Lesotho – like its bigger neighbour South Africa – has banned the sale of alcohol during the lockdown.

A video which appears to show Lehlohonolo Moramotse, the Police and Public Safety Minister, receiving two boxes from a liquor store went viral online last week.

His deputy in the ministry, Paseka Mokete, said investigations had been completed and the police were ready to charge Mr Moramotse, EWN news site reports.

Lesotho has not recorded a single case of Covid-19, but the landlocked country is completely surrounded by South Africa which has recorded more than 2,500 cases, the highest on the continent.