Israel launches “no vaccine no entry” badge plan
Israel the world leader in covid vaccinations has launched a covid “badge” project so that only vaccinated people can enter...
HEALTH
Second dose of covid vaccine available to all
Eduardo Ortega, advisor to the Covid-19 Panama Vaccine Research Consortium, reports that the second dose of the vaccine against the...
62,859 Pfizer vaccine doses arrive Wednesday
Panama will receive the second batch of 62,859 Pfizer vaccines early Wednesday morning. The new doses will continue phase 1-A...
Covid transmission and fatality rates fall
For five consecutive weeks the effective reproduction number for Covid -19(Rt) has remained below 1. For this week the Rt...
Panama develops low-cost ventilators
PANAMA has developed prototypes of two mechanical emergency ventilators - which have already passed several preclinical evaluations in animals -...
Covid-19 test positivity rate falls to 7.8%
The positivity rate of 11,625 covid-19 tests, conducted on Friday February 2 fell to 7.8% reports The Ministry of Health...
Foreigners can register for covid vaccine
Foreigners were enabled on Friday, February 12 to register for vaccination against covid-19 on the webpage panamasolidario.gob.pa and be able...
Evangelical wedding flouts rules and curfew
Over 100 people who were participating in a wedding in an evangelical church in the Pedregal district were surprised by...
Double masking gives more protection
Wearing two overlapping masks or a tight-fitting surgical mask offers enhanced protection against the spread of the coronavirus through the...
430,000 to date register for covid vaccine
Some 430,000 people so far have registered to receive one of the vaccines against Covid-19 the Government Innovation Authority (AIG),...
Covid deaths at 5,455
The accumulated cases of Covid-19 in Panama increased to 326,464, on Saturday, February 6, with 977 new infections reported. The...
Panama requests 3 million doses of Sputnik V vaccine
Panama is seeking three million doses of the Russian vaccine as epidemiologists and public health specialists warn that the country...
