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 Organisation 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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President Trump Wants to Send US Citizens Exposed to Ebola to a Makeshift Provisional Facility in Kenya
President Donald Trump's administration is reportedly preparing a controversial new strategy that would see Americans exposed to Ebola abroad sent to a temporary treatment and quarantine centre in Kenya rather than being transported back to the United States. The proposed facility, which is said to involve cooperation between the Departments of Defense, State, and Health and Human Services, would reportedly serve as an emergency medical hub for …
US To Set Up Ebola Quarantine Facility In Kenya For Americans
Donald Trump's administration is planning to send Americans who are exposed to Ebola while abroad to a new facility in Kenya instead of flying them to the United States, an administration official said Wednesday.
As an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to grow, the Trump administration says it is focused on keeping the disease out of the United States.
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Trump Administration Working With Kenya on Ebola Quarantine Facility
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