Panama registers first COVID-19 Case - President
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: The first case of the coronavirus (COVID-19) has been 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 said to be stable.
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