Children's Hospital cancels elective surgery
On Monday, December 14, the Children's Hospital will suspend all elective surgeries and care in the Specialized Outpatients. "These measures...
Month: December 2020
Copa suspends flights to Venezuela
Panamanian airline Copa announced Saturday, December 12, the suspension of its flights to Venezuela and from Caracas to Panama, starting...
UN calls for climate change state of emergency declaration
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Saturday called on governments to declare a "state of climate emergency" and meet their...
Doctors call for 10-day total lockdown
The Association of Dental Doctors and Related Doctors of the Social Security Fund (Amoacss) ha surged the Government to establish...
Covid-19 cases rebound 22%
Active cases of Covid -19 1increased by 21.6% during the rebound seen since last month. On November 10 there were...
Gates Foundation pledges $250 million to fight pandemic
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said Thursday that it had pledged $250 million in additional funding for the global...
Children's Hospital contract inked after 20 years
The Ministry of Health (Minsa) after 20 years of frustration spread over four administrations, has finally signed the contract for...
Iran tankers seek to break US blockade of Venezuela
BY Fabiola Zerpa, Ben Bartenstein and Peter Millard Bloomberg Iran is sending its biggest fleet yet of tankers to...
OPINION: Suicidal response to pandemic
The pandemic in Panama is far from being controlled and in large part it is because many citizens are not...
The Oxford vaccine is effective and safe
The vaccine against symptomatic covid-19 developed by the English University of Oxford with the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has acceptable levels...
Panama’s role in war on drugs earns praise from DEA boss
The internal director of the US Drug Control Administration (DEA) Timothy Shea, made an unprecedented visit to Panama and met...
