President Carlos Alvarado has asked U.S. President Joe Biden for assistance with Costa Rica's coronavirus vaccine supply, the Central American leader said Sunday.
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake shook southern Costa Rica at 9:33 a.m. on Friday, the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (OVSICORI) said.
The traditional romería, an annual pilgrimage of Catholics to the Costa Rican city of Cartago, has been canceled for the second straight year due to the pandemic.
The Health Ministry on Thursday evening reported 32 new deaths related to Covid-19 over the previous 24 hours, a new record in Costa Rica during the pandemic.
President Carlos Alvarado said Costa Rica is trying to balance economic activity with population health, even as the country's public-health system has become saturated...
