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Panama hospitals on verge of collapse as virus cases surge

Panamanian health workers are going door to door to try to detect infected people to help prevent the spread of the virus with the country's health system on the verge of collapse. [AFP]

Hospitals in Panama are on the brink of collapse as coronavirus cases spike in the Central American country worst hit by the pandemic, where doctors are already exhausted.

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