Dr. Susan Murumba

Co-founder/ MD Kory Family Group of Hospitals

[Business Daily @BD_Africa]

Kenyan doctors thriving in the UK

Dr Liz Njeri and Dr Gathoni Kamau recount their journey of building medical careers in the UK while maintaining ties back home.

More on: https://t.co/jlmgGOflph

[Al Jazeera Breaking News @AJENews]

BREAKING: France has reported its first Ebola case in a doctor returning from a humanitarian mission in DRC, according to the country's health ministry.

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[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Women in eastern DR Congo are disproportionately impacted by Ebola as shortages of protective gear amid funding cuts accelerate the spread of disease.

Al Jazeera’s @ImogenKimber reports how these caregivers to the living and the dead are most at risk.

[Ministry of Health @MOH_Kenya]

PROTECTING KENYANS THROUGH STRONGER HEALTH SECURITY AND OUTBREAK PREPAREDNESS

[Dr. Mercy Korir @DrMercyKorir]

I attended the @AfricaCDC weekly media briefing yesterday by @Dr_JeanKaseya who said he is yet to hear what Kenya has to say about plans to host an Ebola quarantine and treatment centre for Americans.
#EbolaOutbreak full @WillowHealthKe story here: https://t.co/4L62QJn0Ey

[Waihiga Mwaura @WaihigaMwaura]

We spoke to WHO's Dr Marie Belizaire from Bunia, Ituri province, Eastern DRC who told us that out of 2500+ ebola suspected contacts that they needed to trace only 30% had been located because of insecurity in the region.
#FocusOnAfrica @BBCAfrica

[Al Jazeera Breaking News @AJENews]

BREAKING: A Kenyan High Court has temporarily suspended plans for the United States to establish an Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya.

🔴 More on https://t.co/hGzrK2N8WC

[BNO News @BNOFeed]

Daily Ebola update:

- Total cases: 1,038
- Total deaths: 241

[Waihiga Mwaura @WaihigaMwaura]

The US Government intends to commit $13.5 million toward Kenya’s Ebola preparedness efforts and has already committed to providing $112 million in bilateral assistance to the regional response. #FocusOnAfrica

[Tommy Pigott @statedeptspox]

.@SecRubio spoke with Kenyan President @WilliamsRuto about the coordinated U.S.-Kenya response to the Ebola outbreak. Together, we're strengthening disease surveillance and supporting regional health security.

[Moe @moneyacademyKE]

Kenya will receive Sh1.75 billion ($13.5 million) from the US for Ebola preparedness efforts.

The amount is part of a larger Sh14.5 billion ($112 million) US commitment for the regional response to the outbreak.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

A field hospital in central Kenya for Americans exposed to Ebola will begin operating Friday with capacity for 50 patients, administration officials said, as they defended plans not to transport infected Americans to the U.S. for treatment. https://t.co/y7mPUvNt7m

[William Samoei Ruto, PhD @WilliamsRuto]

International solidarity is vital, particularly in times of multiple crises. As a key regional gateway, financial hub, and host to major international organisations, Kenya remains vigilant and committed to swift, coordinated action to protect regional health security following the Ebola outbreak in neighbouring countries.

At State House, Nairobi, I met Ambassadors, development partners, multilateral agencies, and key stakeholders to apprise them of Kenya’s preparedness, exchange views on the regional situation, and mobilise collective action to contain the spread of the Ebola Virus Disease.

I am pleased that surveillance and screening measures have been intensified across 26 Points of Entry, with more than 58,000 travellers screened and all suspected cases tested so far returning negative. In addition, 17 isolation centres have been identified across the country.

We are also mobilising support with development partners for affected countries and frontline response institutions, including the World Health Organization, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, and the United Nations system, to strengthen surveillance, emergency response and healthcare preparedness, laboratory systems, and cross-border coordination.

I appreciate the representatives from the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, France, Germany, China, Japan, India, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, Türkiye, the United Nations Office at Nairobi, and the United Nations Resident Coordinator’s Office for their presence and commitment to this important national, regional, and global endeavour.

We agreed on the importance of cooperation and avoiding isolationism, recognising that public health threats do not respect borders and require coordinated regional and global action.

Kenya will continue to act transparently, responsibly, and decisively to protect lives while contributing to regional and global health security.

The Government will establish a National Response Committee under the leadership of the Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs to coordinate a whole-of-government and whole-of-society response, strengthen public awareness and preparedness, and mobilise the technical and financial resources necessary to address any eventualities arising from the Ebola outbreak.

[Reuters Africa @ReutersAfrica]

One U.S. officials said the authorisation grants the U.S. access to land at an air force base in Laikipia in central Kenya. https://t.co/XyNxeEBngb

[LenaSun @bylenasun]

NEW: US says field hospital for Americans exposed to Ebola will be ready in Kenya on Friday. 50 beds to start. If Americans need more care, they will be transferred to facilities in Europe, not US hospitals. My latest. https://t.co/iGoIEkGd0A

[CGTN Africa @cgtnafrica]

U.S. PATIENTS QUARANTINED IN KENYA WILL THEN BE MOVED TO A THIRD COUNTRY, NOT THE U.S. -OFFICIAL

[Moe @moneyacademyKE]

Breaking:

Kenya has approved a US plan to set up an Ebola quarantine facility at a military base in Laikipia for Americans exposed to the outbreak in DR Congo.

Kenya had reportedly pushed for the facility to also serve other nationalities.

[Reuters @Reuters]

The DRC's Ebola outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo strain with no vaccine or treatment, spread to Uganda as contact tracing lagged and aid cuts strangled efforts. The outbreak caused 220 suspected deaths and 900 cases https://t.co/7aiKAqHH9W

[Citizen TV Kenya @citizentvkenya]

'We're ready,' PS Oluga says amid reports Americans exposed to Ebola may be sent to Kenya