“Significant” number of children hospitalized with covid-19
The Minister of Health, alerted on Tuesday, December 13, a "significant" number of children in pediatric hospitals some with aggravated...
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More hospital beds enabled as the number infected with covid could triple
The director of the Social Security Fund, Enrique Lau Cortés, and The Minister of Health, Luis Francisco Sucre announced...
Use of masks urged as covid-19 cases mount
Among the factors driving an increase in infections in the country during the sixth wave of covid-19 are the...
COVID-19: Call to vaccinate children as cases mount
Given the increase in COVID-19 infections in children who are still not vaccinated, the epidemiologist, Xavier Saéz Llorens, has...
Hospital beds occupied by patients who ignored vaccination call
Patients without a vaccine against COVID-19 or with an incomplete scheme occupy the beds in the the Nicolás A. Solano Hospital in the...
Panama registers over 7,000 dengue and 6,000 malaria cases
The Department of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health (Minsa) reported that this year the country has registered at...
Covid-19 hospitalizations increasing for four weeks
s The number of patients hospitalized this year in wards and intensive care units (ICU) during the first days of...
Fourth case of hanta virus in Herrera
A 51-year-old man living in the province of Herrera has been confirmed as the fourth case of hantavirus a...
New covid variants detected in Panama
The Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies (Icges) has identified the circulation of two new lineages of the Omicron...
Covid-19 positivity climbs to 20% – don’t let your guard down
During the last 15 days, the Ministry of Health (Minsa) has warned about the increase in cases of...
Mandatory use of masks returns to Panama schools
With the spread of the sixth wave of covid-19 in the country, the use of masks will once again...
City of Health 86% complete will employ 7,000
City of Health l86% complete will have 7,000 workers Panama’s City of Health with a workforce of 3,000 is 86%...
