Panama announces ‘total quarantine’ for early 2021
This article is a summary of reporting by The Tico Times. Originally published December 28, 2020.
Minister of Health Luis Francisco Sucre announced that a total quarantine would take effect between January 4 and January 14, 2021, for Panama and West Panama provinces. The government implemented gender-based shopping days and end-of-year nationwide curfews to limit movement during the holiday period. Authorities noted that healthcare capacity was heavily saturated, leading Panama to hire foreign healthcare workers while keeping Tocumen International Airport open.
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Panama announced a total quarantine in key provinces for January 2021 following a surge in coronavirus infections.
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