Trump administration to send Americans exposed to Ebola to a new facility in Kenya
Several dozen U.S. Public Health Service officers are training to staff the site, which would treat exposed Americans without a 12-hour medevac flight.
- On Wednesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the United States will block individuals infected with Ebola from entering the country during a White House cabinet meeting convened by President Donald Trump.
- The World Health Organization has recorded more than 1,000 suspected Ebola infections, including 223 deaths, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, though health officials warn the true extent likely exceeds these figures.
- Medical missionary Peter Stafford, an American, is responding well to treatment in a Berlin isolation unit after contracting Ebola in the eastern DRC, with his wife and four children transported to Germany last week.
- A Trump administration official confirmed to AFP that a "state-of-the-art facility" is being established in Kenya to provide Americans with high-quality care and quarantine options near the outbreak's epicenter.
- Travelers who visited the DRC, Uganda, or South Sudan within the past 21 days must now enter the United States only through Washington, Atlanta, or Houston airports for mandatory screening.
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Fiji Broadcasting CorporationUS to quarantine citizens exposed to Ebola in Kenya, not bring them home
WASHINGTON— The U.S. is setting up a facility in Kenya to quarantine U.S. citizens who have been exposed to Ebola, and will not bring them home if they develop symptoms, but instead send them to a third country, the White House said on Thursday. The post US to quarantine citizens exposed to Ebola in Kenya, not bring them home appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald.
Trump administration defends sending Americans exposed to Ebola to Kenya
Trump administration officials on Thursday said Americans exposed to Ebola during the current outbreak in the Congo will be sent to a newly constructed facility at an air base in Kenya, instead of returning them to the U.S. The officials said it was the best option to expedite their care. The decision is a break from past practice during prior Ebola outbreaks when Americans were brought home for care. An American doctor who cared for Ebola patie…
The facility, which has been approved by the Kenyan government, will begin operations tomorrow with a capacity of 50 beds.
Government sources confirm to Reuters the green light to the Trump administration's project
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