Seven American humanitarian workers from Samaritan's Purse are under a 21-day quarantine at a U.S.-run facility in Kenya after potential exposure to the Bundibugyo Ebola virus during their deployment to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the organization's president Franklin Graham confirmed July 18, 2026. None of the seven have developed symptoms, Graham said. The quarantine is taking place at Laikipia Air Base in central Kenya, at a facility built by the United States specifically for this purpose despite a Kenyan High Court order that had temporarily halted its construction.
The workers' quarantine coincides with a new U.S. policy requiring anyone who has traveled to DRC to quarantine outside the United States for three weeks before returning, reflecting the severity of the outbreak and the risk of Ebola arriving on American soil.
