WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Sept. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ Hospital Clinica Biblica, the largest private hospital in Costa Rica, has joined the Global Provider Network (GPN), a step that widens access to affordable and
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Hospital Clinica Biblica is now offering rapid antigen tests for U.S. citizens who need a negative result in order to return to their home country.
In doing so, they join Laboratorios Echandi and a growing number of private labs across Costa Rica that provide the faster and cheaper coronavirus tests.
The antigen test at Clinica Biblica costs 30,000 colones (about $50), and the hospital is promising results within two hours.
“The antigen test is now available 24 hours a day during the entire week, in both locations: San José and Santa Ana,” the private hospital said in a statement.
The antigen test detects proteins related to the virus. The sample is collected using a nasal swab, similar to PCR tests.