Kenya and U.S. Proceed with Ebola Quarantine Center in Nanyuki Despite Local Protests and Court Orders

-backed 50-bed quarantine centre at a Kenyan air force base. The facility is intended for Americans exposed to the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola but still asymptomatic. U.S. Officials said. One demonstrator carried a white cross marked “Respect Ebola” in red letters.

Police detained at least one protester during the action. Last week hundreds marched in Nanyuki; at least two people were killed and one wounded in those clashes, police said.

The World Health Organization declared an international public health emergency on May 17 after the rare Bundibugyo strain was found circulating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and spreading into Uganda. There are no approved vaccines or treatments for this strain, and DRC case numbers have reached 488.

Satellite imagery shows white tents appearing on an 11-acre cleared plot inside the Laikipia airbase since May 27.

U.S. military planes have continued to deliver staff and equipment despite court orders blocking further work, and several more aircraft are expected this week. U.S. authorities have reaffirmed their commitment to the project.

U.S. officials have not confirmed. The Trump administration has said it “cannot and will not allow” any Ebola cases to enter the United States.

U.S. Agency for International Development after President Donald Trump began his second term.