The Health Ministry says it is not yet recommending the suspension of large, public gatherings, but that may be considered if COVID-19 spreads in Costa Rica.
Lufthansa will add a third weekly flight between Frankfurt and Juan Santamaría International Airport near San José, the Costa Rican Tourism Board (ICT) announced.
The Health Ministry said Friday that an airport protocol to attend to sick travelers has been activated many times in recent weeks, but that there remain no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Costa Rica.
When the National Decarbonization Plan was inaugurated last year, modernizing the country's transportation infrastructure was listed as a pillar of the initiative.