A facility built by the U.S. military on a Kenyan air base was intended to isolate Americans exposed to Ebola during the growing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
May 29, 2026 at 10:22 a.m. EDTToday at 10:22 a.m. EDT
Workers in Kenya load Ebola relief supplies onto a United Nations plane. (Andrew Kasuku/AP)
NAIROBI — A Kenyan court Friday suspended a Trump administration plan to establish a makeshift field hospital in Kenya to quarantine and treat Americans exposed to or infected with Ebola.
The court, citing a threat to life, issued its ruling on the day U.S. officials said the facility would begin operating. It has capacity for up to 50 patients potentially exposed during the growing Ebola outbreak, which is centered in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
