Lesotho - Population: 2,007,201
Lockdown & social distancing
All counter measures
2020-06-12 Closure of businesses and public services All businesses are authorised to operate from 8:00-20:00 except for a list of businesses found via t... Lesotho Covid Response
2020-06-12 Limit public gatherings public transport will continue to abide by WHO recommendations and public health regulation 2020, ho... Government of Lesotho
2020-05-25 Surveillance and monitoring The Lesotho Defence Force (LDF), Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) as well as Lesotho Correction... Government of Lesotho
2020-05-13 Schools closure  Lesotho opens up some schools provided they have been inspected and given the go ahead from authorit... Government of Lesotho
2020-05-06 Partial lockdown Partial lockdown will begin easing on the 6th of May... Bloomberg
2020-05-06 Closure of businesses and public services The Department of Traffic in the Ministry of Transport has opened to provide services to truck drive... Lesotho Governmnet
2020-05-06 Schools closure  Certain classes in primary and secondary school may return and all tertiary education may reopen. ... Lesotho Governmnet
2020-05-06 Limit public gatherings Businesses may reopen under strict guidelines, with operation hours outlined as 8am to 4pm except fo... Lesotho Governmnet
2020-05-06 Other public health measures enforced The sale of alcohol is now allowed in the country again, however premises selling liquor may only op... Lesotho Governmnet
2020-05-05 Closure of businesses and public services The Department of Traffic in the Ministry of Transport has opened to provide services to truck drive... Governmnet of Lesotho
2020-04-25 Strengthening the public health system The Ministry of Health (MoH) on Saturday welcomed a group of 94 nurses to be deployed in ten distric... Governmnet of Lesotho
2020-04-21 Partial lockdown Lesotho extends lockdown (due to end 21/04) for another 14 days, until the 5th of may... Africa News
2020-04-20 Military deployment Military vehicles and soldiers were deployed onto the streets of Maseru to "restore order" and also ... Africa News
2020-04-15 State of emergency declared declared the Covid-19 a State of Emergency from Wednesday, 15th April 2020 to Tuesday 28th April 202... Government of Lesotho
2020-03-30 Partial lockdown Lesotho goes into lockdown until the 21st of April. Residents will still be permitted to buy food an... Garda
2020-03-30 Closure of businesses and public services All businesses will reportedly be closed except for supermarkets, pharmacies, banks, petrol stations... Garda
2020-03-30 Limit public gatherings Public transport operators have been urged to strictly observe a reduced passenger loads and are exp... Garda
2020-03-30 Border closure  Lesotho's borders with South Africa will be closed, though the supply of goods will not be disrupted... Garda
2020-03-30 Surveillance and monitoring Media houses / journalists who peddle wrong or misleading information about COVID 19 will be prosec... Us Embassy
2020-03-30 Other public health measures enforced Lesotho has prohibited the sale and purchase of alcohol during 24-day nationwide lockdown.... Lesotho Government
2020-03-19 Schools closure  All schools including pre-schools, primary, secondary and high schools, TVET and tertiary will close... Government of Lesotho
2020-03-18 Isolation and quarantine policies All new arrivals in the country will be quarantined for 14 days.... eye witness news
2020-03-18 State of emergency declared Lesotho declares covid-19 a national emergency... Government of Lesotho
2020-03-06 Isolation and quarantine policies Travellers from China and other COVID-19 affected areas are requested to self-quarantine for 14 days... International SOS
2020-03-06 Health screenings in airports and border crossings ... US Embassy
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