COVID-19 in Costa Rica: Achieved Goals and Imminent Risks

International Journal of Biomedical Research & Practice Pub Date : 2021-06-30 DOI:10.33425/2769-6294.1001

José G. Jiménez-Montero, Mayra Villegas-Barakat RD, Cerdas-Salas O, Coto-Hernandez M, Sancho-Ugalde H

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Coronavirus diseases 2019 (COVID-19) emerged in China in December 2019 and it rapidly widespread around the world. As of May, 2020, there had been 3.618.325 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 253.381deaths and 1.184.145 recovered persons reported globally. In this review we present the evolution of the infection in Costa Rica and analyze preventive measurements taken to contain a potential explosive dissemination of COVID-19 infection. In Costa Rica, the accumulated incidence per 100.000 habitants of COVID-19 was 14.5 and the death rate 0.81 per 100.000 habitants. By May 3, the number of recovered patients were identical to those with active disease. So far, the health care system has not collapsed as most of the COVID-19 patients have being managed at home. However, the battle is not over yet. Due to the fact that re-opening of the country gradually will take and the number of new cases of undocumented immigrants, children and youngsters is steadily increased, unfavorable consequences in the following weeks might be anticipated. The Costa Rican health authorities are vigilant and diligently managing the COVID-19 pandemic.

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哥斯达黎加的COVID-19:已实现的目标和迫在眉睫的风险

2019冠状病毒病(COVID-19)于2019年12月在中国出现，并迅速在全球蔓延。截至2020年5月，全球共报告新冠肺炎确诊病例3618.325例，死亡病例253.381例，康复病例1.184.145例。在这篇综述中，我们介绍了哥斯达黎加感染的演变，并分析了为遏制COVID-19感染的潜在爆炸性传播而采取的预防措施。在哥斯达黎加，COVID-19的累计发病率为每10万居民14.5例，死亡率为每10万居民0.81例。到5月3日，康复患者的数量与活动性疾病患者的数量相同。到目前为止，由于大多数COVID-19患者都在家中接受治疗，医疗保健系统尚未崩溃。然而，战斗还没有结束。由于该国的重新开放将逐步进行，并且无证移民、儿童和青少年的新案件数量正在稳步增加，预计在接下来的几周内可能会产生不利的后果。哥斯达黎加卫生当局保持警惕，努力应对COVID-19大流行。

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