Kenyan president defends US Ebola quarantine center amid protests
AP News
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Kenya’s president defended the establishment of an Ebola quarantine facility by the U.S., a move that led to protests.
President William Ruto on Monday night said the U.S. had a longstanding partnership with Kenya on health matters and that the quarantine facility at Laikipia Air Base was one of 24 facilities that had been established in the event of an Ebola outbreak in the country.
Kenyans have opposed the Laikipia facility after the U.S. last week said no Ebola patient would be allowed to return to the U.S. and that patients would instead be quarantined at the facility in Kenya.
A Kenyan court has blocked the move for now.
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