Kenya health minister says US Ebola quarantine centre will proceed despite deadly protests

AF Agence France-PresseSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-06-03 · 15:17 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min

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Kenya's health minister announced on Wednesday that a US-funded quarantine center will proceed, despite recent deadly protests. The facility, located at Kenya's Laikipia Air Base, was intended to quarantine Americans arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is experiencing a significant Ebola outbreak. The center's opening was delayed by a court order and subsequently led to protests on Monday, resulting in two deaths according to a rights group. The US officials had expected the facility to open the previous week.

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Kenya's health minister stated the US-funded quarantine center will proceed despite protests.

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The facility's opening was temporarily blocked by a court order.

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The US-built quarantine facility at Kenya's Laikipia Air Base was intended to quarantine Americans arriving from the DRC.

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Deadly protests erupted over the US-funded quarantine center project.

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Two people died during protests on Monday, according to a rights group.

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Kenya’s health minister said on Wednesday that the US-funded quarantine centre would proceed, days after deadly protests erupted over the project.The US-built facility at Kenya’s Laikipia Air Base was due to open last week, according to US officials, to quarantine Americans arriving from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is battling a major Ebola outbreak.But it has been temporarily blocked by a court order, and triggered protests on Monday that killed two people, according to a rights group.

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