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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>Lesotho will require its citizens to get vaccinated to enter their workplace and to produce vaccination cards to access services starting January 1. Lesotho has asked its security forces to ensure that all citizens working in neighboring South Africa who have returned home for the year-end vacation are vaccinated against the coronavirus.<\/p>\n

The government will also require its citizens to get vaccinated to enter their workplace and produce vaccination cards to access services from January 1, Health Minister Semano Sekatle said in a televised address on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The mountain kingdom of southern Africa has so far had more than 25,500 confirmed cases of Covid-19, while 665 of those diagnosed with the disease have died.<\/p>\n

The test positivity rate rose to 13% on Dec. 19, from 0.9% the week before, Sekatle said. We live in a world where fact and fiction merge
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Africa-Press – Lesotho. Lesotho will require its citizens to get vaccinated to enter their workplace and to produce vaccination cards to access services starting January 1. Lesotho has asked its security forces to ensure that all citizens working in neighboring South Africa who have returned home for the year-end vacation are vaccinated against the coronavirus. 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