UPDATED 06/19/20 The Costa Rican Government has SUSPENDED Phase 3 of the Economic reopening due to major spike in cases.

The Ministry of Health confirmed this Thursday that as scheduled more businesses will be able to open doors again during the weekend as long as they comply with the sanitary guidelines given in each case.

The country enters the third phase of reopening commerce which will be executed during the next three weeks as part of the measures to gradually reactive the economy but maintaining health protocols as the main priority.

As of this weekend, the following businesses will be able to open doors:

Commercial stores, theaters, movie theaters and museums to a maximum 50% of their capacity, in the case of theaters, movie theaters, and museum tickets, these can only be sold online, and social distancing must be kept in the facilities.

Churches can reopen with a maximum of 75 people in attendance and the mandatory social distance.

Access to the beaches is allowed now from 5:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. maintaining “social bubbles”.

Vehicular transit restrictions remain in place under the same schedule as the past weeks. Bars, casinos, etc. must remain closed.

The reopening of these places of business applies for all counties except those that are under orange alert, which include: Pococí, Peñas Blancas (San Ramón), Los Chiles (Los Chiles), La Fortuna (San Carlos), Upala y Paquera (Puntarenas)

The Ministry of Health called on the population to respect the social distancing measures during this weekend considering Father’s Day celebration on Sunday.
Through this Thursday the country registers 1,939 confirmed cases of Covid-19, composed of 864 women and 1,075 men. 937 patients out of the 1,939 have already recovered.

Currently, 24 people are hospitalized and 3 remain in the intensive care unit with ages 27, 43 and 59.

23,588 people have tested negative.