Many companies that opened last week with the lifting of quarantine are likely to close for lack of customers following the reimposition of controls say  Panamanian Association of Business Executives (Apede)  which has asked the Executive for more inter-institutional coordination in decision-making on the health crisis in a responsible and coherent manner:"so that, while primarily taking into account p public health, the economy is not stopped

"The recent announcement by the Ministry of Health to reactivate the quarantine reveals the lack of communication and inter-institutional coordination, as well as the serious consequences of a lack of coherence in decision-making," Apede said in a statement. The restriction on mobility by ID number and gender that reigns as of today in Panama and Panama West will impact the companies included in the reactivation of phases one and two.