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NACOSEC unveils ambitious plan to fight Covid-19 Share Limpho Sello THE National Covid-19 Secretariat (NACOSEC) is intensifying testing and contact tracing for Covid-19 as part of an ambitious 11-day programme to curb the spread of the deadly pandemic in the country. NACOSEC has also earmarked some hospitals and facilities, including an army base and the Makoanyane Military Hospital, as treatment and isolation facilities for Covid-19 patients. An additional 400 health professionals have been recruited to boost the human resources capacity to fight the pandemic. The 11-day campaign, outlined...

LEPOSA fumes over Covid-19 treatment MASERU-THE Lesotho Police Staff Association (LEPOSA) has accused the police authorities of turning a blind eye to their plight after four officers died of Covid-19. The Leposa spokesman, Constable Motlatsi Mofokeng, told thepost yesterday that a further four police officers have been admitted at a hospital with Covid-19. “Three of them have since been discharged while the fourth one is battling for his life,” Constable Mofokeng said. He said they still have some police officers who are showing some symptoms associated with Covid-19 but are at their hom...

He has every reason to be worried. Over the last few weeks, Thebe-ea-Khale has seen a frightening surge in Covid-19 deaths in Lesotho. In the early 1990s, Thebe-ea-Khale saw HIV/AIDS mow down Basotho when the disease was at its peak. But he says Covid-19 could be the worst. Of course, Thebe-ea-Khale does not make this statement lightly. He was there in the 1990s and has been around in the last few weeks as Covid-19 spread furiously across the country. The results are evident all over – in packed mortuaries. Thebe-ea-Khale says it is an undeniable fact that there has been a surge in the numb...

NDSO robbed, Chinese nationals beaten MASERU-ARMED robbers stormed the National Drug Service Organisation (NDSO) offices in Mafeteng and stole M30 000 in cash and computers in a daring raid last Saturday night. A group of Chinese nationals who were working on a construction site at the NDSO premises were severely assaulted during the attack. Police deputy spokesperson Sub-Inspector ’Mareabetsoe Mofoka told thepost that investigations into the robbery and assault have begun. No arrests have been made yet. The NDSO General Manager, Matebele Sefali, said the brutal attack happened at their old...

Fear grips nurses MASERU-AT the forefront of the fight against Covid-19, nurses and midwives say they are physically and emotionally bearing the brunt of a virus that has brought the world to its knees. Their work puts them at high risk of contracting the virus, yet, with the country counting on them, they have little choice but to continue working. Mothepane Thahane, a nurse at Ts’epong Hospital, says the current situation at the hospital has left her colleagues shaken and in need of counselling. “Nurses see patients coming to the hospital in droves and diagnosed with Covid-19. Some end ...