Protesters in Kenya are protesting plans by the U.S. to build a quarantine and treatment center at Laikipia Air Base.

Following the WHO's declaration of an Ebola outbreak as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, numerous countries and airlines have implemented travel restrictions and enhanced screening measures.

The health organization said Friday latest official figures showed 906 suspected cases and 223 suspected deaths.

Chaos erupted in Nanyuki as residents protested against a US Ebola quarantine facility at Laikipia Air Base, raising fears over public health risks.

Brazil is monitoring two patients for possible Ebola infection, officials said, prompting further concern of the deadly virus outbreak in central Africa spreading abroad.

Aid workers in Uganda are watching the Ebola crisis unfold in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. They're doing what they can to prepare for an uptick in cases, but foreign aid cuts aren't helping.

The summer travel season is opening against an unusually crowded backdrop of infectious‑disease concerns.

Two deadly viruses have recently captured the public’s attention and sparked fears of a new pandemic. But experts say Ebola and hantavirus are unlikely to gain ground in the United States.

The plan to launch this week a health facility in Kenya for Americans who may have been exposed to the Ebola virus has received widespread criticism – from both Kenyan doctors and US officials working at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recorded 906 suspected cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including 223 suspected deaths currently under investigation.The organisation said an outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus remains ongoing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,