Year: 2020
Teachers call for nationwide school closures to fight pandemic
While the World Health Organization (WHO) was declaring the Coronavirus outbreak a pandemic on Wednesday, March 11. The Association of...
Pit bulls kills pet, severely injures their owner
The owner of the three pit bulls who savagely attacked a person and dachshund on Sunday in Punta Caelo, in...
School closures follow one death and 7 confirmed coronavirus cases
Coronavirus has killed one person and there are seven more confirmed cases in the country, two of the, in intensive...
Cuban drug used against coronavirus in China available in Panama
Chinese authorities are using a drug developed in Cuba called Interferon Alfa 2B, which along with two other medications for...
New health security measures for flights in and out of Panama
With the arrival of the coronavirus in Panama, security measures on flights to and from the country have been expanded...
Price controls could follow anti-virus hygiene products gouging
As shoppers reacting to the news of Panama’s first coronavirus case crowded into supermarkets and stores on Tuesday, March 10...
HEALTHWATCH: Protecting yourself from Covid-19
COVID-19 is primarily spread by respiratory droplets transmitted via close contact (within 6 feet) with an infected person, according to...
Metro redoubles disinfection against virus spread
Panama Metro will redouble its cleaning protocols in trains and facilities This, following the guidelines and recommendations of the Ministry...
CORONAVIRUS arrives in Panama
A 40-year-old Panamanian woman returning from Spain is the first case of coronavirus Covid-19 disease confirmed in Panama, said Health Minister Rosario Turner at...
Health Ministry ok’s new children’s hospital tender
After years of prevarication and delays magnified by “objections” from consortiums who did not succeed in bidding for contracts The...
New York Port Authority chief tests positive for coronavirus
Rick Cotton the executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, has tested positive for coronavirus...
