Americans Who Test Positive for Ebola at Kenya Facility Could Be Treated in US, Federal Officials Say
Rubio said Americans who test positive while under observation could be transferred to treatment in Europe or the United States.
- On Wednesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that Americans testing positive for Ebola at a U.S. facility in Kenya may be evacuated to the United States for treatment, marking a shift from the Trump administration's previous stance.
- A Kenyan high court blocked operations at the 50-bed Kenya Air Force base facility on May 29, extending that pause on Tuesday amid a pending lawsuit objecting to the plan.
- Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials Debra Houry and Anne Schuchat joined other physicians in raising concerns, arguing that existing U.S. biocontainment centers provide superior care compared to rapidly established overseas sites.
- Under current protocols, the State Department will arrange a 21-day quarantine for asymptomatic citizens at high risk, while those testing positive may be transported via specialized aeromedical evacuation for treatment.
- U.S. Embassy officials in Kenya are working with the government to resolve objections, emphasizing that the joint response to the outbreak serves as a natural extension of the two nations' long-standing cooperation on health matters.
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Public health experts sound alarm on Kenya Ebola facility
Presented by Planned Parenthood {beacon} Health Care Health Care PRESENTED BY The Big Story Infectious disease physicians sound alarm on Kenya plan Several prominent infectious disease physicians wrote an open letter to Congress raising concerns about the Trump administration’s plan to send Americans with potential Ebola exposure to a facility in Kenya instead of the U.S. ©...
Americans who test positive for Ebola at Kenya facility could be treated in US, federal officials say
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that Americans who test positive for Ebola while under observation at a facility in Kenya could be sent for treatment in the United States — an apparent shift from the Trump administration’s position that no Ebola cases would be allowed into the country.
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der Standard DEThe plans of the Trump administration to build an Ebola isolation station for US citizens in the middle of Kenya are indignant to the Kenyans. People died in protests against it
Two Dead After Kenya Ebola Centre Protests Turn Violent - Commonwealth Union
Two people were killed during protests in the Kenyan town of Nanyuki over a proposed Ebola treatment centre funded by the United States. The deaths happened near Laikipia Airbase, where demonstrations were taking place. Friends took one man to the hospital after a shooting, but he later succumbed to his injuries. Another man was brought to the same hospital by soldiers and was already dead when he arrived. Authorities have not explained how the …
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