OPINION: Pandemic  needs intelligent action

The numbers of coronavirus infections are alarming the population. The health crisis requires comprehensive responses, including attention to growing economic needs, a quick response to the most urgent social deficiencies and a great deal of intelligence in coordinating State action.

 An example: if public transportation has become a source of contagion, then it is time to convert  former   school buses to transport Panamanians in a dignified and healthy way. Nor do we deserve that state advertising is a mere propaganda tool and not a health education tool. 

There is an urgent need to reprioritize public spending and allocate it to improve contagion prevention and traceability capabilities, which together with responsible social policy interventions should help reduce contagion.

 Health personnel who are showing their face and paying even with their lives must know that they are not alone and that public opinion is aware of their effort and the great deficiencies they face.

 The State is all of us, civil society, private companies and the government. The combination of resources and capabilities can solve this crisis. We are all in the same boat and what is indicated is to row in the same direction- LA PRENSA, June 15