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Understanding Costa Rica’s new coronavirus measures

Alejandro Zúñiga
By Alejandro Zúñiga
This is how we feel when trying to understand Costa Rica's new coronavirus measures.

We’re really confused, you guys.

This post is satire. We’re doing our best to summarize the announcements in a legible format. It will be published soon. Please don’t yell at us.

UPDATE: We explained the August restrictions/measures as clearly as we could. Our real story is linked here.

Costa Rica announces coronavirus restrictions for August [Updated]

 

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