NAIROBI: Kenya has provided written approval for the US to open a quarantine facility in the East African nation for Americans exposed to the Ebola outbreak centered in the Democratic Republic of Congo, said two US officials briefed on the response.
The authorization grants the US access to land at an air force base in Laikipia, central Kenya, one of the officials said.
Officials at Kenya’s foreign and health ministries did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The US State Department said it was making a new $80 million commitment in response to the Ebola outbreak in the DRC and Uganda.
Kenya had been pushing for the facility to be open to all nationalities, not just US citizens.
