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Protest outside Kenya’s planned US Ebola quarantine centre
In Pictures Protest outside Kenya’s planned US Ebola quarantine centre Hundreds rally against plan to send US nationals exposed to the virus to Laikipia Air Base. Hundreds of young people in the town of Nanyuki in central Kenya have rallied against plans to set up an Ebola quarantine centre for United States citizens exposed to the virus at Laikipia Air Base nearby. The protests on Monday came two days after Kenya’s High Court suspended the establishment of the facility and the arrival of...
Kenyans protest planned US Ebola quarantine facility
Kenyans protest planned US Ebola quarantine facility Hundreds protest near the site of the planned facility, which US officials say would serve Americans who have been exposed to Ebola. Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in central Kenya to protest a planned Ebola quarantine facility at a military base that would take in United States nationals. Demonstrators rallied on Monday in the city of Nanyuki, days after Kenya’s High Court ordered the suspension of the plan.
Confirmed Ebola cases nearly double in days as WHO chief visits DR Congo
Confirmed Ebola cases nearly double in days as WHO chief visits DR Congo WHO’s Tedros calls for a community-led fight as a rare Ebola strain spreads rapidly through conflict-hit eastern DRC. The head of the United Nations health agency is visiting the epicentre of a deadly Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), urging local communities to lead the fight against a disease whose confirmed cases have nearly doubled in two days. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World...
High Court orders Kenya government to release details of Ebola facility
High Court orders Kenya government to release details of Ebola facility Hundreds of people took to the streets in the central Kenyan town of Nanyuki against the planned site. Kenya’s High Court has ordered the government to disclose details of a proposed United States-linked Ebola quarantine facility, a day after hundreds of people took to the streets in the central town of Nanyuki to protest about the planned site. The Reuters news agency said two people died from gunshot wounds during...
State trooper guards and daily fever checks: Some hantavirus cruise passengers go home
Five of the 18 U.S. cruise ship passengers quarantined in Nebraska went home Monday, halfway through their quarantine after being exposed to hantavirus aboard the MV Hondius, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spokesperson said. The five passengers were permitted to leave under the condition that they stay home — no quick runs for takeout or trips to the grocery store — for the second half of the virus’s full 42-day quarantine period, set to end on June 22. The CDC said all of the...
Deadly violence erupts in Kenya as Trump admin orders Ebola quarantine for Americans
Deadly violence erupts in Kenya as Trump admin orders Ebola quarantine for Americans Hundreds of people took to the streets in the central Kenyan town of Nanyuki on Monday to protest moves by the United States to set up an Ebola quarantine facility at a military base there - Bookmark - CommentsGo to comments Two people were killed in central Kenya on Monday after angry protests erupted over plans to establish a U.S.-backed Ebola quarantine facility at a military air base, sparking fears the...
Protests erupt in Kenya over US Ebola quarantine centre in Nanyuki
Protests erupt in Kenya over US Ebola quarantine centre in Nanyuki Anger grows in Kenya as residents accuse the US of offloading Ebola risks onto Kenyans. Kenyan police have fired tear gas to disperse protesters in the central town of Nanyuki, who have been opposing a quarantine centre for Americans exposed to Ebola that the United States government is racing to build despite Kenyan court orders barring further work. The proposed 50-bed unit at an air force base has angered many Kenyans, who...
Trump’s Ebola travel bans stir up Covid-era conflict over outbreak response
Donald Trump and the World Health Organization are teed up for another clash over infectious disease travel bans. Trump ignored the WHO’s advice, and its criticism of travel restrictions, when he closed the U.S. border to foreigners who’d recently been in China at the outset of the Covid pandemic, and he’s ignoring the U.N. agency again now, at the outset of what is already one of the worst Ebola outbreaks ever, by barring most travelers from the affected countries. Andrew Nixon, a health...
Trump administration defends sending Americans exposed to Ebola to Kenya
Trump administration officials on Thursday said Americans exposed to Ebola during the current outbreak in the Congo will be sent to a newly constructed facility at an air base in Kenya, instead of returning them to the U.S. The officials said it was the best option to expedite their care. The decision is a break from past practice during prior Ebola outbreaks when Americans were brought home for care.