Kenya Restricts Foreign Travel, Suspends School on Coronavirus

A laboratory specialist wearing protective gear speaks with a man asking to get tested in front of the ward for quarantined people in Nairobi, Kenya, on March 15.

Photographer: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images

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Kenya halted the entry of foreigners from countries that have confirmed coronavirus cases and suspended schools in a bid to reduce the risk of contagion within the East African country.