The Ministry of Health of Panama established a Contingency Plan due to the increase in coronavirus cases registered in the country.
It is divided into four indicators, seven pillars and five alert stages.
Indicators
- Rt of 1 or less
- Lethality less than 3%
- Availability of beds in room 20%
- Availability of beds in ICU of 15%
Pillars
- Promotion and prevention
- Traceability
- Treatment to affected
- Isolation and distancing
- Installed capacity
- Gradual return
- Social care
Alert stages
- Feint of overflow of one of the 4 indicators for the opening
- Overflow of one of the indicators for opening
- Overflow of two of the indicators for opening
- Overflow of three of the indicators for opening
- Overflow of the four indicators for opening
Measures to be taken before the arrival of each alert stage
Feint of overflow of one of the 4 indicators for the opening
- Curfew from 11:00 pm to 5:00 am (As it is currently at the national level, except Veraguas)
Overflow of one of the indicators for opening
- The possible taking of restrictions is announced and prevention is intensified
- Traceability is intensified and tests are massed
- The curfew is maintained
- Mobility is allowed but with the possibility of restriction
Overflow of two of the indicators for opening
- A communication plan is maintained with aggressive messages of biosecurity measures
- Checkpoints are strengthened
- Tents and field hospitals are installed
- Quarantine is established on Sundays
- The curfew is extended from 7:00 pm to 5:00 am
- Reopening stops
- Beaches, rivers and spas are closed
- Meetings are reduced to meetings of no more than 10
- Public employees will have rotating schedules
Overflow of three of the indicators for opening
- Communicate closings one week in advance
- Checkpoints increase
- Quarantine is established on weekends
- Extended curfew is maintained
- Only restaurants with home delivery will operate (with a trial every 15 days for motorized ones)
- Online sales businesses will be able to operate, but shopping centers will not
- Construction will be partially closed
Overflow of the four indicators for opening
- Daily communications through conferences
- Sanitary closures and fences
- New facilities are enabled
- Weekend closings are maintained, curfew extended
- Only essential food service companies may operate
- The agricultural sector, pharmacies, banks and grocery stores remain open
- Mobility will be by sex and gender
- Tourist activities will be paralyzed
- The entry of people who come from countries with increased cases will be evaluated
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