Panama woke up today, after a 129-day pandemic, with 50,373 cases and 1,000 deaths caused by Covid-19.
A reality that occurs amid questions from medical professionals, who ask for personal protection supplies and a stricter quarantine throughout the country.
As it will be remembered, the Government fixed Saturdays, plus Sundays, as days of total quarantine in Panama and West Panama.
However, the president of the Panamanian Society of Internal Medicine, Nuvia Batista, stressed that they are very concerned. We do not see adequate control in the community, not only because of compliance with the measures, but because of the way in which the positive cases and their contacts are followed up and isolated. Cases continue to rise and also the number of patients requiring hospitalization, he said.
Regarding the government's decision to add Saturday as a quarantine day, Batista indicated that they are not satisfied. We hope that the government will make the decisions that cannot be postponed to alleviate the crisis, said Batista, who considered that the confinement should last about 15 days.
Jorge Motta, a specialist in cardiology and Public Health, believes that the measures adopted, both in economic and health matters, must be balanced so as not to find a destroyed country in the future.
I would not agree to a total quarantine. I do think it can be focused on the places with the most cases. This pandemic taught me the weakness of our public health system, he said.
As it will be remembered, the Government fixed Saturdays, plus Sundays, as days of total quarantine in Panama and West Panama.
However, the president of the Panamanian Society of Internal Medicine, Nuvia Batista, stressed that they are very concerned. We do not see adequate control in the community, not only because of compliance with the measures, but because of the way in which the positive cases and their contacts are followed up and isolated. Cases continue to rise and also the number of patients requiring hospitalization, he said.
Regarding the government's decision to add Saturday as a quarantine day, Batista indicated that they are not satisfied. We hope that the government will make the decisions that cannot be postponed to alleviate the crisis, said Batista, who considered that the confinement should last about 15 days.
Jorge Motta, a specialist in cardiology and Public Health, believes that the measures adopted, both in economic and health matters, must be balanced so as not to find a destroyed country in the future.
I would not agree to a total quarantine. I do think it can be focused on the places with the most cases. This pandemic taught me the weakness of our public health system, he said.