Panama confirms eight cases of Novel Corona Virus

Panama has confirmed eight cases of the Novel Corona virus in the country, including one death, the first virus-linked death in Central America. During a press conference in Panama City, country's Health Minister Rosario Turner said, of the eight patients being reported, one person is in intensive care, another unfortunately died.

According to the Ministry, a 64-year-old man who was already suffering from diabetes complications associated with bacterial pneumonia died of the



COVID-19 virus on Sunday.

The other seven people who tested positive ranged in age from 29 to 59 and had each recently traveled abroad.

Panama is the second Central American country to record cases of the COVID-19 virus following Costa Rica, where 13 people tested positive, including three Americans. The Panamanian Government ordered public and private schools closed until 7th of April in the affected areas.