Kenya Map. Photo: Britannica
A Kenyan court on Friday temporarily halted the opening of an Ebola quarantine centre for US nationals following a petition filed by a rights group.
The facility was due to open on Friday in Kenya, according to US officials, to quarantine Americans arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is battling a major Ebola outbreak.
The centre is set to have 50 isolation beds and be managed by US medical staff at Laikipia Air Base, about 200 kilometres (124 miles) from the capital, Nairobi.
“A conservatory order is hereby issued restraining the respondents from establishing… any Ebola exposure, quarantine, isolation or treatment facility in Kenya,” the court order reads.
