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Kenya high court suspends plan to open US Ebola quarantine centre

A Red Cross volunteer speaks to people during a public awareness campaign in Bunia, DRC, where the current outbreak began on 15 May.
A Red Cross volunteer speaks to people during a public awareness campaign in Bunia, DRC, where the current outbreak began on 15 May. © AP Photo / Moses Sawasawa

A Kenyan high court has ordered the ​temporary suspension of plans for the United States to set up an Ebola quarantine facility in ​the ‌country, after a rights group challenged the plan.

The White House said on Thursday that the US was setting up a facility in ‌Kenya to quarantine its citizens who had been exposed to ​Ebola, and that it would not bring them home if they develop symptoms, but would send them ​to a third country instead.

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