Bocas seeks burial site for covid victims

In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Bocas del Toro cemeteries are full and health authorities are looking for land that meets sanitary requirements, to be used for the burial of people who die of COVID-19.

On Friday, July 17 Legal Advisory and Environmental Sanitation personnel from the Ministry of Health in this region of the country participated in a meeting with authorities from the Municipality of Changuinola, the National Authority for Land Administration (ANATI), the Secretary-General of the Banana Industry Workers Union (Sitraibana) to discuss solutions.

According to the epidemiological report, there is an accumulation of coronavirus cases of 1,697. with near two percent death rate