Federal officials this week issued a travel advisory for Costa Rica due to an outbreak of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Embassy for Costa Rica, which also released a health alert this week, said a statement from Costa Rica’s Ministry of Health earlier this month declared a chikungunya outbreak in Playa Langosta in which 45 cases are suspected, with four confirmed and 17 classified as possible. Costa Rican nationals and foreigners were both impacted, the embassy added.
“Local transmission means the virus is now circulating in the local mosquito population in that area, not just arriving via travelers,” the embassy said in an advisory. “Playa Langosta and the surrounding Guanacaste coast are common destinations for U.S. citizens.”…