Panama’s civil aviation authority said it will extend a suspension of international flights by a month due to the coronavirus crisis, according to a statement on Wednesday. The additional month of suspended flights begins on June 22 and will run through July 22. International flights were first suspended in March as the spread of the […]
DSS Panama Disinfection & Sterilization Specialists of Panama DSS Panama provides advanced and comprehensive disinfection and sterilization solutions that help businesses and private individuals combat the viruses, bacteria, mold and fungus that can develop in the air, on surfaces and on hands. Microbes, like bacteria, fungi, viruses and algae, are able to grow in environments […]
The Arnulfo Arias Madrid Hospital Complex of the Social Security Fund (CSS), is fast running out of beds and ventilators for coronavirus patients while the numbers of infections continues to zoom over-stretching staff and facilities. CSS director Enrique Lau Cortés. Lau Cortés announced Sunday that the neurosurgery wing with 30 beds will be used fot […]
Panama’s Consumer Protection Authority (Acodeco) has fined 834 merchants who did not comply with “the profit margin”, for the sale of face masks and other anti -virus products during the coronavirus pandemic Acodeco officials detected irregularities and among the products with the greatest number of anomalies are disinfectants, alcohol for external usel alcohol, gel disposable […]
Due to the outbreak of covid-19 the Panamanian Ministry of Health decided to extend for the third time and for 15 more days the temporary suspension of the construction activity, in the same terms expressed in Decree 506 of March 24. The spread of the virus forced the health authorities to suspend construction work in the country. In the first […]
What to consume, what to stop consuming, which habits to adopt to improve health and to which lines of expenditure to invest more financial resources, are some of the questions that consumers in Central America are asking in the context of the new normal. The covid-19 outbreak generated a revolution in the markets of Central America and its different […]
Minera Panama filed a protection action, because since April 6 the Ministry of Health ordered the closure of the Donoso mining project, for reporting an outbreak of covid-19 among the company’s staff. The Ministry of Health (Minsal) suspended the activities of the mining project located in the province of Colon, after several workers became infected with covid-19 and two of them […]
For some communities, the nearest health centre is two days away. © UNFPA Panama/Osman Esquivel López GNÄBE BUGLÉ REGION, Panama – Carmen was two days into an excruciating labour when she was carried to the nearest health clinic – three hours away – in a hammock held aloft by community members. Her situation was life-threatening, […]
by Isabel Saint Malo in PassBlue March 2 marked the beginning of the school year in Panama, when about a million students, a quarter of the population, headed for school. One week had passed when the first Covid-19 case was reported, a national emergency was declared and full lockdown began. My husband and I live with our […]
In Panama, the guild of companies in the alcoholic beverages sector are asking the authorities to put an end to the Dry Law, which has been stricter in the context of the covid-19 outbreak and the decreed home quarantine. In order to reduce crime and avoid crowding, the authorities had prohibited the consumption, sale and distribution […]