Vaccination drive heats up as Omicron identified in Costa Rica
The Omicron variant of covid-19 which is spreading around the world has not yet reached Panama but Costa Rica has...
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Vaccination should be mandatory for teachers and school staff – science chief
We are facing an imminent rebound in covid-19 Eduardo Ortega, secretary of the National Secretariat for Science and Technology...
56 of every 100 in Panama are fully vaccinated
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), published on December 14, a report that in Panama at least 56 out...
Covid infections on the rise
Covid-19 cases are on the rise with 382 new infections reported in Panama on Tuesday, December 14 for a...
FDA authorizes use of Evusheld for covid-19
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the emergency use of Evusheld - a combination of AstraZeneca's monoclonal...
90.2% vaccinated against covid but over 4,000 teachers refuse
At least 4,000 teachers have refused vaccination against Covid-19 said Education Minister Maruja Gorday de Villalobos, revealed on Monday, December...
Fairs are back – for the vaccinated
The reactivation of Panama fairs during the dry season is expected to pour millions of dollars into local economies starved...
Peru honors 551 doctors dead from covid-19
On a quiet street in Lima, very close to the sea, the portraits of the 551 Peruvian doctors killed...
Woman with fake vaccine certificate dies of covid-19
A 57-year-old woman who had a false vaccination certificate died of Covid-19 in a hospital southwest of Paris, a medical...
Panama Omicron free for now
There are 20 countries that have not yet reached the goal set by the World Health Organization (WHO) of achieving...
Border and community watch against omicron reinforced
Health Minister of Health, Luis Francisco Sucre, reiterated Thursday, December 9, that epidemiological and genomic surveillance has been reinforced at...
New infections lift active covid total past 3,000
The Ministry of Health (Minsa) reported Wednesday, December 8, that active cases of Covid-19 total 3,089, a figure that has...
