Disable the NSFW warnings that refer to content considered inappropriate in the workplace (Not Suitable For Work).

Switch to the dark mode that's kinder on your eyes at night time.

Switch to the light mode that's kinder on your eyes at day time.

in Costa Rica

Costa Rica confirms first case of COVID-19

by TCR NEWS Saturday 7 March 2020, 1:39 am 1.7k Views

Costa Rica’s Ministry of Health confirmed on Friday the country’s first case of COVID-19.

The patient is a 49-year-old American tourist who has been quarantined in a hotel in San Jose together with her husband, who has not shown any symptoms and is being treated as a suspected case.

According to Health Minister Daniel Salas, the couple were asymptomatic when they entered the country on March 1 via the San Jose airport (SJO). The patient’s husband said he had had unknowing contact with an infected person in New York.

The ministry on Thursday ruled out the possible infection of two Costa Rican women who recently returned from a trip to Italy.