Panama first country on continent to adopt vaccine Pass

Health Minister, Luis Francisco Sucre, reported that because travelers are presenting false negative tests, Panama has been forced to evolve in the epidemiological surveillance system and thus becomes the first country in America to use the IATA Travel mobile application – Pass.

This app is designed so that travelers have information on their tests to detect the virus and their vaccines and their certification.

Luis Oliva, director of the Government Innovation Authority (AIG), said that the application will be operational in May and a pilot operation will be carried out with the Panamanian airline Copa to test the tool.

IATA, as an international airline guild, makes a process for the inclusion of laboratories certified by governments at a global level, this mitigates the risk that the tests generated by its application are false, which will provide confidence that air transport does not become a vector of contagion. The app is available on iOS and from May 12 on the Google Play Store.

Since  March 31, over 750 travelers have given false information at the Tocumen International Airport regarding their location or residence.

This has been verified by health personnel who monitor the quarantine of travelers.

They were fined $500 to $1,000 and put at the disposition of Migration for not complying with the norms, said the Health Minister.