Panama moves backward (a bit) on its re-opening strategy

PANAMA - Report 15 Jul 2020 by Marco Fernandez and Alex Diamond

The government of Panama announced a new quarantine schedule on Tuesday sine die, adding to the restrictions already in place (men could only leave home three times a week for two hours each day and women likewise, with a daily curfew after seven o`clock). Sundays are in total lockdown. Now, the decree establishes the complete cessation of business on Saturdays for all non-essential economic activities, basically moving the needle back to where the economy was three weeks ago, while leaving men with only two days per week to transit. These restrictions apply only in Panama City, its surroundings, and Chiriqui Province, at the western end of the country.

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