177 people are infected with coronavirus in Costa Rica, the group includes 103 men and 74 women, 159 Costa Rican and 18 foreigners. The patients' age range goes from 2 to 87 years, but the majority are adults. Four patients remain in the intensive care unit. The Costa Rican government maintains the yellow alert and insists on maintaining all sanitary measures during the next few weeks until the...

Today, the Costa Rican government implemented several new sanitary measures to try and control the spread of Covid-19 in the country, one of those measures has caused alarm among the foreigners that live in the country and have a legal migratory status. The measure basically states that: As of tomorrow, March 24th all foreigners who have legal residency in the country or regular status and who ...

The Costa Rican Ministry of Health confirmed that the total cases of Covid-19 in the country is up to 158 which includes 141 Costa Ricans and 17 foreigners, 68 women and 90 men. The government also announced new sanitary measures that aim to battle the spread of the virus, these include: Complete closure of all beaches Mandatory closure of all churches and places of religious gatherings In a...

AERIS Holdings, administrator of the Juan Santamaria International Airport in Costa Rica, informed of how Covid-19 affects the air operations and provides the following information for passengers: AEROMEXICO: operations suspended from March 19 through April 12. AIR CANADA: last flight will be April 3 after this its operations will be suspended until new notice. AIR FRANCE: will operate normal...

Costa Rica registeredo nly 4 new cases of Covid-19, putting the total confirmed cases at 117 patients. In total 1,190 cases have been discarded. Six patients remain hospitalized and two more were discharged. “This does not mean that we have won the battle, or that nothing more will happen in this country, this is a worldwide phenomenon, there are world powers like Italy, Spain, United States an...

The total number of patients infected with coronavirus in Costa Rica went from 89 yesterday to 113. The first two patients that were diagnosed have recovered in full. So far two senior citizens have died, and two patients remain in intensive care. The new number includes 46 women, 67 men, 104 Costa Rican and 7 foreigners. Nine of the cases correspond to senior citizens. 1,046 cases have ...

In the first debate Costa Rican deputies approved the bill presented by the Ministry of Work that will allow employers whose businesses are suffering a substantial reduction of their income to bring down their employees’ workdays by as much as 50%. This is a temporary measure in response to the state of emergency declared by the Costa Rican Government due to the crisis caused by Covid-19. Th...

The Ministry of Health in Costa Rica confirmed this Thursday, March 19, the second death of a patient infected with the Covid-19 Coronavirus. Coincidentally the deceased is another male also 87-years of age, same as the first victim. In addition to being a senior citizen this man had previous vascular problems. Two other people have tested positive for the virus bringing the number of people...

The effects of the coronavirus on the economy of the country and worldwide are inevitable and began several days back, in Costa Rica, it is obviously the tourism sector the most affected, with borders closed as of today and for almost one month in the best case scenario the economic landscape is certainly not looking good for the hundreds of thousands of people that depend on this industry and for...

The updated numbers of patients affected by coronavirus in Costa Rica comes up to 87, 18 new cases in the last 24 hours according to official information provided during press conference today by the Ministry of Health. One of the new cases is a person from the province of Limon, which means the virus has reached 6 out of the 7 provinces of Costa Rica, the province of Puntarenas is the only on...

The Ministry of Health has confirmed to The Star the first death of a coronavirus patient in Costa Rica. An 87 year old man who remained in the intensive care unit of the Alajuela hospital. The President of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado, commented on social media “At 4:15 pm Costa Rica registered it’s first death as a result of Covid-19, a senior citizen. We solidarice with his family. Let’s react,...

The total number of patients affected by Covid-19 in Costa Rica went from 50 to 69 in the last 24 hours, the age range of the patients goes from 8 to 87 years of age and includes 30 women, 39 men, 63 are Costa Rican and 6 foreigners. A total of 855 cases have been discarded. The Minister of Health, Daniel Salas, insisted in the importance of taking matters seriously, “We have to be seriou...

Based on the global crisis and what other world leaders are doing for their countries the short answer is NOT ENOUGH! President Carlos Alvarado informed of the directive to banks to readjust credits to help companies and the productive sector face the crisis, this will include: bringing down the credit interest rates according to the conditions of each client, extend the term of the credits, ex...

The total number of patients that tested positive for Covid-19 is now at 50, confirmed the Ministry of Health this Tuesday, March 17, 2020. 40 of the cases are adults, 6 senior citizens and 4 minors. Four people remain in intensive care. Out of the seven provinces only Limon and Puntarenas have no reported cases. In total 720 people have tested negative. The Government declared  a stat...

The Government of Costa Rica declared State of Emergency this Monday, March 16 due to coronavirus, the document was signed by the President, Carlos Alvarado, the Minister of Health Daniel Salas, and the interim Minister of Presidency Silvia Lara. As part of the measures of the emergency state the Government announced that all public and private schools must remain closed from March 17th through...

Minister of Health Daniel Salas, confirmed during a press conference Sunday, March 15, that the cases of coronavirus in the country have gone up to 35 cases. The Minister showed visibly upset because the Government has been insisting non-stop on taking precautionary measures and asked for the help of all the population to take on preventive isolation and necessary measures, it also asked that b...

Costa Rican Government Proposes Measures to Protect Workers and Companies From Financial Effects of Covid-19 The Government of Costa Rica has presented different measures to protect workers and companies of the financial effects that coronavirus (Covid-19) brings along. An extension of three months in the payment of the value added tax, income tax of companies, and customs taxes, a significa...

Banana Republic chose Costa Rica to open its first store in Central America. The same was inaugurated last Friday in Avenida Escazú right across from GAP store, both brands are operated by AR Holdings. This is the first of two stores that AR Holding is planning to open in Costa Rica, the company invested close to $500,000 USD. “We are very excited to open our first store in Costa Rica and of...

The Ministry of Health of Costa Rica confirmed the number of patients infected with coronavirus is 26, so far it has discarded 289 patients. The government also announced its decision to close 317 public schools as a preventive measure for at least 14 days starting this Monday, March 16. The 26 patients involve 14 females and 12 males, 23 Costa Rican's and 3 foreigners, positive cases are regis...

The number of people infected with Covid-19 went from 13 on Tuesday to 22 this Wednesday, confirmed the Ministry of Health during a press conference. The patients range from 10 to 73 years of age and include 14 women (one of them pregnant) and 8 men, 19 Costa Rican and 3 foreigners. “The Covid-19 is a pandemic and it is highly probable that it becomes a seasonal virus as it occurred with AH1N1....

Official sources confirm a total of 13 patients that are currently infected with coronavirus in Costa Rica, however, the list of suspicious cases continues to grow, currently with 179 people under observation and testing. The Ministry of Health confirmed they are investigating 175 people that had direct contact with a 54 year-old man that is positive for Covid-19 and was working at the Alajuela...

Costa Rica has confirmed nine cases of Coronavirus (Covid-19) and this Monday the Ministry of Health in coordination with the National Emergency Commission (CNE) informed that as of Tuesday, March 10, all massive events and activities, both free and paid, are canceled; also, the President gave orders for public institution employees to work from home when possible. The objective is to mitigate the...

This Sunday, March 8 the National Emergency Commission (CNE) in Costa Rica declared an interinstitutional yellow alert due to the recent rapid cases of coronavirus (Covid-19). The alert system used in Costa Rica for emergencies simply allows institutions to know how to proceed under particular circumstances. GREEN ALTERT is issued when a specific phenomenon is expected to affect or endanger ...

The Ministry of Health in Costa Rica confirmed this Friday, March 6, the first case of coronavirus Covid-19 in the country. The patient is a 49-year old American tourist who entered the country in March 1st without any symptoms. Apparently, it was her husband who was actually in contact with someone in New York infected with the virus, prior to them traveling to Costa Rica, and who at the time...

The Minister of Health, Daniel Salas, confirmed that the Costa Rican Institute of Investigation and Teaching in Nutrition and Health (Inciensa) which is the national laboratory of reference in public health, already has the capacity to implement a specific lab test to diagnose COVID-19, commonly known as coronavirus. The test is a molecular test known as a real-time polymerase chain reaction (...

Costa Rica has 6,5% of the world’s biodiversity and talent as its flagship differentiating resources which might amaze its visitors, just like it did to FDI Intelligence’s judging panel. They chose Costa Rica as the top-two country globally for FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) Strategy in fDi’s Tourism Locations of the Future 2019/20 rankings. Australia tops the list. The ranking belongs to the ...

According to local media outlets, the international restaurant Tony Roma’s has closed its doors in Costa Rica. Even though the sign on the door states that the restaurant is closed due to remodeling, the Ministry of Labor (MTSS) confirmed to local daily El Financiero that they have received 12 requests for conciliation from former workers who presented letters from the company informing them they ...

The Judiciary Investigative Police (OIJ) is requiring the assistance of the citizenship to locate the man in the photo included here, his name is Christian Tijerino López, he is 33 years of age and has been missing since Tuesday, February 18. Tijerino is an American-Costa Rican citizen, he has family in Costa Rica and frequently travels between both countries. He arrived to Costa Rica in Decem...

Controversy arises in Costa Rica as information was released last Friday in relation to an executive decree (41.996-MP-Mideplan) signed by President Carlos Alvarado October 2019 which was officially published February 17, 2020 regarding the creation of the Presidential Unit of Data Analysis (UPAD), which apparently has been operating for over a year. Article 7 of this decree establishes that pu...

Verba Shadow the Ukrainian group that presented their show on America’s Got Talent, will be in Costa Rica March 21 and 22 presenting at the Melico Salazar Theater in San José. Verba Shadow is the first in Ukraine to create a shadow show, “Shadow is the universal language of communication. Visualizing various subjects - taken from life or existing in books and films - the actors manage to transf...

Construction company H.Solis was awarded the widening of the road that connects Lindora in Santa Ana and Belen in Heredia, known as “Radial Santa Ana-Belen”, specifically the works involve 2.2 kilometers (1.37 miles) from that goes from the Virilla River to Corrogres, one of the sectors with more traffic jams in the west side of San Jose. The contract is for a total of $13,341,734.00. This proj...

Officers of the Costa Rican Drug Control Police (PCD) of the Ministry of Public Security captured two men with 1,087 bars and 9 pieces of chocolate containing marijuana as they were trying to leave the country through the Daniel Oduber International Airport in Liberia, Guanacaste. The confiscated bars weighed a total 83 kilograms and 652 grams. The men arrested are a Canadian with the last name...

The 15th edition of the CINDE Job Fair will search for talent from March 6th to 8th in the Costa Rican Convention Center, in Heredia. Organized by the Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency (CINDE), the fair will include more than 50 leading companies in services, advanced manufacturing, and academia. They will offer more than 3,000 positions available for the first semester of 20020. Command...

UPDATED: Feb/4/2020 The cases of deaths due to coronavirus in China have reached 427, while the Center for Disease Control, (CDC) has confirmed 11 US cases, 12 Cases in Australia and 4 Cases in Canada. This has health authorities worldwide in alert and Costa Rica is not the exception. In total almost 21,000 Cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed of which 2700 are in critical condition. ...

The US Embassy in San Jose, Costa Rica informs on voter registration: Start by confirming your voter registration with your state. Some states require absentee voters to register annually so you may need to re-register. Go to FVAP.gov to connect to your state’s voter portal to register to vote, request a ballot, and more. Once you confirm your registration, follow a few simple steps to vote in the...

The worldwide leader in the development, manufacture, and sale of innovative medical devices used in infusion therapy and critical care applications, ICU Medical, Inc., announced a US$13,2 million investment at its Costa Rica manufacturing facility. The operations were visited by the President of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado Quesada, and other national dignitaries marking the company’s 20th anniver...

American stand-up comedian and actor Jim Gaffigan will be presenting its stand up comedy show in San Jose, Costa Rica next Mach 27 at Teatro Espressivo (Espressivo Theater). This presentation is part of Gaffigan’s “The Pale Tourist” tour. Gaffigan, who is 53 years old and a native of Illinois who lives in New York, is regarded for his particular sense of humor which is often observational and ...

Costa Rica took the third position in the ranking of “Best Healthcare in the World” in this year’s Annual Global Retirement Index of International Living, criteria include costs for procedures, availability and cost of public and private insurance, and quality. With 96 points, this is the review for Costa Rica: "Costa Rica has some of the best healthcare in Latin America. There are two syste...

The sports world mourns the death of NBA legend, Kobe Bryant, age 41 who died in a helicopter crash that occurred the morning of this Sunday, January 26, 2020 in California, USA. According to the TMZ Sport, “Bryant was among at least four people traveling in his private helicopter over Calabasas when a fire broke out, sending the chopper spiraling from the sky”. Apparently, the crash saw no ...

A 48-year-old French tourist identified as Christophe Jean Lietaert was stabbed to death in Playas del Coco, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. The crime occurred the afternoon of Wednesday, January 23 when apparently Lietaert was with two other men when apparently they began arguing about the French man’s cell phone, at some point one of the men took out a knife and attacked the foreigner injuring him in...