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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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Trump administration to send Americans exposed to Ebola to a new facility in Kenya
A Trump administration official says the administration will send Americans exposed to Ebola to a new facility in Kenya instead of flying them to the United States.
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The Donald Trump administration plans to divert to Kenya U.S. citizens who have been exposed to the Ebola virus for observation and treatment, instead of repatriating them for treatment in specialized units, The New York Times revealed on Wednesday, May 27. The move takes place in the midst of a worrying Ebola outbreak in Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has already been declared a public health emergency of internat…
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