Moeketsi Majoro is the Lesothos prime Minister. He said that he is now isolating himself after testing positive for Covid-19. Doctors warned that there was no way to know the true number of cases in the country.Majoro posted that he had passed a travel-related exam that was positive.He stated: I would advise anyone who was in close contact recently to get PCR testing to ensure safety.Buta Moseme (majoros spokesperson) said that the prime minister would be kept in quarantine at his home, despite not showing any symptoms.He stated that Majoros oxygen saturation was satisfactory, and that other tests should be used. The public should not panic.Majoro stated in the statement: The key message is that you must follow WHO and Ministry of Health Covid-19 protocols no matter what.He said that vaccinating should not be considered reckless behavior as infected people can spread the virus to others.Lesotho has a population of over 2.1 million and has seen more than 3,000 Covid-19 cases since the beginning of May. The virus has already claimed the lives of 391 people.One doctor from Maseru, Lesotho's capital, was concerned about the failure of the National Covid-19 Secretariat to collect data.He told the Guardian that despite seeing over 100 Covid-19-positive patients in the past month, the secretariat never took our data.Lesotho received only 36,000 doses AstraZeneca vaccines until July when the US gave 302,400 Johnson & Johnson vaccines.The government began to administer the doses and 108,000 more have been delivered since then. In April, the Vodacom Foundation donated $1m (700,000.00) to Lesotho.Although vaccines are welcomed, medical professionals have stated that the government isn't doing enough to convince an indifferent population to get vaccinated.In addition to the slow pace of vaccine rollout and testing, there has been a lack of information. As of August 10, more than 140,000 tests had been performed, with over 13,000 positives.People rely on social media to get information that they don't have. According to a nurse, this means that they don't get accurate or reliable information.Social media conspiracies are making the public hesitant.
