A protester was shot and killed during a protest against the construction of a quarantine center for Americans exposed to Ebola in Kenya, this Tuesday (9), in the city of Nanyuki, in the central region of the country. Reporters from the Reuters news agency, who were at the scene, did not witness the shooting, but saw the man's body, with a large wound in the back of his head, inside a police vehicle. When contacted to speak about the incident, a police spokesman said he had no information. Protesters protest against the United States' proposal to establish an Ebola quarantine center at Laikipia Air Base in Nanyuki, Kenya Andrew Kasuku/AP Photo Hundreds of young people staged a protest this Monday (1st) in the city of Nanyuki, in central Kenya, against the installation of a quarantine center for American citizens exposed to Ebola at Laikipia Air Base. Residents fear being exposed to the virus through patients transported to the site. There is no record, to date, of Ebola cases in the country, in the current outbreak of the disease. The protests came two days after Kenya's High Court suspended the establishment of the center and the arrival of any foreign patients pending the ruling of a case brought by the Kenya Bar Association and a constitutional watchdog. The two organizations cited the fragility of the Kenyan healthcare system as the reason why foreign Ebola patients should not be quarantined in the country. Rate of spread of Ebola is outpacing response efforts, says WHO American officials said Thursday that the United States planned to send Americans exposed to Ebola abroad to a new facility in Kenya rather than repatriate them. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the government's plans. They said the facility would be located at Laikipia Air Base and would be operational with 50 quarantine beds by this Friday (5). On Monday, hundreds of young people marched to the gates of the air base, chanting slogans against Ebola. Health Minister Aden Duale said on Sunday that the quarantine center was for “everyone” and not exclusively for American citizens. The U.S. government intends to invest $13.5 million in Kenya's Ebola preparedness efforts, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement. Local leaders, including Laikipia governor Joshua Irungu, told journalists they opposed the creation of an Ebola quarantine center. “This will expose our population to Ebola,” he said, adding that many local residents work inside the air base and could be exposed. A protester displays a sign during a protest against the proposed United States Ebola quarantine center at Laikipia Air Base in Nanyuki, Kenya. Andrew Kasuku/AP Photo One resident, Malin Ndegwa, said Kenya should not be exposed to the virus by hosting foreigners when it is not the epicenter of the outbreak. "Why aren't they doing this in the Democratic Republic of Congo? Why aren't they doing this in Uganda? Why do they need to bring this here? So we are saying categorically that we don't want negotiations, we don't want public participation. We want this facility removed from our city, we want it removed from Kenya," he said. Kenya has reported no cases of Ebola, but neighboring Uganda has reported nine and closed its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Global health emergency At least 282 confirmed cases have been reported in the DRC, with more than 1,000 suspected cases of the Bundibugyo virus, the current variant of Ebola, which has no approved treatment or vaccine. The new variant of Ebola has caused the virus to spread rapidly across the Democratic Republic of Congo and raises alarms for a new regional epidemic of the disease. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the outbreak in the country probably started a few months ago and that the response from international health bodies was "a little late". Ebola is a rare but serious disease in humans that often leads to death – the average fatality rate for the disease is 50%. It spreads among humans through direct contact with blood, secretions or other body fluids from infected people and with contaminated surfaces and materials. With information from the Associated Press