Curfew to sex: Panama assigns men and women different days of the week
The government of Panama has announced a new rule for the weeks since the applicable curfew. In the Central American country men and women since Thursday, only separated from each other on the streets, like Juan Pino, Panama’s Minister of public security, announced on Monday at a press conference: “If you are a woman, go out only on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. And if you are a man, only on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. On Sunday everyone stays home.” Panama has so far tested around 1,300 people in a positive and 32 cases of death in connection with COVID-19 reported. Pino had announced a day earlier already, the measures in the fight against the Coronavirus exacerbate. Many citizens support the new output rule: “the safety of all. I don’t think that the government wants to do, suffering to inflict. It is important that we take care of ourselves and others and give.” “We have seen in other countries how difficult the Situation has become. We should contribute our part and the authorities supported the decision.” The new rule has also been criticised. Venus Vejada is Chairman of an organization that advocates for the rights of transsexuals. She is horrified: “women have filmed a few of my TRANS friends, as they were in the supermarket and you said, ‘this is your day, why get out, if you’re men’. They were dressed like women, because we attract to us, the way we Express our gender.” Also in Peru-based output restrictions since Thursday gender. President Martin Vizcarra had prescribed. Meanwhile, in the capital, Lima, for many tourists, such as this group from Scandinavia, to leave the country and return to their home countries.