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Published Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Border
closures among the emergency measures due to
coronavirusThe country remains in a state of emergency over the covid-19 pandemic, according to a new government decree released on Monday. The decree allows the use of government funds to finance needs such as purchasing supplies or attending emergencies in any part of the country, due to the increase in cases of coronavirus. The Ministry of Health confirmed on Monday there are 41 cases of persons infected with the coronavirus covid-19 in the country. Four of the infected patients are still hospitalized. Three of those four are in intensive care. The name of the hospital where these patients are being treated was not provided by authorities. According to the statistics provided by authorities, of the 41 patients, 20 are women (49%) and 21 are men (51%). Concerning nationality, 35 are Costa Rican and six are foreigners. Authorities did not provide further information on the condition of the patients. In the case of the infected foreigners, authorities did not release any further information about them. However, last week, three U.S. citizens were confirmed as infected patients. The ages of patients infected with covid-19 range from as young as 10 to as old as 87. Among these are a 10-year-old girl, a 13-year-old boy, and two more children under the age of 13. There is also a U.S. woman, 73, and a Costa Rican woman, 70, as well as an 87-year-old patient. The rest of the 32 infected are adults. Cases were reported in the following Provinces: Alajuela Province has 12 in Alajuela Centro, one in Poás, one in Atenas, and two in Grecia. San José Province has five in Escazú, two in Santa Ana, four in Desamparados, four in downtown San José, one in Pérez Zeledón, and one in Tibás. Heredia Province has one in Barba, one in Heredia Centro, and one in Belén. Guanacaste Province has two in Santa Cruz, and one in Nicoya. Cartago Province has one in San Pablo, and one in La Unión. Authorities decided not to publish a summary of the new cases. "After the 20 people confirmed with coronavirus are surpassed, the instruction of the Surveillance Department is to provide only the information in ranges," said the ministry's press department. Even though the ministry decided not to publish the total number of suspects, authorities confirmed that 615 people classified as suspects were ruled out. Specialists are in the process of confirming or ruling out more coronavirus suspected cases using lab tests. It is expected that updated information about new cases will be released with results today. Starting March 18 until April 12, only Costa Ricans and foreign residents can enter the country. This order applies at all immigration entry points by sea, air and land. Exempt the crew of air transport, commerce or supplies services. Also, Costa Ricans and foreign residents who enter during the restriction will have to perform mandatory preventive isolation for 14 days, ordered by the ministry. Costa Rica joins Guatemala and El Salvador with strict emergency immigration entry post precautions for foreigners as a safety measure to fight the spread of covid-19. Across the pond, the European Commission (EC) proposed to close for 30 days, halting all non-essential travel. The Costa Rican government has suspended all public and private schools, including higher education from March 17 to April 4. Schools are set to reopen on April 13, extending the end of the school year until December 23. Authorities requested all public works employees to work from home. In addition, the Episcopal Conference, an organization that leads the Catholic Church in the country, reported on Monday that it will suspend all types of activities for the public until further notice.  Last week, covid-19 was classified as a pandemic by the World Health Organization, WHO. Tuesday were 179,829 cases reported coronavirus covid-19 cases globally, where 7,071 patients died and 78,292 patients in total recovery, according to the most current information from WHO. In China, where the virus was first detected, 3,213 patients died. The top 10 countries with deaths of coronavirus covid-19 reported outside of China are in Italy with 2,158 , Iran with 853, Spain with 335, 127 in France, 75 in S.Korea, the U.S. with 73, the U.K. with 36, Japan with 27 and Netherlands with 24. ------------------------------- What are the emergency measures in your country due to the coronavirus? We would like to know your thoughts on this story. Send your comments to news@amcostarica.com |
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