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Kenya Orders Early Closure of Bars in Measures Against Virus

A worker performs a temperature scan on a resident at a temporary hand-washing station in Nairobi, Kenya.Photographer: Patrick Meinhardt/Bloomberg

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By David Herbling

March 20, 2020 at 1:07 PM UTC

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Kenya announced measures aimed at keeping the spread of the coronavirus at bay that include the shutting of entertainment areas such as bars by 7:30 p.m. from March 23.