NEWS

New health security measures for flights in and out of Panama

March 10, 2020

With the arrival of the coronavirus in Panama, security measures on flights to and from the country have been expanded...

Price controls could follow anti-virus hygiene products gouging

March 10, 2020

As shoppers reacting to the news of Panama’s first coronavirus case crowded into supermarkets and stores on Tuesday, March 10...

HEALTHWATCH: Protecting yourself from Covid-19

March 10, 2020

COVID-19 is primarily spread by respiratory droplets transmitted via close contact (within 6 feet) with an infected person, according to...

Metro redoubles disinfection against virus spread

March 10, 2020

Panama Metro will redouble its cleaning protocols in trains and facilities This, following the guidelines and recommendations of the Ministry...

CORONAVIRUS arrives in Panama

March 10, 2020

A 40-year-old Panamanian woman returning from Spain is the first case of coronavirus Covid-19 disease confirmed in Panama, said Health Minister Rosario Turner at...

Health Ministry ok’s new children’s hospital tender

March 9, 2020

After years of prevarication and delays magnified by “objections” from consortiums who did not succeed in bidding for contracts The...

New York Port Authority chief tests positive for coronavirus

March 9, 2020

Rick Cotton the executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, has tested positive for coronavirus...

School closed as teachers display respiratory symptoms

March 9, 2020

Although no case of coronavirus has been reported in Panama Ministries of Health (Minsa) and Education (Meduca) have ordered 9,...

Trump administration coronavirus reaction “sub Saharan”

March 9, 2020

“The Trump administration's handling of the whole Covid-19 issue is what one would expect in Sub-Saharan Africa. Improvisations, contradictions, ideas...