Trump Administration Plans to Send Ebola-Exposed Americans to Kenya, Not Home

The Trump administration says it plans to send Americans exposed to the Ebola virus to a new quarantine facility in Kenya rather than flying them back to the United States.

An administration official says the facility will be "state of the art" and provide "high quality" care for Americans who need to leave the Democratic Republic of the Congo quickly, where the current outbreak is ongoing. The official says treating patients in Kenya would get them care faster than a lengthy medevac flight home, and that the facility would be able to handle the full range of Ebola cases, though some patients may be moved elsewhere if they need more advanced treatment.

Several key details about the plan remain unanswered, including where exactly in Kenya the facility will be built and whether the Kenyan government has agreed to the arrangement.