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30.05.26 - 21:21
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Kenyan Court Rejects Plan For US Ebola Quarantine Center Amid Growing Outbreak (ZeroHedge)
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Kenyan Court Rejects Plan For US Ebola Quarantine Center Amid Growing Outbreak
Authored by Brett Wilkins via Common Dreams
A day after US officials said Kenya had approved a request to open a quarantine center for Americans exposed to a rare strain of the Ebola virus, a court in the East African nation on Friday temporarily blocked the plan amid a growing outbreak in neighboring Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The High Court prohibited the Kenyan government from establishing or operating any Ebola exposure, quarantine, isolation, or treatment facility in the country under any agreement with the United States or any other foreign government or agency.
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The court also blocked Kenya's government from allowing anyone infected with or exposed to Ebola into the country pending the outcome of the case, which was filed by the Katiba Institute, a civil rights group.
“At its core, the case is about preserving constitutional accountability, protecting public health, a...
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27.05.26 - 06:12
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US To Set Up Quarantine Facility In Kenya For Americans Exposed To Ebola (ZeroHedge)
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US To Set Up Quarantine Facility In Kenya For Americans Exposed To Ebola
The Trump administration is expected to deploy US public health officers to Kenya to staff a quarantine facility there amid the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in a departure from procedure used during previous outbreaks of the virus, the WSJ reported.
According to the report, the facility - which is pending signoff from the Kenyan government - will primarily be used for Americans who are exposed to, or at high risk of testing positive for the virus in the region, as well as Americans who test positive.
While there are now no known Ebola cases in Kenya, the move comes as international and local health officials are racing to contain another deadly outbreak of a rare strain of Ebola in the Congo that is already the third largest in history just weeks after it likely began.
Health workers transport a patient suspected of having Ebola to the isolation center at a hospital in Democratic Repub...
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