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Shock and uproar have greeted reports that the United States plans to send to Kenya its citizens infected with the deadly Ebola virus, even as the government says it welcomes the move, describing the engagement as necessary.
According to reports by The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, a quarantine facility—approved by the Kenyan government—would be set up to hold American citizens who have been exposed to, or are at high risk of testing positive for, the virus in the region.
The reports further indicate that the Donald Trump administration would deploy US public health officers to Kenya to staff the proposed quarantine facility amid the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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