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- ↑ "Virus-free Lesotho extends lockdown amid political showdown". Vanguard News. 2020-04-22. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
- ↑ AfricaNews (2020-05-13). "Lesotho records COVID-19 case, last African nation to be infected". Africanews. Retrieved 2021-09-28.