By Neo Kolane
The chief of staff of the National Covid-19 Secretariat (NACOSEC), Thabo Ntoi, says Lesotho will have reached herd immunity once about 1.5million people are vaccinated.
This is followed by prime minister’s Moeketsi Majoro’s recent declaration that by the end of September, Lesotho will have enough shots to vaccinate 500 000 people for the country to reach herd immunity in December.
At a media briefing on Thursday this week, Ntoi said NACOSEC has moved from vaccinating only people with comorbidities to vaccinating everyone. That, he added, has resulted in an increase to up to 50 000 people receiving the jab in a week.
Ntoi disclosed that a call for civil servants to be inoculated has increased the number of people who are vaccinated.
He said the secretariat will be able to determine the number of public servants who have received the shots as each ministry will keep a list of those who have been inoculated.
Ntoi also explained that the strategy will make the available batch of vaccine to finish quick so that the country can get another type of vaccine.
According to statistics, so far 291 000 people been vaccinated.
