By the A.M. Costa Rica staff

As of today, Friday, April 1, the covid pass requirement for fully-vaccinated people was eliminated, as well as the policy insurance requirement for the unvaccinated.

 

It is then that the government does not require tourists anymore to enter the former requirements established during the pandemic, such as presenting a negative covid-19 test, quarantine upon arrival, being fully vaccinated against covid-19 or travel policy insurance.

The online Health Pass was also disabled beginning today.

In the case of Costa Ricans who arrive in the country, there are no more covid pass requirements as well.

Authorities warn international tourists must review the travel requirements before planning their trip to their respective country's Costa Rica embassy.

According to the Tourism Institute's statistics, last year 1,347,055 tourists arrived in the country, where 94% arrived by air.

The successful vaccination campaign, where health workers have applied over 10 million vaccines against covid helped Costa Rica get closer to reaching its herd immunity goal. 

According to the Ministry of Health report on Thursday, since the beginning of the first case of covid detected in the country in 2020, there were 838,537 cases detected. Of these, there are currently 16,430 active cases, in addition, 8,300 deaths are listed as covid-19 related, approximately a 1% death rate.

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