奈及利亞通報東北部地區兩起疑似伊波拉病例

約翰尼斯堡，10月31日（路透社）——奈及利亞疾病管制暨預防中心週六表示，奈及利亞衛生當局正在調查該國東北部地區兩起疑似伊波拉病例。JOHANNESBURG, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Health authorities in Nigeria are investigating two suspected Ebola cases in the country's northeast region, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday.

當局在X平台發文表示，這兩人已被隔離，官員正在進行接觸者辨識、造冊及實驗室檢測。The two individuals have been isolated while officials carry out contact identification, listing and laboratory testing, authorities said in a post on X.

貼文補充說，這些病例目前仍屬疑似，是否確診取決於實驗室結果。The cases remain suspected and confirmation is subject to laboratory results, the post added.

奈及利亞上週確認十多年來首例伊波拉病例，患者是一名瑞士女性，曾前往烏干達，之後返回奈及利亞中部首都阿布加。她與丈夫週一被後送至瑞士。Nigeria confirmed its first Ebola case in more than a decade last week in a Swiss woman who had travelled to Uganda and then returned to the capital Abuja in central Nigeria. She and her husband were evacuated to Switzerland on Monday.

若這兩起新增病例獲得確認，可能意味著該疾病已在奈及利亞境內擴散，這將是重大的公共衛生隱憂。當局沒有說明是否認為這些病例與首例病例有關。The two additional cases, if confirmed, could mean that the disease has spread within Nigeria, which would be a major public health concern. Authorities did not say whether they were believed to be linked to the first case.

非洲伊波拉疫情的中心位於剛果民主共和國，自5月宣布疫情以來，當地已有逾5,000人死亡。肯亞和烏干達也通報病例。The centre of Africa's Ebola outbreak is in Democratic Republic of Congo, where more than 5,000 people have died since it was declared in May. Kenya and Uganda have also reported cases.

目前尚無獲准用於對抗罕見本迪布焦伊波拉病毒種的治療方法或疫苗；剛果疫情正是由該病毒種引發。There are no approved treatments or vaccines to combat the rare Bundibugyo species, which is behind the Congo outbreak.

（班加羅爾Ananya Palyekar、約翰尼斯堡Nellie Peyton報導；Jan Harvey-與Peter Graff編輯）(Reporting by Ananya Palyekar in Bengaluru and Nellie Peyton in Johannesburg; Editing by Jan Harvey- and Peter Graff)