The Trump administration is reportedly preparing to send Americans with suspected or confirmed Ebola to a facility in Kenya instead of repatriating them for treatment in U.S. quarantine and treatment facilities. A facility is being set up in Kenya, and several dozen Public Health Service officers are training to deploy there. The Public Health Service operates under the Department of Defense and previously deployed to Liberia during the 2014 Ebola outbreak. Earlier plans reportedly focused on monitoring Americans, with symptomatic cases transferred to European hospitals. Recent weeks have included at least seven Americans sent to facilities in Germany and the Czech Republic. New plans reportedly include providing treatment for patients in the Kenya facility as well.
"The Trump administration is reportedly preparing to send Americans with suspected and confirmed cases of Ebola to a facility in Kenya, instead of repatriating them and treating them in the state-of-the-art quarantine and treatment facilities the U.S. has for dangerous diseases that pose a threat to public health."
"The facility is currently being set up, The New York Times reported, and several dozen Public Health Service officers - whose agency operates under the Department of Defense - are training to deploy to Kenya. The PHS also deployed to Liberia during the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa."
"According to the Times, the PHS officers in Kenya were initially going to monitor any Americans, such as healthcare workers who have gone to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to help contain the outbreak that was declared a public health emergency of international concern earlier this month. Those who showed symptoms would be transferred to European hospitals; at least seven Americans have been sent to facilities in Germany and the Czech Republic in recent weeks."
"But two people familiar with the plans told the Times that the administration now plans to see to the patients' treatment in the Kanya facility as well. "This is unbelievable and infuriating," said Dr. Craig Spencer, a professor of public health at Brown University."
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