US to set up Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya

The facility is pending approval from the Kenyan government...

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The United States is reportedly planning to establish an Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya to manage potential cases among Americans amid the ongoing outbreak in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.

The facility would house Americans exposed to, at high risk of, or testing positive for the virus.
The plan involves deploying US Public Health officers, though it awaits Kenyan government approval.
This development follows a fast-growing outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo strain, declared a public health emergency by the World Health Organization.

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