This latest outbreak has now reached the northwest city of Mbandaka, since first appearing in April.

此次疫情已蔓延到西北部城市姆班达卡，四月份疫情首次在刚果出现。

The fatalities occurred last month in Mbandaka city in the northwest of the country where six infections were detected.

这些死亡病例发生在上个月该国西北部的姆班达卡市，该市发现了6例感染病例。

Mbandaka acts as a hub for regional traffic, thus presenting a new possibility that the virus could be easily transported.

姆班达卡是当地的交通枢纽，这就为病毒的快速传播创造了新的可能。

Mbandaka is home to more than one million people.

姆班达卡居住着超过一百万人。

The move follows the discovery of a new case of Ebola in Mbandaka, a city of more than a million people.

此前我们在姆班达卡市发现埃博拉疫情，姆班达卡市拥有100多万人口。

The international response to Congo's outbreakhas been significant and is expected to grow now that the virus has spread to Mbandaka.

刚果疫情的爆发引发了国际社会的强烈反应，由于病毒已经传播到姆班达卡，反应预计还会进一步恶化。

Previously, it had been limited to a rural area, but now, a case has been confirmed in the Congolese city of Mbandaka.

此前，疫情曾被限制在农村地区，但现在，刚果城市姆班达卡已经证实发生了一起病例。

Whereas the outbreak had previously been confined to small villages, officials confirmed a case in Mbandaka, a city of 1.2 million people.

尽管之前疫情仅局限于一些小村庄，但官员们已经证实，有着120万人口的城市姆班达卡也出现了一例病案。

But what alarmed medical officials a couple of weeks ago is that the disease had spread to a city named Mbandaka, where more than a million people live and there were concerns that it could spread quickly there.

但几周前令医疗官员感到震惊的是，疫情已经扩散到了一个名为姆班达卡的城市，超过一百万人住在哪里, 人们担心疫情可能迅速蔓延。