Lesotho: Basotho Embrace Covid-19 Vaccination but Find Government Assistance Lacking, Afrobarometer Survey Finds

More than one in three Basotho say their household lost a primary source of income because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but only about one in seven say they received pandemic- related assistance from the government, a recent Afrobarometer survey indicates.

A majority of citizens say pandemic-related assistance was distributed unfairly, and most think that a lot of the resources intended for the COVID-19 response were lost to corruption.

While almost half of Basotho approve of the government’s…