方法1，加之武装冲突和卫生工作者罢工等因素，进一步加速了疫情传播1。

Confirmed Ebola cases in Congo have reached 3,262 with 1,437 deaths, bringing the ongoing outbreak closer to the scale of the country's most severe epidemic on record 1. The current outbreak represents the fastest-spreading Ebola outbreak documented, achieving case numbers comparable to an outbreak that took nearly two years to develop in just ten weeks 1. According to Onesphore Bangenza, head of a humanitarian response team, "In just ten weeks we have reached the case numbers of an outbreak that took nearly two years, which is shocking" 1.

The epidemic was declared on May 15, 2024, and is concentrated in Ituri Province in eastern Congo 1. The Bundibugyo virus strain driving the outbreak has no approved vaccine or treatment available, a factor that has accelerated transmission alongside armed conflict and strikes by healthcare workers 1. The 2018-2020 Ebola outbreak in Congo resulted in over 3,400 confirmed cases and more than 2,200 deaths over approximately two years 1.