There will be no Carnival celebrations in Panama in February  2021 due to Covid-19 . says The Minister of Health, Luis Francisco Sucre,

"There is not going to be a carnival ... let's not think about carnival for now," Sucre said, in a preview of Telemetro Reporta's Sunday Open Debate program that will be aired on September 27.

He stressed that, for now, the focus is on the health of all citizens and on restoring the country’s economy.

Sucre warned: "If we fail and let ourselves go we will have to return to the measures that were in force to stop the increase in cases of the coronavirus.

"If that happens  we can make the decision to re-close part of the economy  and no one in the country wants to return there," he said

New cases
The Ministry of Health (Minsa) , on Thursday, September 24, registered 736 new positive cases and six new deaths from  Covid-19 .

The new numbers bring the total number of cases since March to 108,726 and deaths to 2,297.

To date, there are 85,494 recovered patients, and active cases total 20,935.