The U.S. Embassy’s Office of the Defense Representative donated 145,000 face masks to the Costa Rican Social Security Board (CCSS).
This donation includes 38,000 N-95 face masks and 107,000 surgical face masks. The face masks were purchased on the local market, for a total value of USD 60,000.
Since the beginning of the sanitary emergency in March of this year, the U.S. Embassy has made several donations for the fight against the pandemic worth more than USD 250,000.