世界卫生组织总干事谭德塞于周二晚间抵达刚果民主共和国金沙萨，以支持该国的埃博拉疫情防控工作[1]。这是他自5月中旬疫情宣布以来的第二次访问[1]。
截至周一，刚果金确诊埃博拉病例达3874例，死亡1751例[1]。此次疫情由无批准治疗方法或疫苗的Bundibugyo病毒引起[1]，已成为历史上传播速度最快的埃博拉疫情[1]。疫情主要集中在东部伊图里省，该省占病例总数的近90%[1]。截至统计时点，前24小时新增77例病例中有44人死亡，总体死亡率为45%[1]。
疫情防控面临重大挑战，接触者追踪效率低下是主要问题所在[1]。至少60%至70%的新增病例来自接触者监测范围外[1]。目前有717名患者正在隔离治疗，749名患者已康复[1]。
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived in Kinshasa on Tuesday evening to bolster response efforts against a rapidly spreading Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo [1]. This marks his second visit since the outbreak was declared in mid-May [1].
The Bundibugyo virus strain driving the outbreak had triggered 3,874 confirmed cases and 1,751 deaths as of Monday, representing the fastest-spreading Ebola epidemic on record [1]. The virus has no approved therapeutic treatment or vaccine [1]. The eastern Ituri Province accounts for nearly 90 percent of cases [1], though contact tracing remains severely hampered, with at least 60 to 70 percent of newly confirmed cases originating outside monitored networks [1]. The current outbreak's case fatality rate stands at 45 percent, with 44 of 77 new cases recorded in the preceding 24 hours resulting in death [1]. Meanwhile, 717 patients remain under isolation care and 749 have recovered [1].