Kenya Proceeds with US Ebola Quarantine Center Despite Deadly Protests
Kenya's health minister confirmed that a US-funded Ebola quarantine center will proceed, despite deadly protests that erupted earlier in the week. The center is intended for quarantining Americans arriving from the DRC.
Kenyaโs health minister said on Wednesday that the US-funded quarantine centre would proceed, days after deadly protests erupted over the project. The US-built facility at Kenyaโs Laikipia Air Base was due to open last week, according to US officials, to quarantine Americans arriving from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is battling a major Ebola outbreak. But it has been temporarily blocked by a court order, and triggered protests on Monday that killed two people, according to a...