El miedo en primera línea: narrativas y prácticas de fronterización en la pandemia por covid-19
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2020
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Acuña González, Guillermo
Contreras Guzmán , Jenyel
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Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica
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En el marco de la actual pandemia global, las percepciones sociales han sido orientadas de acuerdo con acontecimientos, hechos o intereses que van denotando su construcción colectiva. Así, ha quedado clara la constatación de que el coronavirus se transmite de persona a persona, que para su prevención es necesaria la distancia física y un correcto comportamiento higiénico resumido en el continuo lavado de manos y el protocolo para estornudar y toser, como fórmulas para garantizar que el virus no se propague.
Desde el momento en que la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) declarara esta actual crisis sanitaria como pandemia, se tomaron disposiciones de acatamiento inmediato y obligatorio que incluían el cese de operaciones comerciales aéreas, el cierre de aeropuertos y el cierre de fronteras terrestres, como medidas para “atacar” al virus y cortarle toda posibilidad de transmisión a través de las movilidades humanas internacionales. En Costa Rica, tal disposición inició el día 19 de marzo con el cierre total de fronteras, cerrándole el paso a toda persona extranjera que pretendiera ingresar al país y rechazando a toda aquella que, habiendo salido de Costa Rica, intentara su reingreso. Cabe señalar igualmente, que tal disposición implicó una medida adicional, la de la pérdida de su condición migratoria, a toda aquella persona extranjera (residente, refugiada o solicitante de dicha condición) que saliera del país durante la disposición de cierre de fronteras.
In the framework of the current global pandemic, social perceptions have been oriented according to events, facts or interests that denote their collective construction. Thus, the confirmation has become clear that the coronavirus is transmitted from person to person, that physical distance and correct hygienic behavior are necessary for its prevention, summarized in continuous hand washing and the protocol for sneezing and coughing, as formulas to ensure the virus does not spread. From the moment the World Health Organization (WHO) declared this current health crisis a pandemic, immediate and mandatory provisions were taken that included the cessation of commercial air operations, the closure of airports and the closure of land borders, as measures to “attack” the virus and cut off any possibility of transmission through international human mobility. In Costa Rica, this provision began on March 19 with the total closure of borders, closing the way to any foreign person who sought to enter the country and rejecting anyone who, having left Costa Rica, attempted to re-enter. It should also be noted that such provision implied an additional measure, that of the loss of their immigration status, for any foreign person (resident, refugee or applicant for said status) who left the country during the border closure provision.
In the framework of the current global pandemic, social perceptions have been oriented according to events, facts or interests that denote their collective construction. Thus, the confirmation has become clear that the coronavirus is transmitted from person to person, that physical distance and correct hygienic behavior are necessary for its prevention, summarized in continuous hand washing and the protocol for sneezing and coughing, as formulas to ensure the virus does not spread. From the moment the World Health Organization (WHO) declared this current health crisis a pandemic, immediate and mandatory provisions were taken that included the cessation of commercial air operations, the closure of airports and the closure of land borders, as measures to “attack” the virus and cut off any possibility of transmission through international human mobility. In Costa Rica, this provision began on March 19 with the total closure of borders, closing the way to any foreign person who sought to enter the country and rejecting anyone who, having left Costa Rica, attempted to re-enter. It should also be noted that such provision implied an additional measure, that of the loss of their immigration status, for any foreign person (resident, refugee or applicant for said status) who left the country during the border closure provision.
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COVID 19 (ENFERMEDAD), COVID 19 (ILLNESS), SALUD PÚBLICA, PUBLIC HEALTH, MIGRACIÓN, MIGRATION