埃博拉病例在刚果民主共和国停止下降，北基伍省传播恶化削弱了疫情原始震中所取得的进展。
Ebola cases have stopped declining in Democratic Republic of Congo, with worsening transmission in North Kivu province eroding gains in the outbreak’s original epicenter.
政府数据显示，确诊感染和死亡人数的周总计在连续下降一个月后，已连续第三周增加。周六报告新增病例97例 — — 自10月3日以来最高 — — 包括30人在社区中已死亡，国家公共卫生研究院在其最新报告中称。
Weekly totals of confirmed infections and deaths increased for the third straight week after falling to a low about a month ago, government data show. On Saturday, 97 new cases were reported — the most since Oct. 3 — including 30 people who had already died in their communities, the National Institute of Public Health said in its most recent report.
北基伍报告48例感染，超过伊图里省的42例，该省疫情宣布超过五个月前。通过10月18日的六天内记录的感染和死亡病例中，近一半发生在伊图里省以外。
North Kivu reported 48 infections, exceeding the 42 in Ituri province, where the outbreak was declared more than five months ago. Almost half of the infections and deaths recorded in the six days through Oct. 18 occurred outside Ituri.
未能控制传播增加了疫情超出刚果进一步扩散的风险。肯尼亚报告了8例与来自刚果的感染旅行者相关的病例，包括3名卫生工作者，促使该地区各国加强监测和边境筛查。
Failure to bring transmission down increases the risk of further spread beyond Congo. Kenya has reported eight cases linked to an infected traveler from Congo, including three health workers, prompting countries across the region to strengthen surveillance and border screening.
刚果病例的 renewed 增加发生在国际移民组织周一描述为“若干疫情指标的鼓舞人心改善”之后。该组织表示，有限的治疗能力以及将疑似患者送入治疗的困难继续阻碍应对工作。
The renewed increase in cases in Congo follows what the International Organization for Migration described Monday as “encouraging improvements” in several measures of the outbreak. Limited treatment capacity and difficulties getting suspected patients into care continued to hamper the response, the agency said.
压力尤为突出于北基伍，疑似病例床位几乎已满，五分之一的住院患者在非指定埃博拉设施接受治疗。
The pressure is particularly acute in North Kivu, where beds for suspected cases were almost full and one in five hospitalized patients was being treated outside designated Ebola facilities.
在贝尼市，18例新确诊病例中有13例为社区中已死亡的人员。应对团队在两个地区遭到袭击，而22户被列为埃博拉消毒对象的住房尚未完成消毒。
In the city of Beni, 13 of 18 newly confirmed cases were people who had already died in the community. Response teams were attacked in two areas, while 22 homes identified for Ebola decontamination had yet to be disinfected.
根据研究院的数据，自疫情爆发以来，刚果已记录确诊感染9,552例和死亡4,602例。
Congo has recorded 9,552 confirmed infections and 4,602 deaths since the outbreak began, according to the institute.