Tag: lockdown
Bolsonaro compares quarantines to Maduro’s dictatorship
Q24N - Brasilia (EFE) The president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, said this Saturday that the country is experiencing a "dictatorship" due to the quarantines that some regions of the country have implemented to try to stop the spread of COVID-19 and compared with the...
How Costa Ricans Are Curbing Their Lockdown Boredom?
Maybe you hate lockdowns, and we don’t blame you. They are definitely necessary, as there are plenty of advantages. Besides the health benefits of slowing down the daily number of COVID infections, lockdowns also make us more creative and willing to spend quality time...
Global weekly COVID cases are falling, WHO says — but ‘if we stop fighting it on any front, it will come roaring back’
The number of reported global weekly COVID cases is falling and has dropped nearly 50% this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) said overnight. This incredibly encouraging news shows the power of public health measures — but we must remain vigilant. Letting our guard...
Canada’s largest city going on Covid lockdown
QTRAVEL - Canada's Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, on Friday warned so-called Canadian "snowbirds," many of whom travel to the US and Mexico during Canadian winters.
Although the PM did not warn about Costa Rica, the warning was that Canadians should stay home this year, pointing...
Concentration of COVID-19 cases is no longer in the Metropolitan Area
RICO'S COVID-19 DIGEST - My first thought while listening to the Minister of Health, Daniel Salas, on Wednesday announced 86 new cases of COVID-19 in a single day, the highest recorded in a 24-hour period since the first case on March 6, was here...
Lockdown A La Tica (Costa Rican Style)!
Rico's Digest - Costa Rica has joined the other countries of the Americas, Colombia, Panama, El Salvador, many of the states in the US and Europe issuing "stay-at-home" orders or lockdown, but Costa Rica's is a little different, "a la Tica" (Costa Rican style),...
