Covid-19 storm looms MASERU-LESOTHO could be sleepwalking into a major Covid-19 tsunami as hundreds of Basotho sneak back into the country without screening. In the past few weeks hordes of Basotho have illegally crossed back home from South Africa. The Lesotho and South Africa governments seem unable to stop the influx of people through the porous borders. Lesotho’s situation is however more precarious because it is receiving people from a country already in the throes of a second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. Without screening and testing those sneaking in, Lesotho might be sitting on a time bomb that might burst in the next few weeks when infections start surging.