COVID-19 pandemic in Panama
| COVID-19 pandemic in Panama | |
|---|---|
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Location | Panama |
| First outbreak | Wuhan, China |
| Index case | Tocumen International Airport |
| Arrival date | 9 March 2020 (6 years, 3 months, 2 weeks and 6 days) |
| Confirmed cases | 8,783[1] |
| Suspected cases‡ | ? |
| Recovered | 6,021[1] |
Deaths | 252[1] |
| ‡Suspected cases have not been confirmed by laboratory tests as being due to this strain, although some other strains may have been ruled out. | |
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Panama on 9 March 2020.[2]
Cases
As of 8 April 2020, Panama reported 2528 cases, 63 deaths and 16 recoveries.[1] One of the dead was a 64-year-old male, who also suffered from diabetes and pneumonia.[3]
Of those infected, 83 were sent to a hospital.[2] The infected individuals belong to the 29-59 age group and had each recently traveled abroad.[4]
A 13-year-old girl died of Covid-19 on 23 March.[5]
Response
The government declared a state of emergency on 13 March 2020. The move freed US$50 million for a period of 180 days to purchase goods and services to combat COVID-19.[6]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Casos de Coronavirus COVID-19 en Panamá". Ministerio de Salud de la República de Panamá (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2020-03-24. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
- 1 2 "Panama reports first coronavirus death, seven more people infected". Reuters.
- ↑ "March 10 coronavirus news". CNN. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ↑ "Panama records Central America's first coronavirus death". The Straits Times. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ↑ Panama: 13-year-old girl with coronavirus dies, officials say Al Jazeera, 23 March 2020
- ↑ Panama declares a state of national emergency and announces measures against the coronavirus (in Spanish) by Abel Alvarado, CNN en Español, 13 Mar 2020, retrieved 20 March 2020