Nursing veteran gets first vaccine jab

Nurse Violeta Gaona de Cocherán, 59, who works in the Intensive Care Unit at Santo Tomas Hospital  became,  the first person in Panama to receive  the vaccination against Covid-19   on    Wednesday, January 20 .in a ceremony witnessed by President Larnursingentino Cortizo. 

She is on the front lines  in the battle against the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes Covid-19). She began her  nursing career 37 years ago