On Wednesday afternoon, the Ministry of Health declared a health alert in the country due to the nine cases of malaria that have been registered throughout this year. Therefore, we answer six questions about this disease. 1. What is malaria? The mosquito “Anopheles” transmits a parasite called “Plasmodium” to people. When they are already infected […]
Archives for September 14, 2017
Yet another false bomb alert
At 5:15 on Wednesday afternoon, police authorities had to activate the emergency protocol due to an alleged bomb. This time it was in the Courts of Justice of Heredia. According to Carlos Barrientos, officer of the Municipal Police of Heredia, after receiving the alert, “the security officers of the Court gave the order of evacuating […]