In Kenya, tear gas was used at protests against the center for Ebola patients

Kenyan police fired tear gas to disperse protesters marching in the central city of Nanyuki against an American quarantine center for Ebola patients. This was reported by the Reuters news agency on June 9.

The US government built this facility in a hurry, despite a Kenyan court ruling banning further work. The proposed construction of a 50-bed hospital at the base of the United States Air Force (IAF) initially caused outrage among many Kenyans. They accuse Washington of shifting responsibility for medical care to them for those affected by the Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda.

"We are not satisfied with the idea of creating this facility to fight Ebola here," said 24-year-old protester Betwel Onyango.

During the unrest, the police used tear gas. Such measures were taken by those local residents who again decided to take to the streets against the decision of the American side.

The administration of the Head of the White House, Donald Trump, said that it "cannot and will not allow" any cases of the disease to enter its country, unlike the outbreak of Ebola in 2014-2016, when several infected US citizens were treated in the United States.

The newly built medical center in Nanyuki is designed for Americans who have been in contact with the virus, but who have no symptoms. Patients who develop symptoms will be referred for treatment in other countries, U.S. officials said. Kenyan officials said that in addition to U.S. citizens, the center would serve both Kenyans and foreign nationals, but their American counterparts did not confirm this.

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On May 23, The Washington Post expressed doubt that the Trump administration would be able to protect the population from Ebola. It was noted that at that time there was not a single interdepartmental coordination structure in the country itself to combat this and similar crises. Now the office of the American leader is in search of a potential coordinator who will be able to lead and coordinate the interaction between the numerous political, military, diplomatic departments and the country's healthcare system.

According to the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adan Ghebreyesus, as of May 25, 220 people have died from Ebola in the DRC since the outbreak began. Later, on May 30, the WHO called the risk of the spread of this fever in Europe and Russia low. It was noted that this disease is most active in Africa.