The United States government has revealed plans to establish a 50-bed temporary quarantine and treatment facility in Central Kenya for Americans exposed to Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The disclosure comes days after Kenya’s Ministry of Health acknowledged ongoing discussions with Washington regarding Ebola preparedness, but did not specify where the facility
U.S President Donald Trump is reportedly planning to send Americans exposed to the Ebola virus to Kenya for monitoring and possible treatment instead of bringing them back to the United States. According to reports by The New York Times and Reuters, the plan is different from how past U.S. governments handled Ebola outbreaks, where Americans
Kenya has put all counties on alert and immediately activated a heightened Ebola preparedness and response phase in response to the confirmed outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and an imported Ebola virus disease (EVD). case to Uganda. The East African nation has reported cases of suspected and deaths from EVD outbreaks which occurred