Weekend lockdown continues as 474 frontline staff contract virus
Panama’s total lockdown will be in place for the third weekend in a row on April 25 and 26 as...
HEALTH
488 traffic cowboys ticketed in virus crackdown
Cowboy style drivers have taken advantage of reduced traffic on Panama streets during quarantine to flout normal driving rules with...
Rate of new virus infections slowing
Panama has slowed the average number of new infections that occur from one case of COVID-19 (the Rt.) which means...
Next 10 days vital in fight against coronavirus
Although Panama has entered the stage of "viral suppression", is necessary to continue with the measures established by the health...
Fines up up $1000, for flouting city facemask decree
The use of facemasks in Panama City became mandatory on Tuesday, April 21 after the municipal council approved a draft...
Virus cases and deaths surge
191 new infections brought the total cases of COVID-19 to 4,568 on Monday, April 20, There are 3,954 people, in-home...
New medical graduates urged to join virus battle
The Ministry of Health (MINSA) has called on newly graduated medical professionals to accept jobs and join the fight against ...
Gorgas institute team plans COVID-19 antibody tests
An immunovirology team from the Gorgas Institute for Health Studies is working on the validation of antibody tests that will...
Steroids and heparin slowing rate of virus deaths
Early treatment with steroids and heparin has slowed the death rate of people in hospital with coronavirus says Julio Sandoval,...
HEALTH ALERT: Withdrawal of two cancer-linked drugs
The National Directorate of Pharmacy and Drugs of the Ministry of Health (Minsa) called for the withdrawal of Lorcaserin and...
Health system faces saturation if people ignore quarantine
If the population does not comply with the quarantine measures to stop COVID-19, the country could face the month of...
