Today the Ministry of Health authorized the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, based on the recognition of the emergency use authorization from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Esta autorización se da gracias al trabajo de la Dirección de Regulación de Productos Interés Sanitario (DRPIS), del Ministerio de Salud, la cual recibió …

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The Ministry of Public Education (MEP) announced that the student body will return to classes on February 8, 2021, with a combined education model, both face-to-face and distance. We speak of combined education due to two characteristics: 1- It is developed in two environments: face-to-face and distance 2- It is taught in four pedagogical moments …

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The country registered 1,149 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, December 12, 524 cases on Sunday, December 13, 549 cases on Monday, December 14, and 927 today, Tuesday, December 15, reaching a total of 154,096 cases confirmed by COVID- 19. Of the cases registered on Saturday, 226 were by epidemiological link and 923 by laboratory. …

Covid status Costa Rica 121,031 people recovered Read More »

This afternoon the Executive Power withdrew from the extraordinary sessions of the Legislative Assembly, all bills with the exception of file 21336 Public Employment Framework Law and file 22131 Approval of the Loan Contract No. 5054 / OCCR between the Republic of Costa Rica and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to finance the emergency program …

After rejection of the loan with the IDB, the Presidency withdraws all bills from the assembly except Public Employment and the loan for $ 250 million Read More »