Costa Rica on Tuesday reached 789 people hospitalized with Covid-19, an amount that has forced some patients to wait for available beds. Miguel Ángel Villalobos, head of…
The Costa Rican Social Security System (Caja) says its capacity has been stretched “to the limit” by Covid-19 hospitalizations. In a press release from the Caja, which…
Costa Rica received 113,490 more coronavirus vaccine doses on Tuesday night for a total of 1,022,685 doses, the Presidency reported. The vast majority of Costa Rica's doses are…
Costa Rica's National Commission for Vaccination and Epidemiology (CNVE) has approved the use of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine for nearly all adults, the government announced Thursday. AstraZeneca doses "will…
On Wednesday, Costa Rica will receive its first shipment of AstraZeneca vaccines through the COVAX mechanism, the government reported. “The World Health Organization (WHO) informed Costa Rica…
Costa Rica has vaccinated more people against SARS-CoV-2 than people who have tested positive for the virus, the Presidency reported. As of Tuesday, 224,092 people have received…
President Carlos Alvarado has called upon Costa Rican health authorities to speed up coronavirus vaccine administrations, according to a report. “I have asked the [Social Security] Fund…
Costa Rica received 119,340 more doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine on Tuesday night for a total of 676,455, the Presidency reported. As of Monday, Costa Rica had administered…
Costa Rica has administered 312,425 doses of the coronavirus vaccine, President Carlos Alvarado said Monday. More than 106,000 people have completed the vaccine schedule by receiving both…
Costa Rica will stop offering the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine to elderly adults until April, in an effort to prioritize second doses for that population.…
