In the province of West Panama, 12 people have died from influenza so far in 2025, according to figures released by the Ministry of Health (MINSA). Currently, two people with this type of respiratory virus remain in serious condition at the Nicolás A. Solano Hospital. Lorena Merlo, head of Epidemiology for MINSA in West Panama, detailed that during 2025, it has been necessary to hospitalize 92 people for medical complications. Health facilities have reported 4,837 cases of influenza between January and December of this year. She added that the current vaccination coverage rate in the entire province is at 80%, even though 151,164 doses of the influenza vaccine have already been administered in this province. This figure is below the 172,164 doses administered in 2024, said Dr. Merlo. She insisted on the need for the population to go to health facilities to get vaccinated against influenza. She also detailed that a case of a person infected with the H3N2 virus with the Ky variant has already been detected in the Veracruz district in Arraiján, who is being treated at a medical center in the capital. The doctor...
