Kenya approves US Ebola quarantine facility at Laikipia air base
Unicef staff and airport workers unload medical supplies delivered by Unicef and the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) at Bunia National Airport in Ituri province, DR Congo, on May 28, 2026, as efforts intensify to contain the Ebola outbreak linked to the Bundibugyo strain.
Kenya has provided written approval for the United States to open a quarantine facility in the country for Americans exposed to the Ebola outbreak centred in the Democratic Republic of Congo, two US officials briefed on the response told Reuters.
The authorisation grants the US access to land at an air force base in Laikipia in central Kenya, one of the officials said.
