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facility that the U.S. is setting up in the townof Nanyuki in the central part of the country about 120 miles from the capital, Nairobi. Its purpose is to quarantine and observe American citizens
Nanyuki, under the shadow of Mount Kenya, is set to quarantine Americans arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which is battling a major Ebola outbreak.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3335x3335+833+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F0c%2F5b%2F3eb5d1e64e5b8a110f6a62b7c22a%2Fgettyimages-2280071850.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/06/09/nx-s1-5850708/ebola-quarantine-u-s-citizens-kenya) ### [Global Health](https://www.npr.org/sections/global-health/)