Protesters use ‘Ebola coffin’ to rally against US quarantine centre
Demonstrators in Nairobi have carried an ‘Ebola’ coffin to protest a proposed US quarantine facility.
Protesters use ‘Ebola coffin’ to rally against US quarantine centre
Demonstrators in Nairobi have carried an ‘Ebola’ coffin to protest a proposed US quarantine facility. Grouped from 8 articles across 7 sources.
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Two people shot dead amid Kenya protests against US Ebola quarantine centre plan
The US plan has sparked public anger and led to demonstrations near the site of the proposed treatment facility.
Two dead in Kenya after protests against US planned Ebola quarantine zone
Two people have died in Kenya during protests against a US-proposed quarantine facility for Ebola patients, according to the organiser.
Two people shot dead in Kenya protests against Ebola plan
Kenyan police shot and killed two people who were protesting a US-backed plan to establish an Ebola quarantine facility in central Kenya.
U.S. plan to open Ebola quarantine center in Kenya faces growing backlash and protests
Plans for Americans exposed to Ebola to be quarantined abroad faced mounting backlash, with Kenya’s president defending a proposed 50-bed facility in the country after violent protests.
Protests over US Ebola site in Kenya kill two, court keeps block
A Kenyan court blocked for another three weeks a proposed US Ebola quarantine facility.
‘We don’t have another country to run to’: Kenyans fear US plan for Ebola quarantine site
People from town of potential site for US citizens exposed to Ebola say it puts them at risk in country with no known cases People from a town in central Kenya where the US wants to set up an Ebola quarantine facility for its citizens have strongly criticised the plan, saying they fear it will expose them to the virus and that it is indicative of double standards on the part of the US. “Everybody should be quarantined in their home country. We shouldn’t allow foreigners to bring us diseases,” said Charles Mathenge, a taxi driver who lives near Laikipia Air Base, the proposed site in Nanyuki, 120 miles from the capital, Nairobi. “Kenya is our country, and we should be careful with it.” Continue reading...
Health officials oppose US plan to treat Ebola-exposed Americans overseas
They said the policy would raise serious clinical risks.
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