Coronavirus News

Limpho Sello LESOTHO’S Coronavirus (Covid-19) infections have risen sharply from just four to 35 in just over a week. Health Minister Motlatsi Maqelepo says the capital, Maseru, tops the list with 10 infections followed by Butha-Buthe…

Bereng Mpaki THE newly appointed chief executive officer of the National Emergency Command Centre (NECC), Thabo Khasipe, says he will prioritise the improvement of the country’s health infrastructure to cope with Coronavirus (Covid-19)…

...former first lady’s friend faces jail, fine for the offence ’Marafaele Mohloboli A CLOSE friend of the former First Lady ‘Maesaiah Thabane faces an M5 000 fine and two years’ imprisonment after being caught attempting to…

as government begins local testing for deadly virus Limpho Sello THE honeymoon is well and truly over for Lesotho after the country recorded 13 more cases of the deadly Coronavirus (Covid-19) this week. Until Sunday, there were…

Staff Reporter THE honeymoon is finally over for Lesotho after the country recorded its first and second cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) on 12 and 20 May 2020 respectively, analysts say. The analysts further say that although the…

as government threatens to reinstate lockdown Limpho Sello LESOTHO has recorded its first positive case of coronavirus (Covid-19). Health Minister Nkaku Kabi said yesterday the affected individual was a Lesotho national who…

Limpho Sello LESOTHO remains free of the dreaded Coronavirus disease after samples taken from seven suspects tested negative in neighbouring South Africa, the Ministry of Health has said. An eighth person who had initially been named…

’Marafaele Mohloboli POLICE Commissioner Holomo Molibeli has appealed to the police and army to observe human rights and refrain from acts of brutality against citizens during the nationwide lockdown. The 21-day lockdown began after…

’Marafaele Mohloboli THE ruling Alliance of Democrats (AD) indefinitely postponed its special conference called after restive party members passed a no confidence vote against party leader Monyane Moleleki and his entire national…

Limpho Sello MAKHOASE Ranyali-Otubanjo sits edgily as gusts of the morning breeze blow into her Ministry of Health Headquarters office. There is an air of determination around her but her demeanour betrays an underlying fear. It is…