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Fri, 07 May 2021 08:27:39 +0000
Costa Rica has appllied almost one million vaccines
QCOSTARICA – At the beginning of this month of May, Costa Rica has applied almost a million vaccines, as announced by President Carlos Alvarado on his Twitter account. While the president stated the country has surpassed the million mark, the n...

Thu, 06 May 2021 14:56:17 +0000
Today’s Covid News: 2,555 new cases on Wednesday; 1,123 in hospital
QCOSTARICA – Following a drop of new cases of covid-19 over the long weekend, the ugly head of the virus resurfaced on Wednesday with 2,555 new cases, as reported by the Ministry of Health in the early evening. While the number of covid patient...

Thu, 06 May 2021 14:16:23 +0000
Maikol Yordan is no longer lost, he’s on Amazon Prime Video
Q MAGAZINE – The Costa Rican movies “Maikol Yordan de Viaje Perdido” and “Maikol Yordan 2 La Cura Lejana”, joined the catalog of the Amazon Prime Video platform, the globally second only to Netflix. Both Maikol Yordan fi...

Thu, 06 May 2021 13:21:40 +0000
Will the new wave of COVID-19 infection threaten Costa Rica tourist recovery?
QCOSTARICA – Will the current wave of covid-19 infections cost Costa Rica’s recovery of its already battered tourism? Will the wave of infections and scarcity of hospital beds due to an oversaturation of medical services be met with touri...

Thu, 06 May 2021 10:18:29 +0000
Chevrolet installs its first charger for electric cars at its headquarters in Ayarco
QCOSTARICA – With more than 1,600 electric cars of various brands circulating in the country and Chevrolet’s new proposal for the second half of the year of its first electric model in Costa Rica, the brand has begun the installation of c...

Thu, 06 May 2021 10:06:18 +0000
Boeing boosts production capacity in Costa Rica
QCOSTARICA – The Cooperativa Autogestionaria de Servicios Aeroindustriales (COOPESA), the Costa Rican company that started as a manufacturer of bus bodies until 1993, and currently providing restoration, repair, painting, and equipment implemen...

Thu, 06 May 2021 09:33:40 +0000
Mexico’s apology to indigenous Maya people: Progress or political show?
Q24N – Exactly 120 years after the battle that ended the last great Maya revolt in Mexico’s Yucatan area, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador marked the anniversary with words never before said by a Mexican president. “We offer the most sin...

Thu, 06 May 2021 09:25:21 +0000
Canada approves BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine for young teens
QCOVID DIGEST – Canada’s health regulator has authorized the Pfizer/BionTech coronavirus vaccine for children between 12 and 15 years old. Dr. Supriya Sharma, the chief medical adviser for Health Canada, confirmed the approval. The vaccin...

Wed, 05 May 2021 16:31:41 +0000
Today’s Covid News: Daily cases of COVID-19 continues to decline; young adults most infected
QCOSTARICA – After breaking all records last week, the number of new daily cases of Covid-19 in Costa Rica continues on the decline, according to the numbers released by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday. However, there continues concern of the...

Wed, 05 May 2021 15:46:59 +0000
CCSS makes the “morning after pill” available to all women who require it
QCOSTARICA – The Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS) announced this Wednesday that it will make the “morning-after pill” emergency contraception, to every woman who requires it and who has had a sexual relationship with the p...



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