  According to Philippe Vinogradoff, French ambassador to Costa Rica, in the face of the pandemic the security forces are also working on the front line and need to be protected. - Ministry of Security and France Embassy photos - |
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 Published Monday, November 16, 2020 France
government donates 25,000
in sanitary and personal care products By the A.M. Costa Rica staff The government of France, through the embassy in Costa Rica, donated 25,000, about $29,600, to the Ministry of Security in sanitary and personal care products such as liquid soap, chlorine, disinfectant, and sunscreen, to be distributed among the police officers. "Our President gave us the message that together we will get out of this situation and that involves our friend countries," Philippe Vinogradoff, French ambassador to Costa Rica said. According to Vinogradoff in the face of the pandemic, a first precautionary measure is to protect the doctors, "but also the security forces and that is why we think in the Costa Rican police, who are also working on the front line and need to be protected." This is the second government that donates hygiene supplies in less than a month.  On Oct. 26 the government of the United States through the Humanitarian Assistance Bureau of the United States Agency for International Development, USAID, and the United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, donated hygiene supplies valued at $1,222,000 to the Ministry of Education to be distributed in schools. U.S. SOUTHCOM Commander Admiral Craig Faller visited Costa Rica for the donation of thousands of liters of hand sanitizer, disinfectant, liquid soap, digital thermometers, and hand sanitizer dispensers. Since the covid-19 crisis began, SOUTHCOM has funded more than $18 million in Humanitarian Assistance Program projects in 28 countries in the region," Admiral Faller said. "The 37 projects totaling $2.1 million have already been delivered to Costa Rica, including three field hospitals to support the covid response. As neighbors, we are all in this together, and together, we can prevail against this pandemic." According to Sharon Day, the U.S. Ambassador, the continuing donation of equipment from several U.S. government agencies during the pandemic demonstrates just how much "we value our relationship and longstanding collaboration with Costa Rica." "Reopening schools means that we will have to take special measures to protect children, teachers, and families, and with this donation, we are taking the first preventive step for returning to in-person classes," Day said. "Together we will overcome this pandemic." Donations of personal protection supplies against covid-19 are of high importance to comply with the personal hygiene and protection guidelines requested by the Ministry of Health as part of the actions to prevent the spread of the virus, which continues to cause more deaths in the country. On Saturday, the ministry provided the most up-to-date statistics on the evolution of the virus in the country: 1,100 new covid-19 cases, bringing the total to 46,336 active cases. 18,565 foreign-born people have been infected with a total of 123,223 cases since March, approximately 15% of the total cases. Of these, authorities confirmed the death of 32 foreign-born patients. But since October, there is no updated information about foreign-born deaths due to covid-19. 468 patients are being treated in public hospitals, where 203 patients are in ICUs in delicate health conditions (ages range from a 25-year-old to a 90-year-old). And 265 patients are in recovery rooms. Many of the remaining infected patients are quarantined in their homes. 75,341 coronavirus patients have fully recovered, which is a 61% recovery rate of the total cases since March. 1,546 deaths of people infected with covid-19, approximately 1.3% death rate of the total cases since March. Of these 585 women and 961 men. The ages range from a 9-year-old to a 101-year-old person. Since October authorities stopped providing the number of diagnostic covid-19 tests that have been made. The ministry announced its decision to provide biweekly, on Tuesdays and Fridays, instead of daily updates providing statistical data on the evolution of covid-19 in the country. On Tuesday the accumulated data from Saturday to Tuesday will be provided, and on Fridays, the information of two days, Thursday and Friday. Readers can see the updated number of total patients in each district at the National Distance Education University on its Covid-19 Map.  According to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering, CSSE, at Johns Hopkins University, the pandemic has killed 1,316,502 people worldwide. ------------------------------ What other country do you think is next in making donations to Costa Rica for the care of the people in the country in light of the pandemic? We would like to know your thoughts on this story. Send your comments to news@amcostarica.com |
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