7 Americans quarantine at Kenya Ebola facility, Aid group says

Ebola

A satellite image shows tents erected at the US-backed Ebola quarantine facility at Laikipia Air Base in Laikipia County, Kenya on June 22, 2026.

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Seven American aid workers who had been in the Democratic Republic of Congo to fight the Ebola outbreak are quarantining at an isolation facility in Kenya after the US government introduced new travel restrictions, the head of a US charity employing them told Reuters.

The aid workers are the first people to quarantine at the facility, which has sparked huge opposition in Kenya and is at the heart of an ongoing court case. A judge had ordered activity at the site to be suspended until a final ruling is issued. But work on the facility has continued, according to US officials and satellite imagery reviewed by Reuters.