After US travel ban, seven American aid workers quarantined at Ebola facility in Kenya
要点
- Seven Americans battling Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo were quarantined in Kenya.
- The US's new policy requires citizens returning from the region to wait for three weeks before entering the US.
- None of the quarantined aid workers show symptoms of Ebola.
- The isolation facility built by the US in Kenya is being criticized by Kenyan authorities and the public.
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Seven American aid workers battling the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo were quarantined at an isolation facility in Kenya following the US government's new travel restrictions. Franklin Graham, president of the American charity Samaritan's Purse, which employs the workers, stated that none of the personnel showed symptoms but they would be kept in quarantine for 21 days.
Washington's new policy requires American citizens returning from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the Ebola outbreak is ongoing, to spend three weeks in a third country before entering the US. In this context, the employees are being held at a bio-isolation unit built at an airbase in Kenya for Americans exposed to the virus.
The construction of the isolation facility angered many Kenyans who accused the US of offloading the risk onto others. Last month, Kenya's health minister, who was convicted for failing to comply with a local court's order to halt construction, announced that the construction of the facility had been immediately stopped.
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常见问题
- Why were the American aid workers quarantined in Kenya?
- Because the US government made it mandatory for its citizens returning from the region due to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to be quarantined in a third country for 21 days before entering the US.
- Do the quarantined Americans have Ebola symptoms?
- No, according to the charity's statement, none of the seven quarantined personnel show any symptoms of the disease.
- What are the reactions to the isolation facility in Kenya?
- The US establishing the isolation unit in Kenya was criticized by the local public and the court; the health minister also had to stop the construction for not complying with the court order.
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