Experts criticise American-only Ebola quarantine centre plan in Kenya

Former top US officials and other experts are urging the Trump administration to abandon plans for an Ebola quarantine and treatment centre in Kenya, while the union for CDC workers is calling for Americans exposed to Ebola to be brought home. The Kenyan high court briefly blocked the order soon after the US revealed it was setting up a field hospital, but the Kenyan and US governments moved forward and the first American responders reportedly landed at the Laikipia airbase on Saturday.

The US is building a 50-bed unit at the airbase. Patients would have access to medications and some respiratory support, but those needing higher levels of care would be flown to as-yet unidentified hospitals in Europe. The White House did not respond to questions about whether the facility would be accessible to Kenyans or others working on the response, or whether quarantine would apply to all Americans or only those with high-risk exposures.

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