Panama’s first coronavirus victim, Norato González, principal of the Monsignor Francisco Beckman school, likely caught the virus from a teacher who traveled and toured several countries and had contact with the principal on February 21, to offer her condolences for the death of his mother. Today the teacher is stable.

This meeting could be when he was infected by coronavirus. says Security Minister Juan Pino.  "There was an exchange event with the director on February 21. He passed away on March 8," said Pino. After González died, three other teachers came out positive for covid-19. "The traceability of the death of the professor at the Monsignor Francisco Beckman school is something that we have to clarify," he said.