State actions to confront COVID-19 in Costa Rica

Abstract

Introduction: The emergence of a new coronavirus at the end of 2019, whose first cases in Costa Rica were detected in March of the following year, posed important challenges both individually and collectively, specifically the State had to develop alternative confrontations in a few months that They were not limited to the health field, but required intervention in the area of ​​assistance and social security, among other public policy actions.Objective: The text below presents a first approximation to the actions of the Costa Rican State to confront the crisis caused by COVID-19, for which it is considered necessary to understand the dynamics of the broader historical process of capital accumulation, within which this crisis unfolded.Methodology: Given the fact that the information on this topic emerges rapidly, the use of newspaper and documentary analysis was considered essential for the realization of this text.Results: The text shows that public policy actions revolved mainly at the health level, as well as at the level of economic assistance, the latter had a strong component aimed at national companies that were affected by COVID-19.Conclusion: As part of this reflection, it is concluded that there is a need to strengthen the security and social assistance systems aimed at individuals and families as a way of structuring public policy in the country.