Type of Intervention: Executive Order
Sectors Involved: Health, Private Sector and Businesses
Intervention Categories: Social and physical distancing measures; Reopening offices, businesses, institutions, and operations
Level of Jurisdiction: National
Lead People/Agency: President and Ministry of the Presidency.
Overview: The President of Costa Rica issued a directive to initiate a coordinated and participatory process with all sectors for the generation of specific protocols for reactivate work activities. The protocols must be built between the institutions and the respective sectors, who may send their proposals to the Ministry of the Presidency as appropriate. Once the activity is enabled, the Ministry of Health will carry out random inspections to verify compliance with the protocol. Those who do not comply with the general guidelines and specific protocols will have their sanitary operating permit suspended for one calendar month. If the default is repeated, the activity will be suspended indefinitely.
Full details here: https://www.presidencia.go.cr/comunicados/2020/04/gobierno-anuncia-nuevas-medidas-para-el-funcionamiento-del-pais/
Type of Justification: Advice of INTERNAL government advisory committee or group, Advice of EXTERNAL expert advisor or advisory committee
Source of Evidence or Justification: National – academic, National – government
Evidence/Justification: A team of experts and researchers from the University of Costa Rica is supporting the government in designing protocols for each sector.