Lead image for US aid workers discharged from Laikipia Ebola facility.
Seven American disaster response workers with the international relief charity Samaritan's Purse, who were under observation for Ebola, have been discharged and sent home after completing a mandatory 21-day quarantine at the US-funded bio-isolation facility at Laikipia Air Base.
Alex Kuria, Samaritan's Purse's Kenya director, confirmed the development, saying all seven workers remained asymptomatic throughout the monitoring period and have since resumed their normal lives.
"The people left. They went back to their homes. They've been back home for two weeks now. They did not develop symptoms. They were well, and there are no new ones that have come," said Mr Kuria.
The seven, all members of the charity's American Disaster Assistance Response Team, had been quarantined as a precautionary measure while supporting regional emergency operations.
Franklin Graham, president and CEO of Samaritan's Purse, had earlier said the team was housed in specialised military infrastructure at the airbase, describing their accommodation as "large military tents in a fenced-in gravelled area, sleeping on military cots," with food provided by the US military.
Their release comes as the region intensifies its public health response to the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and surrounding border areas.
Kenya has recorded no confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) so far, according to an official preparedness status report.
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