This means that Rosario Turner, Markova Concepción and Inés Samudio will leave the Cabinet .

Cortizo appointed as new Health Minister, Luis Francisco Sucre, who had been serving as deputy minister of this portfolio; Rogelio Paredes, in Housing and María Inés Castillo in Social Development.

The country is indebted to the extraordinary work that Dr. Rosario Turner has performed. The pandemic is a marathon that can only be faced with the relays that guarantee the refreshing of the teams that take care of the situation day by day, which is why Luis Francisco Sucre will assume responsibility at the head of the institution, Cortizo said on the national network.

Rogelio Paredes, former deputy, was the deputy minister of Housing. While Castillo was at the forefront of multiple responsibilities in Panama Pacifico and a specialist in gender equality and social inclusion.

Ivette Berrío, a specialist in otorhinolaryngology, and former medical director of Pediatric Specialty of the Social Security Fund, was appointed as Vice Minister of Health.

The President announced that former Minister Markova Concepción will be Panama's ambassador to the United Nations.

Concepción with more than 20 years of experience in social work in the fight against poverty, gender equality, the inclusion of people with disabilities and multiple spaces and projects of social intervention, with children, youth, public policies, strategic planning and public management, will represent us as a nation at the UN, said the president.