Kenyan court temporarily blocks US plan to create Ebola quarantine center

A Kenyan court has ordered the temporary suspension of a plan by the United States to establish an Ebola quarantine center in the country after a lawsuit argued the site could endanger public health.

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Senior U.S. officials said the 50-bed unit at an air base in central Kenya would serve Americans who have been exposed to the virus but are still asymptomatic and would become operational on Friday.

Patients who develop symptoms would be sent for treatment in other countries outside the United States, officials said.

The plan to bring Americans exposed to the outbreak to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda has sparked strong opposition among many Kenyans since it was revealed earlier this week. Kenya’s government gave written approval to the project on Thursday, but did not directly address it in public comments.

In an order issued Thursday evening, Kenyan High Court Justice Patricia Nyaundi barred the government from admitting anyone exposed to or infected with Ebola under the planned deal until a challenge brought by legal advocacy group the Katiba Institute is resolved.

The next hearing will take place on June 2, Nyaundi said.

Trump administration ‘won’t allow’ Ebola patients onto US soil

US President Donald Trump’s administration has said it “cannot and will not” allow any Ebola cases to enter the country, unlike the 2014 to 2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, when several infected US nationals were treated on US soil.

The planned facility in Kenya is expected to be staffed by members of the U.S. Public Health Service, a uniformed branch of the Department of Health and Human Services. More than 30 people trained in Washington for three days and left for Kenya on Wednesday evening, U.S. officials said.

Kenya has pushed for the facility to be open to all nationalities, not just U.S. citizens, but it is unclear whether that will be the case. The U.S. State Department announced Thursday that it would dedicate $13.5 million to Kenya’s Ebola preparedness efforts.

Since the outbreak was confirmed in mid-May, there have been more than 1,000 suspected and confirmed cases, including 246 deaths, according to the World Health Organization.

Health experts have warned that the true number of cases and deaths is likely to be much higher due to late detection of the outbreak and difficulties in tracing contacts of suspected cases in eastern DRC, where there is widespread armed conflict.

Quarantine plan criticized in Kenya

The Katiba Institute said in its lawsuit that the quarantine plan “raises serious constitutional concerns regarding the rights to life, health, fair administrative action, public participation, and parliamentary oversight.”

Kenya’s main medical union also threatened industrial action on Thursday unless the terms of the deal with the US government were revealed within 48 hours.

Some U.S. health experts have criticized the plan, saying it could discourage Americans from joining the Ebola response.

The Trump administration said the plan would give patients faster access to care and protect Americans at home.

Last week, it was confirmed that a US citizen who treated patients in the DRC as a medical missionary had contracted the Ebola virus and moved to Germany for treatment, along with five other exposed people. A seventh person was taken to the Czech Republic.

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