Michael Kaluki

Protests were witnessed in the central town of Nanyuki, with local media showing police engaging demonstrators in running battles.

Many businesses remain closed.

Protesters called on the Kenyan government to block the United States from setting up an Ebola quarantine center at an Air Force base located in the area.

The White House had said last week that the U.S.

was establishing a facility in Kenya.

where Americans who had been exposed to Ebola would be quarantined, adding that those exhibiting symptoms of the disease would be moved to a third country.

A Kenyan court later temporarily suspended those plans.

For NPR News, I'm Michael Kaluki in Nairobi.

WHO Director General Tedros Ghebreyesus, who is currently in the Democratic Republic of Congo, said that the patients had recovered from the Bundibugyo strain of the disease, which has been identified in the current outbreak.

There are currently no approved medicines for the Bundibugyo strain.

However, Tedros said that it is still possible for people to recover from the disease and that his agency is working towards finding vaccines and treatments.

Meanwhile, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has called on African countries to enhance their health response systems and undertake shared responsibility in protecting lives during the current Ebola outbreak.

For NPR News, I'm Michael Kaluki in Nairobi.

WHO Director General Tedros Ghebreyesus warned that the bodies of Ebola victims are highly contagious and called for safe burial practices to be adhered to.

His comments come in the wake of recent attacks on Ebola treatment facilities in eastern Congo by crowds seeking to reclaim bodies for traditional burials.

The WHO Safe Burial Protocol calls for a trained team to assist in burials while honoring religious and cultural practices.

Procedures include ensuring the body is handled only by those wearing personal protective equipment and ensuring disinfection is undertaken.

Traditional burial rites often involve direct contact with a victim's body, which the WHO warns creates a high risk of exposure to the disease.

For NPR News, I'm Michael Kaluki in Nairobi.

WHO Director General Tedros Ghebreyesus, who is currently in the Democratic Republic of Congo, said that the patients had recovered from the Bundibugyo strain of the disease, which has been identified in the current outbreak.