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'US owns the Ebola virus'
22 Aug 2014 at 14:45hrs | Views
A Kenyan businessman has reportedly made claims that the United States government owns the Ebola virus that continues to rock West African countries.
According to the Business Daily, Joseph Aura told the High Court in Nairobi that the US had patented the Ebola virus, its vaccine and cure in 2012 and should be compelled to bring the health crisis to a stop.
The claim was made in court papers supporting Aura's request to have the Kenya High Court throw out a case filed by the Consumers Federation of Kenya lobby group seeking to compel national carrier Kenya Airways to stop flying to West African nations hit by the Ebola epidemic, the report said.
Aura made the claims as Nigeria, one of the affected West African countries, declined to use an experimental drug from the US.
According to the Business Daily, Joseph Aura told the High Court in Nairobi that the US had patented the Ebola virus, its vaccine and cure in 2012 and should be compelled to bring the health crisis to a stop.
The claim was made in court papers supporting Aura's request to have the Kenya High Court throw out a case filed by the Consumers Federation of Kenya lobby group seeking to compel national carrier Kenya Airways to stop flying to West African nations hit by the Ebola epidemic, the report said.
Aura made the claims as Nigeria, one of the affected West African countries, declined to use an experimental drug from the US.
Source - news24
