A policeman orders a loitering man to get home while patrolling in Mannenburg, Cape Town, South Africa, Saturday, March 28, 2020. South Africa went into a nationwide lockdown to restrict public movements for 21 days in an effort to control the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. (AP Photo)
March 28, 2020
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March 28, 2020 3:47 p.m.
Virus prevention measures turn violent in parts of Africa
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Police fired tear gas at a crowd of Kenyan ferry commuters as the country’s first day of a coronavirus curfew slid into chaos. Elsewhere, officers were captured in mobile phone footage whacking people with batons.