英国报告四例新增猴痘病例
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British health officials say they have identified four cases of the new, highly infectious version of mpox that first appeared in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
英国卫生官员表示，他们已经发现了四例新型、高度传染性的猴痘病例，该变种最初出现在刚果民主共和国。
The announcement marks the first time the variant has caused a group of illnesses outside of Africa.
该公告标志着该变种首次在非洲以外地区引发群体性疾病。
Scientists said the risk to the public remains low.
科学家表示，公众面临的风险仍然很低。
Officials announced the first case of the new form of mpox in Britain last week.
官员们上周宣布英国出现首例新型猴痘病例。
Officials said the person who was being treated at a London hospital had recently travelled to countries in Africa with ongoing outbreaks.
官员表示，这名在伦敦一家医院接受治疗的人近期曾前往非洲有疫情持续暴发的国家。
This week, the British Health Security Agency said it had now identified three additional cases.
本周，英国健康安全局表示，目前已确认新增三例病例。
All of them lived in the same household as the first patient.
他们所有人都与首例患者住在同一户人家。
The new cases are also being treated at a hospital in London.
这些新增病例也正在伦敦的一家医院接受治疗。
Susan Hopkins is chief medical advisor of the British Health Security Agency.
苏珊·霍普金斯是英国卫生安全局的首席医疗顾问。
She said, “Mpox is very infectious in households with close contact and so it is not unexpected to see further cases within the same household.
她说：“在密切接触的家庭中，猴痘具有很强的传染性，因此在同一家庭中看到更多病例并不意外。”
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The new variant of mpox was first reported earlier this year in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or the DRC.
今年早些时候，刚果民主共和国（简称刚果（金））东部首次报告了新型猴痘变异株。
Scientists believe it causes milder symptoms that are harder to notice.
科学家认为，它引起的症状较为轻微，也更难察觉。
As a result, it might be easier to spread because people may not know they are infected.
因此，这种疾病可能更容易传播，因为人们可能不知道自己已被感染。
Its spread in the DRC and in other parts of Africa caused the World Health Organization to declare the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern in August.
其在刚果民主共和国及非洲其他地区的传播，促使世界卫生组织于8月宣布此次疫情为国际关注的突发公共卫生事件。
Britain recorded more than 3,000 cases of another version of mpox during a 2022 outbreak that affected more than 100 countries.
英国在2022年一场影响100多个国家的疫情中记录了3000多例另一种版本的猴痘病例。
The new variant of mpox has also caused outbreaks in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda.
新的mpox变种也在布隆迪、肯尼亚、卢旺达和乌干达引发了疫情。
Single cases in travelers have also been reported in Sweden, India, Germany and Thailand.
瑞典、印度、德国和泰国也报告了旅行者中的个别病例。
To date, there have been about 43,000 suspect cases of mpox in Africa, including more than 1,000 deaths, mostly in the DRC.
迄今为止，非洲已有约4.3万例猴痘疑似病例，其中包括1000多例死亡病例，其中大多数发生在刚果民主共和国。
On Wednesday, the WHO said it had given about 900,000 vaccine doses to nine African countries struggling with mpox epidemics.
周三，世界卫生组织表示已向九个受猴痘疫情困扰的非洲国家提供了约90万剂疫苗。
I’m John Russell.
我是约翰·拉塞尔。
John Russell adapted this story from an Associated Press report.
约翰·拉塞尔根据美联社的一篇报道改编了这个故事。
