Bungoma County has designated three health facilities as Ebola isolation and quarantine centres as part of heightened preparedness measures aimed at preventing a possible outbreak.

Despite government assurances that Kenya is prepared to handle an Ebola outbreak, health experts warn that the country’s isolation and treatment systems remain largely inadequate.

There has been panic in the country over Ebola in the last few days, although the disease has yet to be detected locally.

Reports indicate that equipment and experts from the United States have arrived in Laikipia to set up a controversial Ebola quarantine facility, despite a court order halting the…

Preparations at the Laikipia facility are reportedly in high gear, with US medical experts said to have arrived in the country to support its establishment.

Bungoma County has designated three health facilities as Ebola isolation and quarantine centres as part of heightened preparedness measures aimed at preventing a possible outbreak.

Internal Security Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo has said that the government has established an Ebola isolation centre at the Taveta-Holili border point of entry.