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Kenyan court blocks opening of U.S. Ebola quarantine center on air base #shorts 88%
5/30/2026, 1:45:52 AM
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Kenya just blocked the US from opening an Ebola quarantine facility for Americans on African soil.
Now, the White House had said that that would actually open today, but it's now in limbo.
It's supposed to be a 50-bed facility and for Americans who have Ebola or who have been exposed to the virus.
With the outbreak still surging in the Democratic Republic of Congo and in neighboring Uganda to the east with at least 220 dead and at least something like 900 people infected so far.
So, what happened in Kenya was that a constitutional watchdog called the Katiba Institute filed this emergency petition.
This was yesterday, Thursday, and it said that the government was being reckless and that Kenya was essentially being used as a kind of dumping ground for America's infectious disease fears.
Their exact words was that the US was externalizing infectious disease risks to the Republic's territory.
And then the judge acted fast and the order is sweeping.
Kenya's government can't open any facilities for Ebola quarantine, for isolation, or treatment that's linked to the United States or to any other foreign government.
The Kenyan government now does have 48 hours to respond.
The case is already set for June 2nd and yesterday Secretary of State Marco Rubio called Kenya's President William Ruto and offered 13 and 1/2 million dollars towards Kenya's Ebola response.
We'll look ahead to June 2nd to see if that quarantine facility actually gets up and running.
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