Americans who contract Ebola could be flown to the United States, U.S. officials said on June 3, a shift from their previous stance.
“We’re not ruling out moving people out to the United States if we believe that case requires more intensive management,” Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said at a CNN event.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers during a hearing in Washington on Wednesday that a facility the United States is setting up in Kenya for quarantining Americans exposed to Ebola is only for observation.
“If they test positive at any time while in that facility, we will remove them from Kenya and send them to the nearest treatment facility, either in Europe or … in the United States to be treated for Ebola,” he said….