Of the 15 cases detected in Panama with the new strains of COVID-19, 13 have been recovered, said Dr. Leonardo Labrador, national head of epidemiology of the Ministry of Health (MINSA), who added that a patient is in the room. of hospitalization and another in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
From December to date, the Gorgas Commemorative Institute for Health Studies (Icges), has sequenced in Panama the four strains that circulate in different parts of the world and are called "most contagious" they are: Californian or from the States United Kingdom, Brazil and South Africa, Labrador said.
According to Labrador, the location of the cases is divided as follows:
Californian (1 case): Amelia Denis de Icaza (San Miguelito.)
United Kingdom (1 case): Juan Díaz (Panama).
Brazilian (9 cases - variant P1): Arnulfo Arias Madrid (San Miguelito), Juan Díaz, Bella Vista, Ernesto Córdoba Campos, Don Bosco and Tocumen in the district of Panama.
Brazilian (3 cases - variant P2): Rufina Alfaro (San Miguelito); Lefevre Park, Mayor Díaz (Panama).
South African (in December) located at the Airport.
Since the entry into force of Executive Decree 260 of March 29, 2021, which establishes that every person from South America must bring a PCR or negative antigen test and carry out another at their own cost when entering the country, 3,943 people have passed through.
Of the total, 3,943, 28 have been positive for COVID-19, even with a negative test; 11 have tested positive, after having completed the five days of regulatory quarantine and the rest have completed their quarantine without presenting respiratory symptoms.
Labrador, added in addition to P1 and P2, another new variant of COVID-19 was detected in Brazil, which is potentially more contagious and in Panama efforts are being redoubled to prevent it from entering the country.
4/13/2021 3:14:51 PM