Costa Rica News
Thu, 31 Dec 2020 10:17:15 +0000OJO! Vehicle Restrictions Start at 7:00 pm Tonight, December 31
QCOSTARICA – The vehicular restrictions start at 7:00 pm tonight, Thursday, December 31, and are in effect until 5:00 am Friday, January 1. In addition, for Thursday daytime, vehicles with plates ending in 7 and 8 are prohibited from circulatin...
Thu, 31 Dec 2020 10:06:32 +0000Second batch with 11,700 vaccines against covid-19 reaches Costa Rican soil
QCOSTARICA – The second batch of vaccines against covid-19 landed on Wednesday night, December 30, at the Juan Santamaría airport, with a total of 11,700 doses of the drug developed by Pfizer / BioNTech. The flight, carried out by DHL Aero Exp...
Thu, 31 Dec 2020 10:00:36 +0000Ceaco Director: Many took “vacations” from the pandemic and we will pay the bill in January
QCOSTARICA – The true impact of the December holidays and social gatherings will be seen in January and the expected results are negative, according to Dr. Roberto Aguilar Tassara, director of the National Rehabilitation Center (Cenare), which ...
Thu, 31 Dec 2020 09:44:39 +0000Argentina legalizes free abortion up to 14 weeks of pregnancy
(AFP) The Senate of Argentina approved the legalization of abortion, with 38 votes in favor, 29 against and one abstention, announced the president of that chamber Cristina Kirchner this Wednesday, two years after a similar initiative failed. “...
Thu, 31 Dec 2020 01:42:39 +0000Canada will require a negative COVID-19 test before arrival
Q TRAVEL (CBC.ca) Air passengers entering Canada will soon need to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test before arriving in the country, the federal government announced today. Under the new protocol, travelers must receive a negative polymerase ...
Thu, 31 Dec 2020 01:22:36 +0000Dollar exchange closes 2020 at ¢615.43, the highest of the year
QCOSTARICA – This Wednesday, December 30, the U.S. dollar closed at the highest price of 2020 in the wholesale market. At the close of the last session of the year, this Wednesday, December 30, the currency reached a weighted average price of ...
Thu, 31 Dec 2020 01:01:15 +0000Health finds eight probable cases of covid-19 reinfection in Costa Rica
QCOSTARICA – The Ministry of Health reported, this Wednesday, December 30, of eight probable cases of reinfection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes covid-19 after analyzing 10 people suspected, five are men and five women, aged 19 to 55, on...
Wed, 30 Dec 2020 13:43:22 +0000CNE: “If confidentiality in contract with Pfizer is broken, vaccine supply is suspended”
QCOSTARICA – The contract signed by the Comisión Nacional de Prevención de Riesgos y Atención de Emergencias (CNE) – National Commission for Risk Prevention and Emergency Commission – for the acquisition of three million doses ...
Wed, 30 Dec 2020 13:16:31 +0000AstraZeneca vaccine to arrive in Costa Rica at the end of March
QCOSTARICA – Vaccines against Covid-19 from AstraZeneca is expected to begin to arrive at the end of March, announced Esteban Vega, interim logistics manager of the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS). The AstraZeneca vaccine (one millio...
Wed, 30 Dec 2020 13:07:36 +0000Tax on ‘luxury houses’ due in two weeks
QCOSTARICA – Real properties with a value greater than ¢133 million colones are subject to the tax known as ‘mpuesto a las casas de lujo’ (luxury houses tax) payable not later than January 15, 2021. Properties below that amount are...