Welcome to Public Health On Call, a new podcast from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Our focus is the novel coronavirus.

I'm Josh Sharfstein, a faculty member at Johns Hopkins, and also a former secretary of Maryland's health department.

Our goal with this podcast is to bring evidence and experts to help you understand today's

news about the novel coronavirus and what it means for tomorrow.

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Today, Dr. Sara Bennett speaks with Dr. Tafajwa,

Chakare, the technical director for Jopaigo in Lesotho in southern Africa.

Dr. Chakari is a medical doctor, experienced in the management of HIV treatment

and prevention programs.

In their conversation, they address the current situation

of COVID-19 in the Soto, the challenges of managing

the pandemic in highly mobile migrant populations

and the implications for critical HIV and tuberculosis programs.

Let's listen.

Dr. Chikare, thank you so much for joining me today.

As I think I've told you, I lived in Lesotho many, many years ago, so I'm very curious to find out how it's doing during this current outbreak.

Maybe we could start out by

you just telling me a little bit about the current situation in terms of COVID-19 in Lesotho.

Thanks, Sarah. So COVID-19 in Lesotho, at the moment, we do not have any confirmed cases,

but Lesotho, as a small country,

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