Costa Rica will receive a $200,000 donation from the Inter-American Development Bank to help provide humanitarian assistance to communities impacted by last month’s flooding.
Costa Rica's Sherman Isidro Guity Guity (L) and Britain's Jonnie Peacock (R) celebrate after the men's 100m (T64) athletics final during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on August 30, 2021.
The Health Ministry says just .023% of fully vaccinated Costa Ricans have died of Covid-19 or related causes, adding that only 1.5 in 10,000 inoculated people have required ICU hospitalization.
Costa Rican authorities have apprehended 400 passengers on suspicion that they presented falsified coronavirus test results when trying to leave the country, according to the Public Security Ministry (MSP).
The United Kingdom kept Costa Rica on a list of countries from which it only allows the arrival of nationals or residents, who must quarantine in hotels paid for out of pocket.
Costa Rica will host events during the first commemoration of the International Day of People of African Descent, an initiative promoted by the country and formally adopted by the UN in 2020.
