The first case of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was registered in Panama, President Laurentino Cortizo said on Tuesday
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 10th March, 2020) The first case of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was registered in Panama, President Laurentino Cortizo said on Tuesday.
"After applying all the protocols of the World Health Organization we can confirm the first COVID-19 case in our country ... We have identified it early, so we may remain calm," Cortizo wrote on Twitter.
Panama's Health Minister Rosario Turner said at a press conference that the infected person was a 40-year-old woman who had sought medical assistance due to suffering fever upon her return from Spain. Her condition is assessed as stable.
