Letona la naha la bophelo Joe Phaahla, le re leha ho sana letho le tlamang setjhaba ho tswelapele ho rwala dimonkwane (mask), beng ba dikgwebo le batsamaisi ba tsona, ba batlang hore bareki ba tswelepele ho rwala dimonkwane ha ba kena ditsheng tsa bona, ba ntse ba ena le tokelo eo ya hore bareki ba kenye dimonkwana. Letona le re Ma-Afrika Borwa a keke a hlola a qobellwa ho rwala dimonkwana hohle moo a leng teng. O tswetsepele a re le ditekanyetso tsa palo ya batho, ha ba phuthehetse dibakeng tse itseng hammoho le ho qobellwa ho etsa diteko kapa ho enta baeti haba kena kwano Afrika Borwa di fedisitswe. Phaahla o re mohato ona, o susumeditswe ke dipalopalo tse tlase tsa letsatsi le letsatsi tsa ditshwaetso tsa COVID-19, batho ba kenang dipetlele, hammoho le ba hlokahalang ka lebaka la mafu a amanang le tshwaetso ena.