刚果民主共和国埃博拉疫情成为国内历史上最致命疫情

刚果民主共和国的埃博拉疫情已成为该国历史上最致命的疫情1。截至报告时，死亡人数至少达2,325人，确诊病例已增至4,945例1。这一数字已超过2018至2020年该国上一次疫情的死亡人数，世卫组织表示该疫情有望成为历史上规模最大的埃博拉疫情1。

本次疫情传播速度创历史新高1。联合国称埃博拉病毒"正在赢得胜利"，平均每30分钟导致1人死亡1。2014至2016年西非疫情用时5个月才达到1,000人死亡，而本次疫情不到3个月已超过2,000人死亡1。该疫情由罕见的Bundibugyo株病毒引起，这是刚果民主共和国第17次埃博拉疫情1。

疫情主要在刚果民主共和国东北部6个省份蔓延，其中Ituri省超过3,400例确诊病例1。乌干达也报告至少20例病例，均集中在首都坎帕拉，最后报告日期为6月21日，7月28日宣布无埃博拉病例1。超过70%的患者在社区而非卫生中心死亡1。

目前尚无被批准的疫苗或治疗方法，但两种可能的治疗方案已进入临床试验阶段，相关试验于上月在Ituri启动1。截至报告时，1,000人已康复，730人仍在医疗或隔离设施中1。世卫组织在5月宣布该疫情为国际关切的公共卫生紧急事件1。

The Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has surpassed all previous outbreaks in the country's history, with at least 2,325 deaths recorded and 4,945 confirmed cases identified 1. The World Health Organization has warned that this outbreak may become the largest Ebola epidemic on record 1. The virus is spreading at an unprecedented pace—faster than the 2014-16 West African outbreak, which took five months to reach 1,000 deaths, whereas this epidemic exceeded 2,000 deaths in less than three months 1.

The outbreak is being driven by a rare Bundibugyo strain of the virus, for which no approved vaccine or treatment currently exists, though two potential therapeutic approaches have entered clinical trials in the Ituri province as of last month 1. The United Nations has stated that the Ebola virus is "winning the battle," with deaths occurring roughly every 30 minutes 1. The epidemic has affected six provinces in the country's northeast, with Ituri province accounting for over 3,400 cases 1. This marks the Democratic Republic of the Congo's 17th Ebola outbreak 1.

In related developments, Uganda reported at least 20 cases, all concentrated in the capital, Kampala, with the last report dated June 21 before the country announced it was free of Ebola cases on July 28 1. Within the Democratic Republic of the Congo, over 70 percent of patients have died in their communities rather than at health facilities, highlighting gaps in healthcare access 1. Meanwhile, 1,000 people have recovered, and 730 remain in medical or isolation facilities 1. The WHO declared this outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in May 1.