The United States government is reportedly planning to send its Ebola-exposed citizens to Kenya.

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According to reports from multiple sources in the U.S., the Donald Trump administration is reluctant to fly its residents who have been exposed to the virus back to the United States for observation, as has been the norm on previous occasions.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the Trump administration is expected to deploy U.S. public health officers to Kenya to staff a potential quarantine facility.

Reports indicate that American citizens will be quarantined in Kenya inside a facility that the U.S. government is considering constructing in the near future.

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The publication adds that the facility will be used to isolate American citizens who have been exposed to the virus, as well as those who test positive.

However, the facility is pending approval by the Kenyan government as of Tuesday, May 26, the report says.

If approved, Kenya will then host Ebola patients, something that might raise fears among the public about the potential outbreak of the virus in the country.

"But the administration now plans to provide treatment in Kenya as well," insiders were quoted by the New York Times .

Under the new plan, a few dozen Public Health Service officers are being trained to deploy to Kenya to provide medical care to Americans who are deemed at high risk of the virus.

As of Wednesday, May 27, there have been a few recorded cases of Americans contracting the virus, including an American doctor in Germany.  Six other Americans exposed to the Ebola variant have also since been transported to Germany and the Czech Republic for monitoring.

📰 Source: Kenyans.co.ke