The United States house committee responsible for foreign policy legislation and oversight has urged the Donald Trump administration to allow Americans abroad exposed to the Ebola virus to return home for treatment after a court in Kenya rejected a proposal for a quarantine facility.
The US had planned to set up a 50-bed quarantine facility in
Kenya to cater to Americans exposed to the Ebola virus following its outbreak
in the region.
Some members of the US public health service commissioned
corps, a uniformed branch under the department of health and human services
(HHS), had reportedly received notices to deploy pending approval from the
Kenyan government.
However, a high court judge last week barred the operation
of any Ebola facility in Kenya by any foreign government until the case is
heard.
Kenyan lawmakers said they saw “no logic” in the country
hosting the medical facility.
On Monday, hundreds of people took to the streets in central
Kenya to protest the planned Ebola quarantine facility despite the court’s
rejection.
Kenya has not recorded any cases of the virus since its
outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda.
Reacting to the development, US reps said the government has
a responsibility to help Americans abroad.
“The US already has domestic facilities specifically
designed to safely care for Ebola patients,” the house committee said.
“The Trump admin should bring Americans home and help them,
not outsource that responsibility to a foreign government.”
A US doctor who contracted the virus in DRC was flown to
Germany for treatment, alongside his wife and four children.
Another American doctor is said to be quarantining in the
Czech Republic.
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