Kenya Approves US Ebola Quarantine Facility at Laikipia Air Base
Last update: May 28, 2026
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As the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo grows, the US is setting up a quarantine outpost in Kenya, but not everyone’s happy with the terms.
Kenya has given written approval for the US to open a quarantine facility in the country for Americans exposed to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, two US officials briefed on the response told reporters, cbinews.tv reports.
The deal gives the US access to land at an air force base in Laikipia, in central Kenya, one of the officials said.
Officials at Kenya’s foreign and health ministries didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.
Kenya had been pushing for the facility to be open to all nationalities, not just US citizens. It’s still not clear if that will happen.
The facility would be staffed by members of the US Public Health Service, a uniformed branch of the Department of Health and Human Services.
On Wednesday, Kenya’s health ministry said it was in talks with the US and other global partners about cooperating on the Ebola response. But it didn’t mention the plan for a quarantine facility.
So far, one American doctor infected with Ebola and several other US citizens exposed to the virus have been sent to Germany for treatment and monitoring. Another American doctor exposed to the virus was sent to the Czech Republic.
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