Medical staff in a protective gown prepares to check visitors' temperatures as a preventive measure against Ebola at the National Institute of Biomedical Research in Goma, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, on May 19. Photo by Marie Jeanne Munkyerenkana/EPA
May 29 (UPI) -- The High Court of Kenya called for a temporary halt to the United States' plans to establish a 50-bed Ebola quarantine facility for Americans.
The court order, dated Thursday, came in response to a petition by the Katiba Institute, a civil society group, challenging whether the quarantine facility is constitutional. The group is asking for details of any arrangement between the United States and Kenya about the facility to be disclosed.
The Kenyan government has not confirmed that there is any arrangement in place with the United States.
The Katiba Institute said such an arrangement poses "grave and imminent risks" to public health.
