
An eighth person in Kenya has tested positive for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola in the country’s first-ever cluster of cases of the virus, as the second-largest outbreak in history has killed more than 4,300 and sickened more than 9,000 people in the region.(肯尼亚第八人检测出本迪布焦型埃博拉阳性,这是该国首次出现病例聚集;与此同时,史上第二大疫情已致该地区4300多人死亡、9000多人感染。)
肯尼亚出现该国首起埃博拉病毒聚集性感染,第八人检测出本迪布焦型埃博拉病毒阳性。与此同时,这场史上规模第二大的疫情已在该地区造成4300多人死亡、9000多人感染。
It highlights the diminished role the US has played in the worsening Ebola outbreak by building a controversial quarantine center in Kenya, pulling back health support globally, and banning travelers from certain countries.(这凸显出美国在这场不断恶化的埃博拉疫情中角色式微:它在肯尼亚建争议隔离中心、全球收缩卫生支持、禁止部分国家旅客入境。) All of this has also reduced the ability to identify and respond to(识别并应对) the outbreak and exacerbate(加剧;使恶化)d mistrust.
这凸显出美国在这场不断恶化的埃博拉疫情中扮演的角色已大不如前:它在肯尼亚建起一座争议不断的隔离中心,在全球范围内收缩卫生支持,还禁止来自某些国家的旅客入境。这一切也削弱了发现和应对疫情的能力,并加剧了不信任。
The US created a controversial quarantine(隔离;检疫) center at Kenya’s Laikipia airbase(肯尼亚莱基皮亚空军基地), where Americans returning from the Democratic Republic of the Congo would be required to quarantine. The center, opposed by locals, has stirred distrust in the Kenyan government, leading to protests and a Kenyan court ordering a halt to the center.(该中心遭到当地人反对,引发了对肯尼亚政府的不信任,导致抗议活动,肯尼亚法院也下令叫停该中心。)
美国在肯尼亚的莱基皮亚空军基地设立了一座争议不断的隔离中心,要求从刚果民主共和国返回的美国人在这里接受隔离。该中心遭到当地民众反对,引发了对肯尼亚政府的不信任,导致抗议活动,肯尼亚法院也已下令叫停该中心。