US to quarantine American Ebola patients in Kenya
Sources said public health service officers are preparing to be quickly deployed to the region to staff the new facility. The “state-of-the-art facility” is primarily intended for Americans who were exposed to the Ebola virus — or are at high risk of exposure — amid an ever-widening outbreak in the Congo. The rare strain of the virus has caused nearly 1,000 suspected cases and more than 220 suspected deaths.
- ▪Sources said public health service officers are preparing to be quickly deployed to the region to staff the new facility.
- ▪The “state-of-the-art facility” is primarily intended for Americans who were exposed to the Ebola virus — or are at high risk of exposure — amid an ever-widening outbreak in the Congo.
- ▪The rare strain of the virus has caused nearly 1,000 suspected cases and more than 220 suspected deaths.
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Healthcare US to quarantine American Ebola patients in Kenya Comments: by Nathaniel Weixel - 05/27/26 5:10 PM ET Comments: Link copied by Nathaniel Weixel - 05/27/26 5:10 PM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING The Trump administration plans to send Americans exposed to Ebola to a quarantine and treatment facility being constructed in Kenya, an administration official said Wednesday. Sources said public health service officers are preparing to be quickly deployed to the region to staff the new facility. The “state-of-the-art facility” is primarily intended for Americans who were exposed to the Ebola virus — or are at high risk of exposure — amid an ever-widening outbreak in the Congo. The rare strain of the virus has caused nearly 1,000 suspected cases and more than 220 suspected deaths.
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