Pediatricians recommend masks for toddlers
The Panamanian Society of Pediatrics (SPP) has recommended the use of masks in children older than 2 years in order...
HEALTH
Panama scientists nix need for booster vaccination
Panamanian scientists have joined, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the CDC in declaring that, for now, a third...
New covid infections near the peak of first wave
Levels of new infections in the third wave of covid-19 are near those at the height of the first wave...
Assembly passes bill banning electronic cigarettes
A bill banning electronic cigarettes, previously vetoed by President Cortizo. was approved on Thursday, July 8, in the third debate...
‘Vaccine failures’ a misnomer
A low percentage of people covered with the first and second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have acquired the disease,...
Over 1.6 million covid vaccinations
The Ministry of Health (Minsa) reported on Sunday, July 4, that 1,600,437 doses of vaccines against Covid-19 have been applied...
Hotel and restaurant workers eligible for anti-covid jabs
Starting on Tuesday, July 6, immunization with the AstraZeneca vaccine will begin for workers in the capital's hotels and restaurants,...
Panama pandemic cases zoom 10.6%
Panama averaged over 1,000 new cases a day of covid-19 in the epidemiological week, from June 27 to July...
Gorgas delivers clandestine vaccination test results
The Gorgas Memorial Institute has sent the Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences (Imelcf) the results of the tests...
Active covid-19 cases surge to 12,670
The number of new cases of covid-19 surged by 1,205 on Thursday bringing the total of active cases to 12,760...
Two jabs of vaccine appear effective against Delta variant
Two doses of vaccine appear to protect effectively against the highly contagious and rapidly spreading Delta variant of the coronavirus,...
