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...
HEALTH
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...
Panama scientists welcome Sputnik V vaccine
Panama’s scientific community sees Russia's Sputnik V vaccine as an opportunity to defeat the virus after the Lancet medical journal...
Active covid cases fall 38% in a month
Active cases of covid-19 have fallen by 38 percent in the last month reports the Ministry of Health (Minsa). At...
Oxford vaccine cuts transfer of virus 67% after first jab
AFP - The Covid-19 vaccine developed by the British from AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford reduces transmission of the...
