Hundreds of youths protest outside Kenya’s Ebola quarantine center for US citizens
Police fired tear gas and warning shots as protesters opposed a 50-bed quarantine unit for Americans exposed to Ebola, officials said.
- Kenya's High Court suspended the establishment of an Ebola quarantine center at Laikipia Air Base on Saturday, two days before hundreds of youths demonstrated in Nanyuki on Monday against housing foreign patients.
- United States officials announced plans on Thursday to send Americans exposed to Ebola while abroad to a new facility in Kenya instead of flying them home.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States intends to commit $13.5 million toward Kenya's Ebola preparedness, with the facility designed to operate with 50 quarantine beds.
- The Law Society of Kenya and a constitutional watchdog filed a case challenging the move, citing Kenya's fragile health system as grounds to block foreign Ebola patients from quarantine there.
- Health Minister Aden Duale stated on Sunday that the quarantine center was for "everyone" and not exclusively for United States nationals, clarifying the facility's intended scope.
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Hundreds of people gathered in Nanyuki, Kenya, to protest a U.S.-proposed Ebola quarantine center for American citizens exposed to the virus. Kenya does not have any suspected Ebola cases, but neighboring Uganda has reported nine and closed its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Nairobi. Hundreds of young people demonstrated yesterday in the city of Nanyuki, in central Kenya, against the establishment of an Ebola isolation centre at Laikipia Air Base, planned to receive American citizens exposed to the virus.
Protesters marched through the streets carrying Kenyan banners and flags, demanding the total cancellation of the project and, while attempting to reach the military base, were arrested by security forces
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Hundreds of youths protest outside Kenya's Ebola quarantine center for U.S. citizens
Hundreds of youths in the Kenyan town of Nanyuki have demonstrated against an Ebola quarantine center at Laikipia Air Base. The protests took place two days after Kenya's High Court suspended the facility's establishment and the arrival of foreign patients.…
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