7 Americans at US-backed Ebola isolation facility in Kenya, charity group says
Summary
Seven American aid workers from Samaritan’s Purse are quarantined at a U.S.-supported Ebola isolation facility in Kenya after being exposed to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. None of the workers have symptoms, and they are staying in military tents on a base in Kenya for the 21-day monitoring period before returning to the U.S.Key Facts
- Seven American aid workers are quarantined at an Ebola isolation site at Laikipia Air Base, Kenya.
- The workers are part of a 72-member team responding to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
- The isolation period is 21 days, which is the standard time to monitor Ebola exposure.
- The facility was built and is supported by the U.S. government.
- The workers live in military tents and receive food from the U.S. military.
- Kenya has no recorded Ebola cases but has opposed the facility due to health risk concerns.
- Kenya’s High Court ordered a stop to the facility’s construction, but it was completed nonetheless.
- The Ebola outbreak in the DRC has over 2,100 confirmed cases and more than 800 deaths, spreading faster than before.
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