en-us	WHO Director-General’s Statement on IHR Emergency Committee on Ebola Virus Disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
zh-cn	世卫组织总干事就刚果民主共和国埃博拉病毒病问题《国际卫生条例》突发事件委员会发表的声明

en-us	14 April 2020 
zh-cn	2020年4月14日 

en-us	Statement
zh-cn	世卫组织的声明

en-us	Geneva
zh-cn	日内瓦

en-us	The International Health Regulations Emergency Committee for Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) met today, 
zh-cn	有关刚果民主共和国埃博拉问题的《国际卫生条例》突发事件委员会今天开会，

en-us	and has advised me that in its view the Ebola outbreak in the DRC continues to constitute a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. 
zh-cn	并向我建议，该委员会认为刚果民主共和国的埃博拉疫情继续构成国际关注的突发公共卫生事件。

en-us	I have accepted that advice.
zh-cn	我接受了这一建议。

en-us	Tremendous progress has been made containing this outbreak in very difficult circumstances. 
zh-cn	这场疫情的控制工作已经在十分困难的情况下取得了巨大进展。

en-us	Up until Friday, 54 days had passed without a confirmed case being reported, 
zh-cn	截至上周五，已有54天没有确诊病例报告，

en-us	and 40 days had passed since the last person known to have Ebola tested negative and was discharged from treatment.
zh-cn	并且自最后一名已知埃博拉患者病毒检测转阴并出院后，已过去40天。

en-us	Since Friday, three new cases have been confirmed - two in people who died in the community, and one person who was in contact with one of them. 
zh-cn	自周五以来，已经确认新增三位病例——两位属于社区死亡病例，另一位与其中一位死者有过接触。

en-us	The source of their infection is still under investigation. 
zh-cn	仍在对传染源开展调查。

en-us	It is likely that additional cases will be identified.
zh-cn	很可能会发现更多病例。

en-us	Flare-ups are expected at the tail-end of Ebola outbreaks. 
zh-cn	在埃博拉疫情的最后阶段预计会有病例突发情况。

en-us	Our teams in Beni are experienced in responding to new cases, 
zh-cn	我们派到贝尼的团队在应对新发病例方面不乏经验，

en-us	and acted quickly to engage with affected communities, investigate alerts, 
zh-cn	他们已经迅速行动起来，与受影响的社区接触，调查相关警报，

en-us	identify and vaccinate contacts, decontaminate affected homes and health facilities, and send samples for sequencing.
zh-cn	确定接触者并对其开展疫苗接种，对受影响的家庭和卫生设施进行消毒，并发送样本开展测序工作。

en-us	The Committee noted that armed groups are active in the area where these cases were identified, 
zh-cn	委员会注意到，一些武装团体活跃在发现这些病例的地区，

en-us	a lack of funding is constraining the response, and the COVID-19 pandemic is adding more challenges to an already complex operation.
zh-cn	缺乏资金对应对工作造成了限制，且COVID-19大流行给已经十分复杂的行动带来了更多挑战。

en-us	We have to anticipate and be prepared for additional small outbreaks. 
zh-cn	我们必须预料会有更多小规模疫情发生，并做好应对准备。

en-us	We need the full force of all partners to bring these outbreaks under control and to meet the needs of the people affected. 
zh-cn	我们需要所有伙伴全力控制这些疫情，满足受影响人群的需求。

en-us	I thank the members of the Committee for their advice.
zh-cn	我感谢委员会成员的建议，

en-us	And I thank the government and people of DRC, the responders, partners and WHO colleagues, who are dedicated to ending this outbreak. 
zh-cn	也感谢致力于结束这场疫情的刚果民主共和国政府和人民、应对人员、合作伙伴和世卫组织同道。