Trump administration to send Americans exposed to Ebola to a new facility in Kenya
A few dozen Public Health Service officers are being trained to monitor exposed Americans there as the outbreak tops 1,000 cases and 200 deaths, the NYT said.
- On May 26, the Wall Street Journal reported the Trump administration expects to deploy U.S. public health officers to Kenya to staff a quarantine facility for Americans exposed to Ebola, pending Kenyan government approval.
- A fast-growing outbreak of rare Bundibugyo strain Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda prompted the response, with more than 1,000 cases and 200 deaths reported in the past 11 days, making it the third-largest outbreak on record.
- Earlier on May 26, the CDC asked staff to volunteer for urgent deployment to support Ebola screening at entry points, while members of the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps received deployment notices to support operations in Kenya.
- Breaking with precedent, the approach differs from previous administrations, which brought Americans home for observation and treatment; government scientists and physicians showing symptoms will instead be treated in Kenya.
- Last week, the Trump administration invoked Title 42 to bar immigrants and legal permanent residents from Congo, Uganda, or South Sudan who traveled in the previous 21 days from entering the United States; the White House and HHS declined immediate comment on facility plans.
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US Setting Up Ebola Quarantine Facility in Kenya
The Trump administration is working with Kenya to set up a quarantine facility there for people believed to have been exposed to Ebola, an administration official told The Epoch Times via email on May 27. “As part of a coordinated multi-national response to the worsening Ebola health emergency, the U.S. government is working with the Government of Kenya and other partners to plan for a facility for asymptomatic individuals suspected of exposure …
Americans exposed to Ebola in Africa will be sent to Kenya for care, Trump administration says
By Deidre McPhillips, Jennifer Hansler, Aaron Cooper, Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN (CNN) — As an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo continues to grow, the Trump administration says it is focused on keeping the disease out of the United States. “We cannot and will not allow any cases of Ebola to enter the United States,” US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said at a Cabinet meeting Wednesday. The US “is setting up a state-of-the-art facilit…
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