A Kenyan court has reportedly shut down a plan set in motion by the Trump administration to quarantine Ebola-exposed Americans in Kenya.
A response to an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the plan was to quarantine exposed or infected U.S. citizens at a makeshift field hospital in Kenya. The move concerned health experts, who warned that care overseas would be inferior to that available in U.S. specialized units.
The Kenyan court suspended the plan the day U.S. officials intended to open the facility, citing a threat to the lives of the Kenyan people, according to The Washington Post.
The facility was built by the U.S. military at Laikipia Air Base, about 125 miles from Nairobi, Kenya's capital. It would have been staffed by U.S. Public Health Service officers.
While Kenya agreed to the plan for the field hospital, it sparked widespread public opposition and was challenged in court by Katiba Institute, a constitutional rights advocacy group, The Post reported.
