The Costa Rican Presidency on Wednesday published a reminder that residents who leave the country and return via land borders will be issued a 14-day isolation order.
The land borders remain closed to incoming tourists. Citizens, residents and tourists who enter Costa Rica via a flight are not issued an isolation order.
The full text from the Presidency, which can be accessed here, reads as follows:
The Government of the Republic reminds the population that foreign residents who leave the country and return by land will be subject to a sanitary order of isolation for the period of 14 days with mandatory compliance, which they must fully complete during their stay in the country, which means that they will not be able to leave to work or do any other activity.
Two years after passing a controversial fiscal-reform project, Costa Rica remains on tenuous financial grounds.
At an individual level, the pandemic and related measures have exacerbated unemployment. Nearly half of Costa Rican workers are unemployed or underemployed, representing tens of thousands more people in that situation compared to 2019.
At a national level, Costa Rica has the third-highest public debt in Latin America, according to a new report from the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL).
Public debt the amount of money a government owes to outside debtors reached 66.2% of Costa Rica’s GDP, trailing only Argentina and Brazil in the region.
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