A video being shared widely on social media shows an angry crowd threatening two people of Asian descent about the coronavirus. Reportedly recorded in Kenya, a man in the crowd shouts at the frightened couple, “You are corona!” The Asian man responds, “We don’t have corona. Enough!” Finally, a person in the crowd raises his hand threatening to slap the Asian man.

As the coronavirus spreads across continents, it is also spreading fear. In many parts of the world, including Africa, xenophobia, and more specifically, “sinophobia,” the fear of Chinese people, is on the rise.