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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Evelyne Musambi

Ebola quarantine center for Americans is up and working in Kenya despite a court ban, activists say

Congo Ebola - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Kenyan activists on Monday accused authorities of violating a court order from last month halting the setting up of an American-backed Ebola quarantine center after reports surfaced that Americans were being quarantined in the country.

The center was meant to take in and quarantine Americans evacuated from Congo, where an Ebola outbreak that erupted two months ago has so far killed at least 930 people, out of the 2,344 cases confirmed there.

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