Panama - Health & Safety

Vaccinations
Recommended vaccinations
None
Medicines
Availability medicines
Low

We suggest to bring always a small travel pharmacy and to stipulate a health insurance which covers medical expenditures, the eventual airplane emergency repatriation or transfer to another country.

Cautions
Diseases - infections
Dandy fever, Malaria
Diseases - infections risks
Medium
Food and beverages

Tap water in Panama City and in the main urban centers is potable, but it is recommended to drink bottled water all the same. As for food, no particular precautions need to be taken: almost all products are available in supermarkets. In Panama City levels of hygiene in resaturants are satisfactory. In any case, it is better to avoid street kiosks, since their hygiene levels are precarious.