Ten people linked to Kenya's first-ever Ebola case quarantined as screening concerns grow

In June, a US plan to establish an Ebola treatment facility at a military base in the central Kenyan town of Nanyuki sparked concern, with Kenyans reacting furiously about the risks of cross-border infection. The plan was halted by the courts.On Wednesday, Health Minister Aden Duale told local television station NTV that pending the outcome of the court case, the government was considering turning the facility into the "first" infectious disease hospital in the region, to deal with outbreaks like Ebola.More than 4,000 people have died from Ebola in DR Congo this year, in what is the second most deadly known outbreak of the disease.Shortly after DR Congo declared an outbreak of Ebola in May, it was also reported in Uganda, where two people died. However, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that county free of the disease in August.On Tuesday, Uganda's health ministry emphasised that the country remained free of Ebola and was continuing to "maintain strong surveillance measures to protect public health".It said the Kenyan Ebola patient had transited through the country for less than 24 hours and screening teams had "observed he had a normal temperature at the time of departu...