COVID-19 pandemic in Panama | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Location | Panama |
First outbreak | Wuhan, China |
Index case | Tocumen International Airport |
Arrival date | 9 March 2020 (4 years, 2 months, 1 week and 4 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]
As of 8 April 2020[update], 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]
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]