埃博拉病毒爆發致729人死亡,世界處於警戒狀態

FREETOWN: Sierra Leone declared a healthemergency and called in troops to quarantine Ebola victims on Thursday, joiningneighbouring Liberia in imposing tough controls as the death toll from theworst-ever outbreak of the virus hit 729 in West Africa.

弗里敦：週四，塞拉利昂宣佈一起衛生緊急情況並召集軍隊將埃博拉病毒感染者隔離。隨着埃博拉病毒爆發致使西非729人死亡，塞拉利昂同鄰國利比里亞施行了強硬的控制措施。

The World Health Organization said it was in talks with donors andinternational agencies to deploy more medical staff and resources to one of theworld's poorest regions. The WHO reported 57 new deaths between July 24-27 in Guinea, Liberia,Sierra Leone and Nigeria.

世界衛生組織表示，爲了向世界上最貧困的地區部署更多的醫務人員和資源，該組織正在與捐獻者和國際機構開展對話。據世界衛生組織報道，7月24號至27號期間，幾內亞、利比里亞、塞拉利昂和尼日利亞新增57個死亡案例。

Authorities in Nigeria,which recorded its first Ebola case last week when a UScitizen died after arriving on a flight from Liberia, said all passengerstravelling from areas at risk would be temperature-screened for the virus. In ameasure of rising international concern, Britain on Wednesday held a governmentmeeting on Ebola and called it a threat requiring a response. The White Housealso said President Obama was being briefed on the situation.

利比里亞有關當局於上週記錄了首例感染埃博拉病毒案例，當時一名美國公民從利比里亞搭乘航班，在抵達後死去。有關當局稱，所有經過危險區域的乘客都要接受是否感染病毒的體溫檢查。一部分出於國際擔憂的升級，週三，英國就埃博拉病毒舉行會議並稱需要對此威脅作出迴應。美國也表示，奧巴馬已經對情況作了簡要彙報。

But international airlines association IATA said the WHO was not recommendingany travel restrictions or border closures, and there would be a low risk toother passengers if an Ebola patient flew. The outbreak of the haemorrhagicfever, for which there is no known cure, began in the forests of remote easternGuinea in February, but Sierra Leone now has the highest number of cases.

但國際航空運輸協會IATA稱，世界衛生組織並不建議進行任何旅行限制或邊界封鎖，如果埃博拉病毒感染者搭乘飛機對其他乘客造成的威脅也很小。出血熱於二月份在幾內亞偏遠的東部森林爆發，目前還未找到治癒方法。但目前最多的病例出現在塞拉利昂。

Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma said he would meet leaders of Liberia and Guineain Conakry onFriday to discuss ways to combat the epidemic.

塞拉利昂總統科羅馬錶示，他將於週五同利比里亞和幾內亞兩國領導人在科納克里會面，就對抗傳染病的方法展開討論。