A Kenyan high court moved swiftly on Friday to suspend a Trump administration plan to quarantine Americans exposed to Ebola at a military air base in the country — blocking the facility on the very day it was scheduled to open. High Court Judge Patricia Nyaundi issued orders barring Kenya from establishing or operating any Ebola-related facility under agreements with the United States or other foreign governments, and from admitting anyone exposed to or infected with the virus into the country until the legal challenge is fully heard.
The ruling came just hours before the 50-bed unit at Laikipia Air Base, roughly 125 miles north of Nairobi, was due to become operational. Built by the US military and staffed entirely by American personnel, the facility had been framed by Washington as a faster and safer alternative to flying Ebola-exposed citizens back to the United States on long-haul flights.
