The health system measures put into place in Panama to contain the spread of COVID-19 are:
* January 23: Activation of the Centre of Emergency Operations in Health (CODES) and declaration of the green health alert starting January 22 by the Ministry of Health.
* January 28: Adoption of the Plan Nacional ante la amenaza por el Brote del Nuevo Coronavirus, including the recognition of the Ministry of Health as the only entity authorised to trasmit information over the coronavirus epidemics and the call for mass medias to coordinate with the Ministry. Authorisation for the Ministry of Finance to assign an initial budget of one million balboas to the Ministry of Health for all initial expenses aimed at stopping the propagation of the coronavirus by Cabinet resolution.
* March 3: Authorisation to assign three million balboas to the Ministry of Health for initial expenses and five million balboas if the cases exceed the current predictions.
* March 18: Construction of the modular hospital Panama Solidario, in Albrook. The hospital will count with 100 beds, 26 for intensive care, for a cost of 6.5 million balboas.
* March 19: Declaration of the provinces of Panama, West Panama and Colon as “epidemic areas” subject to sanitary control.
The published information can be found here
