Kenya to comply with court order on Ebola facility as outbreak spreads in region

Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale says the government will comply with a court order temporarily stopping the establishment of an Ebola quarantine facility at the Laikipia Air Base in Nanyuki. Duale has, however, warned that he will not hesitate to invoke sections of the Public Health Act granting him powers to enforce stricter measures to prevent the spread of the highly communicable disease should a positive case be confirmed within Kenya’s borders. The caseload in the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 676 cases with 136 deaths in an outbreak that has also spread to neighbouring Uganda.