A man shelters from the rain with plastic bags, at a market in Tembisa, east of Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday, March 23, 2020. South Africa, Africa's most industralized economy and a nation of 57 million people, will to go into a nationwide lockdown for 21 days from Thursday to fight the spread of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
March 23, 2020
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March 23, 2020 5:45 p.m.
South Africa to go into nationwide lockdown from Thursday
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa, Africa's most industrialized economy and a nation of 57 million people, will to go into a nationwide lockdown for 21 days starting Thursday to try to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, the president said Monday.