US to Treat Suspected Ebola Cases in Kenya Amid Outbreak

Kathmandu. Amid the Ebola outbreak spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa, the administration led by US President Donald Trump is going to send American citizens suspected of being infected for treatment to Kenya.

‘We will not allow any Ebola-infected patient to enter America,’ US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had said in a cabinet meeting on Wednesday.

According to the administration, a state-of-the-art health facility is being established in Kenya for American citizens, where individuals who have come into contact with the Ebola virus but do not show symptoms will be kept in quarantine and treated.

According to officials, this center is designed to quickly move American citizens from Congo to a safe place, reducing risk during long-distance travel, and provide treatment.

This project has been stated to be moving forward in coordination between the US Department of State, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Defense. However, some public health experts have expressed serious objections to this decision.

Former US emergency aid official Jeremy Konyndyk stated that this decision is unnecessary, mentioning that America already has a network of hospitals capable of treating Ebola.

‘Sending patients to other countries when America has hospitals with sufficient capacity is a lack of confidence,’ he said. Infectious disease specialist Dr. Kritika Kuppalli has criticized this plan as extremely unusual. She expressed dissatisfaction, stating that such a decision could have serious negative consequences.