A woman tries a perfume at Albrook Mall in Panama City on February 1, 2021 as Panama begins the gradual reopening of certain economic sectors amid the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic. – Panama begins the gradual reopening of retail trade, beauty salons and barbershops, and early childhood centres as of February 1, after a month of confinement due to the second peak of COVID-19.
“We are eternally grateful” to the Cuban doctors because “they came here to save the lives of Panamanians,” Luis Francisco Sucre said during an appearance before the National Assembly to answer questions about the management of the pandemic. The Cubans arrived in Panama on December 24, at a time when Panama was facing a crisis that had completely overwhelmed its health system and exhausted local doctors.
During his speech, Sucre said that in addition to Cuba, the Panamanian government also requested medical support from other countries, such as the United States, Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, Italy, Israel, China and Russia, but had been unsuccessful.
But why?