Los Santos reports 97.% vaccinated
Los Santos has progressed from being the most affected by Covid-19 to the most vaccinated against the disease with 97.5%...
HEALTH
Cortizo okays booster vaccine jab for 55s
President Laurentino Cortizo announced on Friday, October 1, that he will proceed to approve the recommendation to apply a third...
Panama doctor earns second term in UN post
Panamanian doctor Natalia Kanem has been re-appointed to her position as executive director of the United Nations Population Fund...
Fall in number of covid patients in intensive care
There were three deaths and 252 new covid cases on the last day of September as the number of patients...
30 medical associations reject attacks on members
A group of 30 Panama medical associations has rejected the accusations threats and legal measures that have been carried out...
YouTube moves against anti-vaccine disinformation
AFP - YouTube announced on Wednesday a tightening of its policy against anti-vaccine content and indicated that its measures will...
Infectologist threatened by anti-vaxers
Renowned infectologist and pediatrician Xavier Sáez Llorens, an advisor to the government during the first covid-19 wave has been threatened...
Curfew lifted but too soon to claim “mission accomplished”
The epidemiological indicators of the Covid-19 disease in Panama, reveal a notable decrease in cases, hospitalizations deaths, reproductive number of...
5.4 million covid shots applied as Panama nears herd immunity
The Expanded Immunization Program (PAI), of the Ministry of Health (Minsa), reported that until Friday at least 5.4 million doses...
Pfizer covid vaccine safe for 5-yr olds – study
AFC - The Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 is "safe" and "tolerated" by children aged 5 to 11 years,...
Covid cases down 18.5% and falling
The epidemiological week that ended Saturday (September 12 to 18) closed with 2,028 new cases of Covid-19, about 463 infections...
Covid deaths and ICU cases plunge
The Ministry of Health (Minsa) announced Saturday, September 18, only death and 255 new cases of Covid-19. The...
