The Central Bank of Costa Rica projected a 3.6% drop in GDP this year, instead of the 2.5% growth originally anticipated, as a consequence of the pandemic.
Costa Rica has so far succeeded in limiting the spread of the coronavirus. In order to keep it that way, health authorities say the country must tread very carefully.Â
Costa Rica will begin easing some coronavirus measures starting May 1, President Carlos Alvarado and Health Minister Daniel Salas announced Monday afternoon.Â
With great challenges ahead, Costa Ricans, let's continue forward with our sleeves rolled up. In union, Costa Rica will get ahead and rise stronger in its bicentennial. Let's get to work.
The new instructions are in addition to previously announced measures suspending mass gatherings and telling employees from working from home when possible.Â
