Panama offers COVID-19 tests to international travelers Healthcare & Pharma Elida Moreno PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Panama is the latest country to offer travelers a COVID-19 test when they arrive at its main airport, a little less than a week after resuming international flights following a seven-month suspension due to the pandemic.
Healthcare workers sit in a booth offering coronavirus disease (COVID-19) tests for travelers at the Tocumen International Airport in Panama City, Panama October 16, 2020. REUTERS/Erick Marciscano
A healthcare worker measures the temperatures of travelers before entering the Tocumen International Airport during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Panama City, Panama October 16, 2020. REUTERS/Erick Marciscano
(Corrects to 20 the number of positive COVID-19 results, not one in 20, in fifth paragraph)
PANAMA CITY, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Panama is the latest country to offer travelers a COVID-19 test when they arrive at its main airport, a little less than a week after resuming international flights following a seven-month suspension due to the pandemic.
The Sofia SARS Antigen Fluorescent Immunoassay tests are meant to prevent the import of new cases.
International flights resumed on Monday, October 12.
Since then, some 1,000 people were tested, said Yelitza Campos, an adviser at Jers Medical, the distributer of the tests in Panama.
A Panamanian health official said of those tested, 20 people have come back positive for COVID-19 .
(Corrects to 20 the number of positive COVID-19 results, not one in 20, in fifth paragraph)
PANAMA CITY, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Panama is the latest country to offer travelers a COVID-19 test when they arrive at its main airport, a little less than a week after resuming international flights following a seven-month suspension due to the pandemic.
The Sofia SARS Antigen Fluorescent Immunoassay tests are meant to prevent the import of new cases.
International flights resumed on Monday, October 12.
Since then, some 1,000 people were tested, said Yelitza Campos, an adviser at Jers Medical, the distributer of the tests in Panama.
A Panamanian health official said of those tested, 20 people have come back positive for COVID-19 .
(Corrects to 20 the number of positive COVID-19 results, not one in 20, in fifth paragraph)
PANAMA CITY, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Panama is the latest country to offer travelers a COVID-19 test when they arrive at its main airport, a little less than a week after resuming international flights following a seven-month suspension due to the pandemic.
The Sofia SARS Antigen Fluorescent Immunoassay tests are meant to prevent the import of new cases.
International flights resumed on Monday, October 12.
Since then, some 1,000 people were tested, said Yelitza Campos, an adviser at Jers Medical, the distributer of the tests in Panama.
A Panamanian health official said of those tested, 20 people have come back positive for COVID-19 .
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