A court in Kenya has suspended a U.S. plan to establish a quarantine facility for Americans exposed to a rare Ebola virus in northeastern Congo

A Kenyan court has suspended US plans to open an Ebola quarantine facility for American citizens in the country, which has sparked public concern about cross-border infection risks. The 50-bed isolation centre,

If needed, Americans who need more care would be transferred to Europe, not U.S. hospitals, drawing criticism from Ebola experts.

The U.S. is setting up a facility in Kenya ⁠to ⁠quarantine U.S. citizens who have been exposed to Ebola, and will ⁠not bring them home if they develop symptoms, but instead send them to a third country,

U.S. officials are still working to find centers in Europe to accept Americans who need advanced treatment, as the Trump administration has ruled out treatment in the U.S.

The plan to launch this week a health facility in Kenya for Americans who may have been exposed to the Ebola virus has received widespread criticism – from both Kenyan doctors and US officials working at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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 centre was supposed to house Americans arriving from DR Congo, which is battling a major Ebola outbreak A Kenyan court temporarily halted the opening of an Ebola quarantine centre for US nationals on Friday following a petition filed by a rights group.