Weekend lockdown continues as 474 frontline staff contract  virus

Panama’s total lockdown will  be in place for the third weekend in a row on April 25 and 26 as authorities  confirm that 109 health workers  and  365 security agents have contracted the coronavirus

109 health workers have tested positive for COVID-19, of which 66 have been infected in their jobs, 40 by community transmission and 3 cases are under study.

Enrique Lau Cortés , director of the Social Security Fund (CSS), said that of the total number of infected workers, 21 are nurses, 17 doctors, 11 cleaners, 8 nursing technicians, 6 pharmacy and 3 administrative staff.

Security Minister Juan Pino, reorts  that there are 365  infected security agents