Sister Juliet Lithemba is now a Tourism Hero in Lesotho for her fight against COVID
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By mid-April, Lesotho had recorded almost 11,000 cases of the virus with 315 deaths according to WHO. The country launched its COVID-19 vaccination campaign on 10 March 2021 after receiving vaccines through the COVAX Facility. Some 16,000 doses have been administered so far, mainly to frontline workers.
Supported by the World Health Organization (WHO), UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and other partners, authorities have designed targeted messages for specific groups in the community such as the elderly, the vulnerable, and community members with various conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure.
The United Nations
A 77-year old nun from the southern African country of Lesotho has been telling the UN how she survived a deadly outbreak of COVID-19 in her convent and why it’s important to embrace the vaccine.
For Sister Juliet Lithemba, the past year has been “nothing short of grace and mercy from above”, as she explains it. The 77-year-old resident of Mt Royal Convent of the Sisters of Charity of Ottawa, located in Lesotho’s Leribe district, didn’t know much about COVID-19 until her convent home and fellow sisters were infected by the deadly virus.
She has dedicated her life to religious service since 1964, when she was just 20-years-old. For 47 years of her dedication, she has never seen such havoc brought about by a disease as during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Majoro launches M800 million Maseru District Hospital
Feb 27, 2021
Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro and Chinese Ambassador to Lesotho Lei Kezhong sod turning of the Maseru District hospital on Wednesday
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PRIME Minister Moeketsi Majoro yesterday officiated at the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the M800 million Maseru District Hospital and Eye Clinic.
The important project is being funded through a grant from the People’s Republic of China. On completion, it will help at least 400 000 people in Maseru and other districts.
Dr Majoro said the facility would provide improved health services mainly the treatment of both communicable and non-communicable diseases.
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 homes.
The four dead police officers were from Maseru Rural (Mazenod), Roma, Leribe and Butha-Buthe.