Between the enthusiasm of the children and the fears of the parents, thousands of students across Costa Rica returned to face-to-face classes on Monday, after almost a year of distance learning due to the pandemic.
There are 1.19 million children and young people enrolled in the public educational system, which reopened its doors under a model that combines face-to-face and distance lessons.
Some private schools had restarted face-to-face classes a week earlier.
Yustin, a fifth grade boy from Buenaventura Corrales School, in downtown San José, said that on the first day teachers explained the sanitary protocols: walk on a disinfecting carpet, pass a temperature check and apply alcohol gel before entering the classroom.
Students in Costa Rica returned to face-to-face classes on Monday after almost a year of receiving distance lessons due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Classes were resumed in person for older students: fifth and sixth grades of primary education, and those of ninth, tenth and eleventh in secondary education, according to educational authorities.
A total of 1.19 million children and young people are enrolled in the public educational system, which returned to classes under a model that combines face-to-face and distance lessons.
The resumption of face-to-face lessons occurs at a time when Covid-19 cases show a marked decline in this country of 5 million inhabitants, which has already started a vaccination campaign for health and safety workers as well as older adults.
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More than 11,800 people have already received both shots of the formula.
.@CCSSdeCostaRica contabiliza un total de 57 701 vacunas contra la COVID-19 aplicadas en toda . 11 838 personas ya tienen las 2 dosis puestas. Quienes recibieron la 1ra dosis pronto serán vacunados con la 2da. Continúa la protección contra la COVID-19. @CNECostaRica@msaludcr
The 57,701 doses means Costa Rica has administered 1.1 doses per 100 people. This would place the country behind only the United States and Canada for that metric on the American continent, according to The New York Times vaccination tracker.
In February, Costa Rica will begin vaccinating citizens and residents who are 58 and older against the coronavirus.
Costa Rica plans to vaccinate its entire adult population against the coronavirus and has signed a budget to accomplish that goal, President Carlos Alvarado announced Monday.
“We signed the budget that provides resources to vaccinate against COVID-19 the entire population over the age of 18 without medical contraindications (3.7 million people),” President Alvarado shared on social media. “I thank Congress for its agile work for approval. Vaccinating is protecting and promoting economic recovery.”
Firmamos el presupuesto que brinda recursos para vacunar contra COVID-19 a toda la población mayor de 18 años sin contraindicaciones médicas (3,7 millones de personas). Agradezco al Congreso su ágil labor para la aprobación. Vacunar es proteger y promover recuperación económica. pic.twitter.com/uKzypCSh8M