Panama: The Minister of Health, Luis Francisco Sucre, announced a total quarantine in the provinces of Panama and Panama Oeste as of January, given the accelerated increase in infections and deaths from Covid-19 that the country is exhibiting today, Prensa Latina publishes.
In a television appearance, the owner specified that during the confinement (January 1 to 14), which includes at least 2.2 million people, people will go out be on alternate days by gender and ID to make purchases in pharmacies, supermarkets and other essential services.
With this measure, he said, we seek to stop the chain of transmission of the disease, so that the isolation includes the cessation of the working day in both neighboring provinces.
He added that in the rest of the country, only the limitation of movement by sex on alternate days will be applied and the curfew will be maintained from 7:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. local time, while the total quarantine will be effective on Saturday 9 and Sunday January 10.
Adults over 60 and disabled may make their purchases between 11:00 and 13:00, local time, regardless of the ID number, but on the days established for men and women.
Sucre recalled that these new measures are in addition to those in force such as the establishment of sanitary fences in several parts of the country and the closure of beaches, rivers and shops, the latter at 5:00 p.m. local time, which will be accessed by gender.
He also reported that from January 4 to 14, taxis will circulate alternately, even or odd, according to the last number of the license plate.
The headline explained that the speed of infections increased in December, while ‘we have gone from an average positivity percentage of around 12 percent to a weekly average of 20, and we have had days in which we have exceeded the 26 percent as it is today (Sunday). ‘
During the last 24 hours, Panama reported 2,633 new cases for a cumulative total of 231,357 since March, 3,840 deaths and 2,131 hospitalized, of which 183 were in intensive care. (BSH)