7 US aid workers enter Kenya Ebola quarantine under new travel rules
Why it matters: The first use of the US-backed site deepens a dispute in Kenya and could deter staffing for Congo's Ebola response.
Seven American aid workers who helped respond to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo are quarantining at a US-backed isolation site in Kenya, becoming the facility's first known occupants. Samaritan's Purse said none of the workers have symptoms and that they are serving a 21-day isolation period before returning to the United States under new US travel restrictions. The site at Laikipia Air Base has drawn protests and a court fight in Kenya, where critics say Washington is shifting health risks to a country with no recorded Ebola cases. The charity's chief, Franklin Graham, has warned the policy will make it harder and costlier to recruit US medical staff for Congo, where officials have reported more than 2,100 confirmed cases and nearly 800 deaths in the latest outbreak.