健康 · Ebola responder safetyBethwasanda health worker attack: Nurse killed in Bafwasende播出 2026年10月27日 UTC 01:08文字 2026年10月27日 UTC 01:12阅读文字报道本条新闻文字实录 · 正在加载0:07Attackers killed a nurse as the team investigated an Ebola alert.0:10Another health worker was severely injured.0:12The attack strikes at the people investigating possible infections during an0:16outbreak with thousands of reported deaths.0:18On October twenty, we reported an unresolved concern about getting protection and0:22basic equipment to health workers.0:24Can the remaining responders now continue working safely?0:26The World Health Organization says one nurse was killed and another health worker0:30was severely injured.0:31The team had gone to investigate an Ebola alert.0:34An alert means a possible infection needs checking before a diagnosis can be0:37confirmed.0:38The team was attacked in Bafosende in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Te0:42Shapo province.0:43The more specific reported location is the Kenji Health Area in the Ligili0:47neighborhood.0:48Bafuasendi and Tishiao are the correct place names.0:51Who attacked the team and why is still unclear.0:54Local authorities hadn't commented on the attack or suspects when the October0:57twenty-six accounts were published.0:59The attack's exact date is disputed between October twenty four and October twenty1:04five.1:04Both dates have been paired with Saturday.1:07But October twenty four was Saturday, and October twenty five was Sunday.1:11The attack was reported over that weekend.1:13The precise day still needs confirmation.1:15A further description places the attack on Sunday, without giving a numerical date.1:19That doesn't settle the discrepancy.1:21WHO Director General Tedros Adenom Gabrajes called for healthcare to be protected so1:26people protecting communities can work safely.1:28Mohammed Yaqub Janabi, the WHO's regional director for Africa, also condemned the1:33attack and called for responders' protection.1:35The killing comes during an outbreak that began in May.1:38The national figures show the scale of the emergency these workers were responding1:41to.1:41By October twenty-six, the health ministry had reported more than nine, eight1:45hundred Ebola cases since May.1:47Those figures don't give a clear split between suspected infections and cases1:50confirmed by laboratory testing.1:52The ministry had also reported more than four seven hundred deaths across the1:56national outbreak.1:57Those are outbreak deaths across the country.1:59The assault itself killed one nurse and left another health worker severely injured.2:03Those national totals are lower bounds, and they shouldn't be treated as a fresh2:06October twenty-seven count.2:07On October14, we reported that monthly deliveries at Maseki Health Center in Batembo2:12had fallen from about fifty to as few as fifteen.2:14Families' fear of Ebola was pulling them away from other essential care.2:18On October20, we also reported two cases in Wapinda Health Zone, including one2:22death, as the outbreak reached an eighth province.2:24Today's attack adds a lethal incident to the safety concern we raised then.2:28Uganda's health minister announced a21-day quarantine on October20,5 % for citizens2:33returning after travel in the Congo.2:35The outbreak has been reported in four countries.2:38The Bundybugyo strain has no approved vaccine or specific treatment.2:42Whether the remaining Bafuazende responders can work safely is still unresolved.2:46Nobody has announced a dated protection measure for this team.2:48We also don't yet know whether the attack interrupted local care or Ebola control2:52work.与 HeyDex 一起探索通过 RSS 关注短视频短视频 ↗相关报道背景10月26日 02:38 UTC接触者名单增至53人,尼日利亚埃博拉调查获得遗传线索背景10月21日 08:18 UTC肯尼亚埃博拉病例增至9例,首批隔离接触者即将解除隔离