Proposed US Ebola facility in Kenya sparks backlash at home and abroad | CNN

Nairobi —

The plan to launch this week a health facility in Kenya for Americans who may have been exposed to the Ebola virus has received widespread criticism – from both Kenyan doctors and US officials working at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The main doctors’ union in Kenya and the Law Society of Kenya told CNN they oppose the plan, saying it risks importing Ebola into the East African nation, which has no cases as of Thursday.

Meanwhile in the United States, CDC officials strongly recommended against the plan to send Americans to Kenya, with the agency’s acting director, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, also reportedly advising against it, according to a CDC source working on the Ebola response operations.

Some officers at the agency “are furious about it” and believe the plan “will make recruiting and staffing for Ebola response activities harder,” the CDC source told CNN.