"If the population does not follow the instructions, we  are going to take the measures back to where we do not want to go,"  said Panama Health Minister Rosario Turner Turner said while handing out masks During a tour of Curundú, one of the areas  with  the biggest pockets of coronavirus

She said that there are 23 districts in with the largest number of Covid-19 cases. "We are fighting the virus. Be part of this great battle, actively, following the instructions of the Ministry. We can have all kinds of differences, including policies, but on this issue, it is a matter of country, of nation, and we can manage to do it differently, ” she said.

“I repeat again the first two blocks [towards the new normal are not the opening of the country but a measure of balance between health, economic and social aspects," Turner said.