{"id":142613,"date":"2026-05-30T09:02:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T09:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/health-ps-reviews-ebola-containment-measures-at-jkia\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T09:02:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T09:02:52","slug":"health-ps-reviews-ebola-containment-measures-at-jkia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/health-ps-reviews-ebola-containment-measures-at-jkia\/","title":{"rendered":"Health PS reviews Ebola containment measures at JKIA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya May 30 \u2013 Public Health and Professional Standards Principal Secretary Mary Muthoni has met the border management team at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to assess Kenya\u2019s Ebola preparedness and containment measures at key entry points.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Muthoni assured the public that robust protocols are in place at all border points to prevent any potential spread of the disease.<\/p>\n<p>She also addressed ongoing discussions between Kenya and the United States regarding a proposed Ebola isolation facility, dismissing public concerns and emphasizing that such international cooperation is standard practice in managing highly infectious diseases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen there is a discussion around having an isolation center in Kenya, it\u2019s not a bad thing really. And these are not strange things. Even during COVID, we had isolation centers in our country. Even the counties are supposed to have isolation centers. Today we are at risk because of Ebola. If we have it here in our country, what happens? We will need isolation centre,\u201d the PS asserted.<\/p>\n<p>According to the PS, Kenya will engage other countries in strengthening its systems as long as it is done within the laws of the country<\/p>\n<p>Consequently, Muthoni says the country cannot work in isolation; thus, any engagement with another country to establish an isolation centre is not new as Kenya did the same during the COVID \u2013 19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The PS also notes that the country\u2019s laboratories have the capacity to test samples within 6 \u2013 8 hours and thus enhancing response.<\/p>\n<p>The government also says it has mapped out high risk areas and encourages Kenyans to avoid unnecessary travel to affected areas.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya May 30 \u2013 Public Health and Professional Standards Principal Secretary Mary Muthoni has met the border management team at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to assess Kenya\u2019s Ebola preparedness and containment measures at key entry points. Muthoni assured the public that robust protocols are in place at all border points to prevent any [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142613\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}