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Wed, 24 Feb 2021 04:18:52 +0000
Legislator criticizes “spectacle” of the Government with vaccines: It is ridiculous to have the President on the airport runway
QCOSTARICA – Legislator Ricardo Benavides lashed out on Tuesday that in the midst of the efforts to advance with the covid-19 vaccines the Government takes the opportunity to make political deployments every time doses arrive. “It seems r...

Wed, 24 Feb 2021 03:55:06 +0000
Foreigners tried to leave Costa Rica with falsified covid-19 tests
QCOSTARICA – Four foreigners, including two minors, tried to leave Costa Rica using Covid-19 tests with negative results, which were determined to be falsified. The fact was announced on Tuesday by the Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ)...

Wed, 24 Feb 2021 03:40:44 +0000
Costa Rica confirms presence of coronavirus variants emerged in UK and South Africa
QCOSTARICA – Costa Rica already reports variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes covid-19 that emerged in the United Kingdom and South Africa and that constitute “variants of concern” for science because they show a greater pro...

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 18:19:50 +0000
Minister Salas: 4 factors influence the drop in new covid-19 cases in Costa Rica
QCOSTARICA – Costa Rica is on the verge its seventh consecutive week with a decrease in new cases of covid-19. Between Saturday (February 20)  and Monday (February 21), 996 new cases were reported: 549 on Saturday, 239 on Sunday and 208 on Mon...

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 17:39:09 +0000
569 people participate in a study to evaluate the body’s defenses against Covid-19
QCOSTARICA – 569 people from different communities in the country have been part of the study “Evaluación de la respuesta inmune al Covid-19 en Costa Rica” (RESPIRA) – Evaluation of the immune response to Covid-19 in Costa Rica. ...

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 17:31:26 +0000
Passengers will be able to make purchases from their cell phone in stores at SJO
QCOSTARICA – Passengers passing through the Juan Santamaría International Airport, or San Jose airport (SJO), will have a more agile and secure shopping option thanks to an electronic commerce platform called DÜ. It is one of the first Market...

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 13:08:06 +0000
4 FREE Project Management Software for Recruiting and Onboarding New Employees
Recruitment is a prolonged process for any organization that consumes both effort and time. Even though almost 82 percent of the recruiters prefer a pre-assessment test to screen most of the candidates, it is still challenging to move further. From a...

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 11:22:38 +0000
Central America gets ready for a possible wave of migrants on the way to the United States
Q24n – Central American countries presented a plan on Monday in the face of a possible migratory wave of Haitians, Cubans, Asians and Africans who seek to reach the United States illegally, a Guatemalan official reported. The proposal, prepared...

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 11:14:44 +0000
Restaurant owners applaud the end of the daytime restriction on weekends
QCOSTARICA – The elimination of the daytime sanitary vehicle restrictions in less than a week, given the drop in infections and hospitalizations due to covid-19, is applauded by the commercial sector. The president of the Costa Rican Chamber of...

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 10:56:08 +0000
Costa Rica, Chile and Brazil have administered the highest number of doses per capita to date.
QCOSTARICA – Widespread vaccination is the key to overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic and reinforcing the economic recovery in Latin America, Fitch Ratings said in a special report, published on Monday, February 22. The rating agency believes that...



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