Economics

Kenya Shuts Off Capital for Three More Weeks on Virus Concerns

Police officers request all street vendors to close and leave to curb the spread of Covid-19 in Nairobi, Kenya, on April 24.

Photographer: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images

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Kenya’s president extended a nationwide night-time curfew by 21 days and said people won’t be able to enter or exit the capital and some coastal areas for a similar period.