Panama records Central America’s 1st Covid-19 death
Panama health minister Rosario Turner has confirmed a death of a 64-year-old man caused by Covid-19. – EPA pic, March 11, 2020.
PANAMA health minister today confirmed eight cases of the new coronavirus in the country, including one death, the first virus-linked death in Central America. “Of the eight patients we are reporting, one person is in intensive care, another unfortunately died,” minister Rosario Turner said during a press conference in Panama City.
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