US building Ebola quarantine center in Kenya for Americans amid outbreak

The Trump administration is building a quarantine and treatment center in Kenya for Americans affected by the Ebola outbreak, instead of bringing them home. The White House on Wednesday confirmed that the US was setting up a facility in Kenya for Americans to quarantine after Ebola exposure in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). “The facility is designed to provide access to high-quality care for Americans who would need to quickly get out of DRC and quarantine without the risks of a lengthy transport back to the US,” a White House official told the Guardian. The center will also treat Americans who contract Ebola , the official said – “including critical care needs, though each case will be evaluated for forward transport for more advanced care as appropriate in order to maximize patient outcomes”. The official did not clarify whether that further transport would be to the US or to Europe, where other Americans have been taken for quarantine and treatment. The official also did not clarify if Americans were allowed to return to the US if they did not want to go to Kenya . The US has banned green card holders who recently travelled in DRC, Uganda and South Sudan from returning home, and other recent travellers to these three countries are also banned from entering the US. …