Human Rights Measure
Recommendations for the Prevention of COVID-19 in the Afro-descendant Population (Recomendaciones para la Prevención del COVID-19 en Población Afrodescendiente)
Date Enacted: April 2020
Country: Costa Rica
Region: Latin America & the Caribbean
Costa Rica’s Ministry of Health published a set of guidelines to protect Afrodescendant populations from COVID-19. These include actions relating to communication (for example guaranteeing principles of equality and non-discrimination, and taking into account ethnic, cultural, and linguistic diversity when implementing measures to respond to COVID-19) and social activities (for example maintaining at least 1.8 meters of distance with others).
