Tag: Inciensa
Brazilian variant of coronavirus detected in Costa Rica
QCOSTARICA - A 28-year-old man from Alajuela and a 32-year-old woman from Heredia are the first two cases of people infected with the SARS-CoV-2 variant originally detected in Brazil.
Both cases were detected in the microbiology laboratory of the National Children's Hospital and according to...
Presence of ‘Tica variant’ of coronavirus doubled between September and November
QCOSTARICA - Last December, a group of Costa Rican scientists pointed out that there was a variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes covid-19 that was very rare in the world, but very common in Costa Rica.
Today, with more analyzes carried out, the scientists...
Horses join the fight against the coronavirus in Costa Rica
Horses joined the fight against COVID-19 in Costa Rica and will even put up their blood to defeat the virus that has the world on its knees. The horses will not suffer in the process.
Scientists at the Clodomiro Picado Institute, of the University of...
Covid-19 Screening Tests at Regional Hospitals Will Have Results in 45 Minutes
The regional hospitals and remote medical centers and clinics of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) will soon begin to test for the virus that causes the covid-19. However, the test they will use is different from the one already used in other...
Costa Rica Has More than 6,000 Tests To Detect COVID-19
The Instituto Costarricense de Investigación y Enseñanza en Nutrición y Salud (Inciensa) - Costa Rican Institute for Research and Teaching in Nutrition and Health - says it has more than 6,000 tests to diagnose the coronavirus COVID-19.
The Minister of Health, Daniel Salas, explained that...