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Covid-19 Updates

Nicaraguan Carlos Berrios works during an interview with AFP, at his house in San Jose on July 31, 2020. - Berrios, afraid for being a human rights activist of the LGBTI community, fled Nicaragua and moved to Costa Rica.

One million Central Americans will have migrated by the end of 2020, says UNHCR

AFP - Dec 04, 2020

Costa Rica still plans to negotiate with the IMF, Alvarado says

Alejandro Zúñiga - Dec 04, 2020

News briefs: Costa Rica news highlights to start your Friday

Alejandro Zúñiga - Dec 04, 2020

Costa Rican money

Unemployment and underemployment rates remain high in Costa Rica

Alejandro Zúñiga - Dec 03, 2020

A hospital worker at Escalante Pradilla Hospital in Pérez Zeledón in September 2020.

CCSS conducts ‘mega transfer’ of COVID patients from full hospital

Alejandro Zúñiga - Dec 03, 2020

Costa Rica has signed an agreement with AstraZeneca for 1 million doses of an eventual vaccine, enough for 500,000 people.

News briefs: Costa Rica news highlights to start your Thursday

Alejandro Zúñiga - Dec 03, 2020

Novel coronavirus COVID-19

Britain OKs vaccine as global Covid death toll nears 1.5 million

Jitendra JOSHI with AFP bureaus - Dec 02, 2020

Face detection scan. Illustration for illustrative purposes.

News briefs: Costa Rica news highlights to start your Wednesday

Alejandro Zúñiga - Dec 02, 2020

Costa Rica will operate under its “Controlled Reopening” in December.

Costa Rica coronavirus measures for December

Alejandro Zúñiga - Dec 01, 2020

Stock photo of a coronavirus test. Photo is for illustrative purposes.

Authorities urge responsibility as coronavirus strains hospital capacity

Alejandro Zúñiga - Dec 01, 2020

View of an empty street in San José, Costa Rica on March 26, 2020.

UN warns of impending debt crisis in Latin America

Oscar BATRES / AFP - Dec 01, 2020

Route 256 near Puerto Viejo, Limón.

News briefs: Costa Rica news highlights to start your Tuesday

Alejandro Zúñiga - Dec 01, 2020

Novel coronavirus COVID-19

US predicts ‘vaccines before Christmas’ as virus super-surge looms

Issam Ahmed / AFP - Nov 30, 2020

Stock photo of a coronavirus test. Photo is for illustrative purposes.

Costa Rica ending week with increase in coronavirus hospitalizations

Alejandro Zúñiga - Nov 28, 2020

Air France Airbus A330 at Juan Santamaría International Airport near San José, Costa Rica on October 31, 2020.

PAHO urges countries not to require coronavirus tests from travelers

AFP - Nov 27, 2020

A child receives an injection. Photo for illustrative purposes.

The race to obtain coronavirus vaccines in Latin America

AFP Bureaus - Nov 26, 2020

Bags with equine plasma before a purification process. The plasma will be tested in coronavirus patients.

Costa Rica’s equine plasma coronavirus treatment not as effective as initially hoped

Alejandro Zúñiga - Nov 25, 2020

Costa Rica coronavirus hospitalizations and deaths on November 24, 2020.

Costa Rica coronavirus updates for Tuesday, November 24

Alejandro Zúñiga - Nov 24, 2020