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Costa Rica Confirms 11 More Cases of Swine Flu: Total Now 20

Costa Rica’s ministra de Salud, María Luisa Ávila, yesterday said that 11 new cases of AH1N1 have been confirmed after performing test on 13 suspected cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 20 and one death.

Ávila said that two of the thirteen suspected cases were ruled out after sample test results were obtained by the Instituto Costarricense de Investigación y Enseñanza en Nutrición y Salud (Inciensa).

The ministra added that they have also sent samples to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta.

Ministra Ávila said the health alert continues, confirming that since April 24, they have investigated 1.042 suspected cases, of which 893 have been discarded, 128 are still pending results and 20 confirmed. (more…)

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Intel Moves Asia Production To Costa Rica Plant

The Intel plant in Costa Rica will begin in September production of computer chips that were being manufactured in three plants in Asia closed down due to the world economic crisis.

The chips to be manufactured in Costa Rica include processor chips for servers, CPU units for personal computers and “chipsets”, a group of integrated circuits that are designed to work together, forming part of a computer’s ‘nervous’ system.

Michael Forrest, general manager for Intel Costa Rica, confirmed the transfer of production that will be introduced gradually into the current production. (more…)

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