As the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo continues to expand, the Trump administration announced new measures aimed at preventing the virus from reaching the United States, including the creation of a specialized treatment and quarantine facility in Kenya for Americans exposed to the disease in Africa. Speaking during a Cabinet meeting, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington intends to stop Ebola cases from entering the country.

A health expert reportedly called it "shocking" that the government is "looking to prevent Americans from coming home."

The Trump administration is expected to deploy US public health officers to Kenya to staff a potential quarantine facility there amid the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic…

The facility is pending approval from the Kenyan government.

Kenya is set to become a key part of the United States’ Ebola containment strategy as the Trump administration plans to establish a quarantine and treatment facility in the East…

Kenya setting up holding areas and screening centres at border points amid Ebola surge in DRC and Uganda, Health CS Duale says, as US plans to establish quarantine facility in the…

A Trump administration official said facility will be able to care for the full spectrum of Ebola

WASHINGTON: The United States plans to open a quarantine center in Kenya, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, as a deadly Ebola outbreak surges in the Democratic Republic…

A Trump administration official says the administration will send Americans who are exposed to Ebola while abroad to a new facility in Kenya instead of flying them to the United…

One expert criticized the plans as a ‘dramatic abdication of what we owe our own’

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Health authorities race to contain fast-growing outbreak of Ebola in DRC and Uganda

A Trump administration official says the administration will send Americans exposed to Ebola to a new facility in Kenya instead of flying them to the United States

The Trump administration's plan to send Americans with Ebola to a facility in Kenya instead of treating them in the US is a dangerous abdication of responsibility. How can we…

Trump official asked CDC staff to volunteer to screen travelers at airports.

The decision is a departure from previous outbreaks, where Americans who needed care were brought back to the United States.

An anonymous official told the Associated Press that this arrangement will help patients in need of quick care avoid an hourslong medical evacuation to the U.S.

As an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo grows, the Trump administration says it is focused on keeping the disease out of the United States.

The Trump administration is drawing up plans to set up a facility in Kenya for Americans who may have been exposed to Ebola, the White House has confirmed.

U.S. gov't to send Americans exposed to Ebola to makeshift hospital in Kenya: report-

US plans to quarantine Americans exposed to Ebola on Kenyan soil.