CORONAVIRUS 19 people quarantined  in Herrera

Nineteen  Herrera residents have been quarantined in their homes as part of the security protocols by COVID-19 (coronavirus said  Deputy Minister of Health, Luis Francisco Sucre, when on Friday, February 28.

“They are in their homes with their families and must maintain the measures requested by the Ministry of Health for the protection of their families until the term is met,” he reiterated.

Sucre said that the people who come from countries where there is contagion are kept under surveillance. and in the whole country, about 800 are monitored

He asked these Panamanians to respect the conditions that are being imposed by the Ministry of Health “for their well-being and the community.”

Sucre emphasized that the institution is following up on these patients to use their masks and stay inside their residences.
“We are preparing for any situation,” he said, while explaining that in Panama there is no positive case of coronavirus.

To date, more than 83,000 cases of people with COVID-19 have been reported in more than 50 countries. Outside of China, the coronavirus has already infected more than 5,000 people and caused more than 80 deaths.