The President's Administration Donald Trump plans to deploy US public health officials to Kenya to set up a quarantine center for US citizens exposed to the Ebola virus, according to a Wall Street Journal article relayed by Reuters.
The facility, which was still awaiting approval from the Kenyan government on Tuesday, would be used to accommodate Americans considered at high risk of infection in East Africa, as well as people who have already tested positive for the virus.
According to the American daily, members of the United States Public Health Officers Corps — a uniformed branch of the U.S. Department of Health — have already received deployment notices.
This initiative comes as international health authorities try to contain an outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.
The World Health Organization has declared this outbreak a "public health emergency of international concern." The Bundibugyo strain represents the third largest outbreak of its kind ever recorded.
A few hours earlier, Canada and the Bahamas had announced temporary entry restrictions targeting travelers from the DRC, Uganda and South Sudan in particular in order to limit the risks of spreading the virus.
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