the facility - which is pending signoff from the Kenyan government - will primarily be used for Americans who are exposed to, or at high risk of testing positive for the virus in the region, as well as Americans who test positive.
While there are now no known Ebola cases in Kenya, the move comes as international and local health officials are racing to contain another deadly outbreak of a rare strain of Ebola in the Congo that is already the third largest in history just weeks after it likely began.
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As of Tuesday, there are at least 930 suspected Ebola cases, including 223 suspected deaths, in Congo, and seven cases with one death in Uganda, according to the World Health Organization. Health authorities think the virus might have infected far more people across a broader region after spreading undetected for weeks.
Primary report: WSJ article - Non-paywalled
Wait, so they’re building a facility in a country with ZERO known cases to treat people coming from the Congo? Seems like an odd staging ground unless they expect the spillover to Kenya to be massive