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In this Thursday, March 26, 2020, photo, a security guard walks in a normally busy but now closed restaurant on a beach in Dakar, Senegal. As African countries have started shutting down borders and economic activity plummets, those who do informal work or run small businesses are suffering without the type of economic assistance that some countries in the developed world are able to provide. (AP Photo/Sylvain Cherkaoui)

In this Thursday, March 26, 2020, photo, a security guard walks in a normally busy but now closed restaurant on a beach in Dakar, Senegal. As African countries have started shutting down borders and economic activity plummets, those who do informal work or run small businesses are suffering without the type of economic assistance that some countries in the developed world are able to provide. (AP Photo/Sylvain Cherkaoui)

March 27, 2020

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'Go home!' South Africa has 1st death as lockdown begins
March 27, 2020 2:58 p.m.

'Go home!' South Africa has 1st death as lockdown begins

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa announced its first death from the coronavirus Friday as the country's cases rose well above 1,000 and a three-week lockdown began, with military patrolling and police screaming at the homeless on quiet streets.