The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) has intensified Ebola preparedness measures following reports that seven Americans have been quarantined in Laikipia amid heightened disease surveillance. The Defence Forces Memorial Hospital (DFMH) is strengthening its Ebola preparedness by providing specialised Filovirus Disease (Ebola) training to medical personnel, ensuring frontline responders remain equipped to protect lives should the
Seven American humanitarian workers who had been deployed to combat the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have become the first known occupants of the controversial U.S.- backed bio-isolation facility at Laikipia Air Base in Kenya, despite an ongoing legal dispute and widespread public opposition surrounding the project. According to Reuters, the