Police in Kenya have arrested two people who escaped from a coronavirus quarantine centre in the capital Nairobi.
They were among dozens of others who were filmed jumping over a perimeter wall of the quarantine centre, drawing public condemnation.
The two were arrested while drinking at a bar in Roysambu area,north of the city, and taken back to the quarantine centre.
During their arrest they said they had planned the escape after seeing no testing was being conducted on them.
They also said the order to foot their bills during the quarantine period made them escape as they could afford the money.
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