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RICO'S COVID-19 DIGEST

Health

COVID-19 Costa Rica: 1,087 new cases for Sept 22; Recovered lags behind 46%

(QCOSTARICA) The Ministry of Health reported 1,087 new cases of COVID-19 for Tuesday, September 22, 2020, bringing the total confirmed cases to 66,689, and...

Rico - 22 September 2020

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Health

COVID-19 in Costa Rica: 1,890 cases and 39 deaths in 48 hours

(QCOSTARICA) The Ministry of Health reported on Monday, a total...

Rico - 21 September 2020

Health

COVID-19 Costa Rica: 1,338 new cases for Saturday, Sept 19

(QCOSTARICA) The new norm for daily cases is 1000...

Rico - 20 September 2020

Health

COVID-19 Costa Rica: 1,556 new cases, deaths now reach 686

(QCOSTARICA.COM) The number of new cases reported by the...

Rico - 19 September 2020

Health

COVID-19 Costa Rica: 1,320 new cases and 17 deaths for Thursday, Sept 17

(QCOSTARICA) Priscilla Herrera, medical manager of Health, reported for...

Rico - 18 September 2020

Health

The epidemiological form (Health Pass)

(QCOSTARICA) Arriving at the San Jose airport (SJO) in Costa...

Rico - 5 August 2020

ALL CORONAVIRUS

Coronavirus

COVAX: Working for global equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines

The vaccines pillar of the ACT-Accelerator, convened by CEPI GAVI...

Q Costa Rica - 22 September 2020

Coronavirus

What are the symptoms of COVID-19?

Some people infected with the virus have no symptoms....

Q Costa Rica - 20 September 2020

Coronavirus

Face masks could be giving people Covid-19 immunity, researchers suggest

Face masks may be inadvertently giving people Covid-19 immunity...

Q Costa Rica - 16 September 2020

Coronavirus

Face masks could be giving people Covid-19 immunity, researchers suggest

Face masks may be inadvertently giving people Covid-19 immunity...

Q Costa Rica - 14 September 2020

Coronavirus

Why experts are concerned about India’s low death toll

(CNN) India has one of the world's lowest Covid-19...

CNN - 11 September 2020

BLOGS & OPINION

Rico's Digest

It’s time for Riteve…

Rico - 22 September 2020

Update 3:35pm RICO'S DIGEST - It's that time again, time to visit Riteve. My last visit was in January, but today will be my first...

Opinion

The death of Dr. Salas’ father comes at a difficult time

Rico - 17 September 2020

RICO'S DIGEST - I have no doubt that this is a moment of great weight for the majority in Costa Rica who identify with...

Rico's Digest

The real COVID threat is Costa Rica’s limited hospital capacity

Rico - 10 September 2020

(QCOSTARICA) OP-ED - Daily we see the number of infections increase. No longer a few hundred or close to a thousand, they are over...

Letter to the editor

Letters to the editor: Kudos on the accomplishments in fighting COVID-19, but…

Q Costa Rica - 1 September 2020

Letter to the editor: Thank you for allowing me to respond to this very important subject. I give the benefit of the doubt to...

Letter to the editor

Reader’s response to “When the cat is away..”

Rico - 31 August 2020

(QCOSTARICA) In response to my article, "When the cat is away.." John Breek wrote: "Or should we rather say, "when the cat is out of...

TOP NEWS

Economic Policy

Government fears “very drastic” consequences of not agreeing with the IMF

(QCOSTARICA) The Government affirmed Tuesday night, on a national television broadcast, that the country could face "very drastic" consequences if the agreement with the...

Rico - 23 September 2020

Health

COVID-19 was the leading cause of death in hospitals in Costa Rica during August

(QCOSTARICA) Deaths associated with COVID-19 became the leading cause of...

Rico - 23 September 2020

Health

CNE reveals how the money from the traffic fines is used

(QCOSTARICA) Applauded by some and rejected by others, the sanitary...

Rico - 23 September 2020

Health

Costa Rica negotiates with 6 pharma for the COVID-19 vaccine

(QCOSTARICA) The government of Costa Rica has already started talks...

Rico - 22 September 2020

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Crime

12 years in jail for minor for participating in murder of Karolay Serrano

Rico - 23 September 2020

(QCOSTARICA) The cry for justice for the murder of Karolay...

Correos de Costa Rica resumes international postal service

HQ Q Costa Rica - 22 September 2020

Why would it be negative to establish a tax on bank transactions?

HQ Q Costa Rica - 21 September 2020

Neighbors support relatives of seven who died in an accident in Cartago: “Your pain is ours.”

Cartago Q Costa Rica - 19 September 2020

Seven people die in a collision with a police car in Cartago

Cartago Q Costa Rica - 18 September 2020

Immigration

10 points to Costa Rica’s migratory situation in the face of COVID-19

(QCOSTARICA) Since last March 6, when the first case of...

Rico - 22 September 2020

Health

COVID-19 has sent 5,000 people to hospital in Costa Rica

(QCOSTARICA) Almost 5,000 people in Costa Rica have occupied hospital...

Rico - 22 September 2020

Environment

First electric buses will hit the road in November

(QCOSTARICA) The first three electric buses that will serve the country have already arrived...

Rico - 21 September 2020

National

More than half a million lightning strikes have struck this year in Costa Rica

(QCOSTARICA) The lightning count that fell on Costa Rica this...

Rico - 21 September 2020

Travel

Canadians flying to Costa Rica with Air Canada will have free COVID travel insurance

(QCOSTARICA) As part of its return to international flights, Air...

Rico - 20 September 2020

Health

Aftermath of COVID-19: the nightmare that survivors go through

(QCOSTARICA) Achieving the status of "recovered" from COVID-19 does not...

Rico - 20 September 2020

REDAQTED

Pura Vida

Chirripó Park once again welcomes tourists in search of fresh air and cleansing the mind

(QCOSTARICA) Starting in October, the Chirripó National Park will once again receive tourists who await landscapes of starry skies, silent mountain sunrises and fresh...

Rico - 23 September 2020

Blame the drivers: It’s not the posts, but the lack of road safety education

(QCOSTARICA) The installment of the flexible delineator folding posts on...

Roads Instrastructure Rico - 23 September 2020

They did not last a day: the first flexible delineator posts on ruta 32 downed

(QCOSTARICA) The flexible delineator plastic traffic road divider on the...

National Rico - 22 September 2020

Redaqted

Costa Rica extends tourist visas until March 2, 2021

(QCOSTARICA) Costa Rica's immigration service, the Dirección General de Migración...

Rico - 21 September 2020

Pura Vida

[Photos] Hundreds of tourists flooded Prusia, eager to flee the pandemic

(QCOSTARICA) The gradual opening in the midst of the pandemic...

Rico - 21 September 2020

Cartago

Allison Bonilla case: OIJ did not find anything in an alleged grave located by the search team

(QCOSTARICA) An inspection with a dog trained to detect human...

Rico - 21 September 2020

Redaqted

Which airlines are resuming flights to Costa Rica?

(QCOSTARICA) With the opening of borders, several airlines have resumed...

Rico - 20 September 2020

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FINCA PARAISO

Pura Vida

Chirripó Park once again welcomes tourists in search of fresh air and cleansing the mind

Rico - 23 September 2020

(QCOSTARICA) Starting in October, the Chirripó National Park will once again receive tourists who await landscapes of starry skies, silent mountain sunrises and fresh...

Pura Vida

[Photos] Hundreds of tourists flooded Prusia, eager to flee the pandemic

Rico - 21 September 2020

(QCOSTARICA) The gradual opening in the midst of the pandemic saw hundreds of tourists to visit Prusia, that cold and enigmatic spot of the...

Fire truck that was in the 9-1-1 attack is in service in Costa Rica

Rico - 15 September 2020

(QCOSTARICA) A fire truck that was in the 9-1-1 attack on the Twin Towers, in New York, is on Costa Rican soil and continues...

Lighter Side

“They say the taxes are temporary”

Q Costa Rica - 23 September 2020

The illustration confirms the sentiment of most, not believing that the new taxes being proposed by the government are temporary. The man, "They say the...