While most of the country celebrated the lifting of the quarantine on Monday, June 1  the  Azuero region reinforced the sanitary fences of Santa María and the Ocú Crossing.

The National Police, the Ministry of Health, the Social Security Fund, the National Civil Protection System, the National Customs Service and the Red Cross led by the governor of Herrera, Víctor Roca Cuan, arrived  at the facilities of the Ministry of Agricultural Development, at the entrance to Santa María

Roca Cuan said that those who try to go through both sanitary fences are being asked for proof that justifies their entry into the Azuero region.

"We are monitoring car by car, including public transportation," he said.

People who have an agricultural passport or who work in Herrera or Los Santos may enter the province, after certification of the companies in which they work.

“People who come without a valid justification or for tourism will be returned,” warned the governor adding that bus passengers  have to get off an have their temperatures taken

The head of the Herrera police area, Johnny Rangel,  said that in the first hours of Monday about a dozen  drivers who  could not justify entering the province were turned back

"There are people who come from other provinces and what we want is to guarantee the safety of people," he said.