US monitors new Ebola cases

The virus, now in Kenya and Nigeria, continues to spread well beyond the initial site of the outbreak. The US is offering new support to Kenya and Nigeria in the wake of the African nations reporting a handful of new Ebola cases, as the virus spreads well beyond the initial site of the outbreak. “The United States is aware of reports of a Kenyan citizen who died of Ebola in Nairobi after traveling there from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as reports of additional cases,” a State Department spokesperson told Semafor, adding that the Trump administration “stands ready to support the response in Kenya as needed.” The US raised its travel advisory for Kenya to Level 3 earlier this week over Ebola, as a rare strain of the virus with no approved vaccine or treatment spreads beyond the center of the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kenya recorded its first-ever Ebola case on Oct. 6 and has now confirmed nine infections. The US response in Kenya has withstood scrutiny; an American-built bio-isolation facility in Laikipia was the subject of deadly protests and court challenges in June. “Kenyan citizens with Ebola have not used the facility nor did we receive