Covid daily deaths hit new high but signs of cases stabalising
On the day that the Health Ministry reported a new record of Covid-19 patients in ICUs (237); and a new...
HEALTH
Almost 50 Panama doctors and nurses killed by covid-19
A list of doctors and nurses who died in their fight against covid-19 is accompanied by a public letter addressed...
Highly contagious coronavirus mutation doubled – Gorgas
The mutation of the new coronavirus that arrived in Panama, called D614G, has doubled in recent months according to...
Health authorities monitor manditory face shields
The Ministry of Health (Minsa) continues to monitor the mandatory use of face shields. Health Minister Luis Francisco Sucre, announced...
At least 6.4% of Panama population infected with covid-19
In the 10 months that go into a pandemic, Covid-19 reached 6.4% of the total population of the country, that is, 269,091...
Metro reaffirms ban on exhalation valve masks
Panama Metro on Thursday Ian. 7 reaffirmed the ban on the use of masks or respirators with exhalation valves. In...
Covid infections reach new daily high
The Ministry of Health (Minsa) reported 5,186 new cases of Covid -19 on Wednesday, January 6, a new daily record...
First covid vaccines arrive in two weeks
The first batch of 40,000 doses of the covid vaccine from the pharmaceutical duo Pfizer and BioNTech, will arrive in...
Covid positivity rate at 28.18%
The percentage of positivity in diagnostic tests for Covid-19 is almost six times higher in Panama than that recommended by...
21 medical assocs. issue covid treatment alert
TWENTY-ONE presidents of Panama’s medical warn that the drugs hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin, and the chemical chlorine dioxide are not effective treatments...
CSS halts consultations,elective surgery
The Social Security Fund (CSS) has suspended outpatient consultation and elective surgeries in the facilities of Panama and Panama Oeste...
