Costa Rica hits 206,640 cases, 2,833 deaths from COVID-19 one year after first confirmed case 2021-03-07 00:05:11 GMT2021-03-07 08:05:11(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
SAN JOSE, March 6 (Xinhua) Costa Rica on Saturday marked one year since the first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was discovered in the country.
Since then, the country has registered 206,640 cases and 2,833 deaths, an average of 566 cases and 7.7 deaths each day over the last year, according to the Ministry of Health.
According to the latest report from the Central American Population Center of the University of Costa Rica, the reproduction rate of the virus has stayed below 1 since the beginning of the year, meaning the spread of the disease has slowed significantly and could be nearing extinction.
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IMF: What role do you see for the IMF in supporting the country’s policy and reform efforts?
President Alvarado: The IMF plays a key role in three areas: technical support to the program’s design, implementation and follow up; the credibility it brings to the process and to the macroeconomic policy program at the national and international level; and access to cheaper financing by mobilizing resources from other official creditors and supporting market confidence.
The COVID-19 shock was of such magnitude, not just on lives and livelihoods but also on the public finances, that fiscal consolidation is unfortunately inevitable. Having the IMF’s support helps us to smoothen this process and strengthen our public finances in a way that ultimately benefits all Costa Ricans.
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Costa Rican unions to define actions on IMF agreement
Costa Rican unions to define actions on IMF agreement
San Jose, Feb 25 (Prensa Latina) Representatives of the Costa Rican Social and Union Unitary Bloc (BUSSCO) will define on Thursday the joint actions on government s agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Public Employment bill. Being held at the International Conference Center of the National Educators Association, the meeting will be attended by social, union, popular and women s bodies as well as federations of students, university rectors, farmers and transporters, among others.
In September-October 2020, members of the National Rescue Movement led demonstrations across the country to force the government to withdraw a first negotiation proposal of US$ 1.75 billion loan from IMF.