Sometimes Doing The Right Thing Can Be Really Inconvienent!

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Let's not lower our Guard now!

This announcement from the ministry of health basically states the days when women can go out and when men can go out and when NO ONE can go out. Of course there are some exceptions allowed, but those require special permission. The white lettering in bold type at the bottom says, " Let's not let our guard down now!"     

 

After months of planing and anticipation , we decided to to end our Panama visit early.  We intended to spend  two weeks exploring  David, Boquete and then Panama City.  But the best laid plains....

When you are planing to relocate to a foreign country there are many things you need to check out. For example, we wanted to make sure that all of our medications and supplements were available locally so we had researched the Spanish names of everything and made a list to take to the local  "farmacia" . We also needed to meet with our Immigration attorney to make sure all of our necessary paper work was in order so we could revive our temporary visas.

Other to-dos were opening a bank account, checking out the offerings at the local grocery stores,  and exploring neighborhoods where we might possible find a rental home.

Two days after our arrival, The Ministry of Health of Panama responded to an up-tick in the number of new Covid-19 infections and decided to expand the curfew.  Retail establishments and the airports were to remain open but with restrictions that would really limit our activities and impact our planned explorations.  The most restrictive element was the gender restriction. Bob and I travel as a pair! no way were we going to have him go out one day and me the next.  So we made the decision to head for home on the 20th before the restrictions began.

Yes! I can now go shopping at the big box store in Panama!


In the mean time we did accomplish a couple of tasks. We got the photos we needed for our visa paper work, (eight pics for $2.80) and we got our PriceSmart Card! -- Which is the equivalent of a Costco card. We also did some shopping at PriceSmart -- Primarily wine and cookies! (Also know as a Covid lock-down survival kit.)

 

 

 


Official Announcement of expanded Covid-19 restrictions -- English version:

RELEVANT DETAILS OF NEW SANITARY CONTROL MEASURES

Panama December 19, 2020. Regarding the latest sanitary control measures adopted by the National Government, the following observation is made:
Days 21, 22, 23 and 24, as well as December 28th, 29th, 30th and 31st are work-related throughout the national territory, both for public institutions and private companies.
 
The exception is made that during the working days that go from December 21 to 30, 2020, the mobility restriction measure by sex was established.
 
On December 21, 23, 28 and 30 are enabled for women to enter exclusively to make purchases in commercial establishments of a diverse nature such as supermarkets, stores, pharmacies, warehouses, hardware stores and others.
 
On December 22, 24, 29 and 31 can be done exclusively by men.
Both clients and establishments must observe the biosecurity measures established by the Ministry of Health.
 
The measure is adopted with the aim of reducing the movement of people in closed spaces and thereby reducing the chances of contagion from the Covid-19 pandemic.
As indicated, there will be a total quarantine from December 24 at 7:00 p.m., until December 28 at 5:00 a.m.; and from December 31 at 7:00 p.m., until January 4, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.








 

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  1. CharlesebenOctober 3, 2022 at 6:00 AM

    A large portion of an immigration lawyers in Los Angeles time is spent helping those who are experiencing difficulties related to adhering to immigration requirements. They also represent their clients during deportation hearings.Thanks for sharing.

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