{"id":347767,"date":"2026-05-29T21:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T20:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/kenyan-court-halts-plans-for-us-to-open-ebola-quarantine-facility\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T21:00:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T20:00:04","slug":"kenyan-court-halts-plans-for-us-to-open-ebola-quarantine-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/kenyan-court-halts-plans-for-us-to-open-ebola-quarantine-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenyan court halts plans for US to open Ebola quarantine facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/Z1lRsvp_EIg\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Kenyan court halts plans for US to open Ebola quarantine facility\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z1lRsvp_EIg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A Kenyan court has temporarily suspended US plans to open its own Ebola quarantine facility.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>The US wanted a centre in Kenya for American citizens who might have been exposed to the virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo or Uganda, rather than flying them back to the States.<\/p>\n<p>But a rights group brought a challenge to the court arguing that this could cause  &quot;grave\u201d risks to public health.<\/p>\n<p>So far there have been more than 900 suspected cases of Ebola in the DRC and nine in Uganda.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Kenyan court has temporarily suspended US plans to open its own Ebola quarantine facility. 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