Tocumen covid testing company reschedules

The consortium in charge of testing passenger arrivals at Tocumen International Airport for covid-19 will reschedule the molecular tests performed with the Solana analyzer to “accurately determines a possible issue” in the cold chain of the product. “We continue to strengthen our technical and operational capacity to comply with the application of this test through which we seek to prevent the importation of new cases,” said a statement on Friday, April  23. The company clarified that the covid-19 tests that are made to passengers from South America who arrive at the airport “are carried out in complete normality through the Sofia SARS antigen test.”

After the detection of the Brazilian strain in Panama, the Government issued an Executive Decree on March 29, which it establishes that: All persons who have stayed or transited through South America, who enter the country by land or sea, using commercial or private means, must bring a PCR or negative antigen test a maximum of 48 hours before arrival. On arrival in the country, the decree indicates, any person who has stayed or transited through South America must carry out the PCR or antigen test, prior to their migration registration.