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Fri, 16 Jul 2021 06:05:01 +0000
Today’s Vehicle Restriction July 16: Plates ending in 9 & 0 CANNOT circulate
Today, Friday, July 16, plates ending in 9  & 0 CANNOT circulate. The measure is countrywide and applied between 5:00 am and 9:00 pm, save for those under the well-known exemption. The following is the official program on the restrictions. From ...

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 13:55:05 +0000
Geriátrico will vaccinate against covid, without appointment, to anyone 40 an over
QCOSTARICA – No appointment needed. Not even required to have Caja. Just walk in, wait and get the jab. That is the plan of the Hospital Nacional de Geriatría in downtown San Jose for anyone 40 years of age and older, with or without risk fact...

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 13:31:49 +0000
Long Covid has more than 200 symptoms, study finds
Q24n – The largest ever international study of people with long Covid has identified more than 200 symptoms and prompted researchers to call for a national screening program. The study found the myriad symptoms of long Covid – from brain fog ...

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 13:27:02 +0000
ICE loses mobile phone market share during pandemic
QCOSTARICA – Kölbi, the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) mobile phone brand, lost a 10 percentage point advantage in its share of the mobile telephony market during 2020, as confirmed by figures released this Wednesday by the Supe...

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 10:51:42 +0000
Costa Rica and Canada will cooperate in the development of hydrogen fuel
QCOSTARICA – The Asociación Costarricense de Hidrógeno (ACH2) – Costa Rican Hydrogen Association – and its Canadian counterpart, Canadian Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association (CHFCA), signed a memorandum of understanding to promote ...

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 10:33:28 +0000
EU to ban the sale of combustion cars in 2035
The European Union (EU) will see the end of the commercialization of cars with combustion engines by 2035. The huge plan aims to help achieve the goal of reducing by 2030 at least 55% of carbon emissions compared to 1990, to achieve neutrality by 205...

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 06:03:58 +0000
Today’s Vehicle Restriction July 15: Plates ending in 7 & 8 CANNOT circulate
Today, Thursday, July 15, plates ending in 7  & 8 CANNOT circulate. The measure is countrywide and applied between 5:00 am and 9:00 pm, save for those under the well-known exemption. The following is the official program on the restrictions. Fro...

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:59:25 +0000
Cubans in Costa Rica to the island’s government: “Murderous dictators!”
QCOSTARICA – It was at 8:30 in the morning in front of the Cuban Embassy that Cubans in Costa Rica started to show up, to take took advantage of the good morning weather to protest, carrying flags of their home country and banners, then walked ...

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 11:16:34 +0000
July 16 starts vaccination of people without risk factors
QCOSTARICA – The vaccination of people without risk factors, between the ages of 18 and 57 – group 5 in the immunization priority program – will begin on Friday, July 16, the Government confirmed. The group is made up of all people ...

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 11:03:59 +0000
Half million doses of Pfizer donated by the United States arrived in Costa Rica
QCOSTARICA – The DHL cargo plane landed Tuesday night at the Juan Santamaria international airport with the largest single shipment of vaccines, with 500,000 doses of the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine against covid-19, donated by the United States....



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