The national head of Epidemiology at the Ministry of Health [editor's note: Ministry of Health in Spanish is Ministerio de Salud (often abbreviated as MINSA)], Leonardo Labrador, mentioned that malaria cases showed an increase at the beginning of the year [2021]. However, at present, the situation is limited mainly to endemic areas, such as Guna Yala [Indigenous Region, northeast Atlantic coast], Darien [Province, eastern], and Eastern Panama [part of the province of Panama, which includes the capital, Panama City].
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https://promedmail.org/promed-post/?id=8433172