President warns of new  surge in covid cases

President of Laurentino Cortizo, warned during a cabinet meeting in Capira on Wednesday, that it is not good that there is a notable increase in the positivity of Covid-19 cases at the national level.

The president stressed that although the number of hospitalized is not increasing, the positivity of infections has skyrocketed.

Cortizo stressed that it is important to continue with the campaign so that people get vaccinated and get the doses they need.

“It is important that every time we go out in the media we emphasize that positivity is skyrocketing at the national level and that is not good,” Cortizo told government officials during the Cabinet Council session.

The president expressed that there is a sense of security in the population and that the issue of the pandemic has passed, reiterating that the percentage of positivity is increasing considerably.

“If we go, for example, to the number of people in the ward or in the ICU [hospitalized], we are not seeing that increase that gives us those yellow lights [alert], but the contagion is increasing,” Cortizo said.

According to the figures reported by the Ministry of Health, (Minsa) on Tuesday, April 26, 744 new infections were registered, for positivity of 9.9% but even as he spoke Minsa was registering a further surge with 845 new infections and positivity of 11.2%.

In the country, no more than 700 cases were registered in one day since last February 24, when there were 787 cases.

The Panamanian scientist Paulino Vigil-De Gracia highlighted on his Twitter account that there are signs of the possibility of a fifth wave of the coronavirus.

This Sunday, April 24, positivity was 6.3%, then on Monday, April 25, it was 7.08%, and this Tuesday, April 26, it was 9.9%, and Wednesday 11.2%.