López Obrador tests positive (again) after press conference without mask: ‘I think it’s the flu’

President of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO), 68, announced he had tested positive Coronavirus disease, for the second time in nearly a year, in a test after he developed flu-like symptoms at his daily news conference.

The Mexican president, who suffers from high blood pressure and suffered a heart attack in 2013, has Covid-19 in January 2021, just a year ago. On January 24, 2021, Lopez Obrador announced that he was infected and resumed his activities on February 8.

On Monday, on his Twitter account, he posted the following: “I inform you that I have #COVID19 Although the symptoms are mild, I will continue to isolate and will only be doing office work and communicating virtually until I am successful. “

In early December, the head of state in Mexico had a full schedule to receive a booster dose of AstraZeneca’s vaccine.

AMLO announced that in the next few days, the Minister of Home Affairs, Adam Augusto Lopez, will instead attend morning press conferences offered Monday through Friday.

not the flu

On Monday, after a week of contact with the economy minister, the president of Mexico developed cold symptoms. Tatiana Cloutier, who tested positive on Friday.

López Obrador’s low, raspy voice during his usual daily appearances in front of the media caught the attention of reporters who asked him about his health.

“Yeah…I woke up hoarse, I have a test later but I think it’s the flu”, minimize the president.

On Friday, Mexico’s president declined to be tested because, as he clarified, he was asymptomatic, despite the World Health Organization (WHO) advice against it.

“I don’t have symptoms, the truth is I’m fine, (…) When you have symptoms, you have to get tested,” the president said last week.

Despite the suspicion of contagion, President Lopez Obrador without mask, continues his morning speech with attorney general (Fiscal) Consumer Ricardo Sheffield, no one is wearing a mask.

In addition, María Luisa Albores, head of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat), also reported that she had tested positive for Covid-19.

criticism of his management

López Obrador has received numerous criticisms from experts and opponents due to the management of the pandemic in Mexico.

When he first contracted the virus, the always-active president confined himself to the Forbidden City, and health authorities chose to keep his clinical condition private and limited to saying he was almost “asymptomatic,” leading to various rumors.

Subsequently, On February 5, Lopez Obrador himself announced that he had beaten the disease, but wait for another medical checkup on February 8.

At the time, as Lopez Obrador himself explained, he was treated by a team led by Health Minister Jorge Alcocer, a team of physicians, cardiologists , doctors from the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases (INER), Army Medics and two National Institutes of Medical Sciences and Nutrition El Zubirán.

In his third government report, Lopez Obrador boasted Covid-19 “pandemic control”, Although Mexico has surpassed 4 million cases and 300,000 deaths, it ranks fifth in the world.

Mexico is experiencing a wave of infections that increased after Christmas and with omicron variants. On Saturday, the country recorded a new daily record of infections with 30,671 cases. In addition, the country’s official death toll from Covid-19 surpassed 300,000 on Friday.

up to now mexico accumulationAccording to the Mexican Ministry of Health (SSa), a total of 4,125,388 pieces, also 300,334 deathssy’s vaccination campaign is progressing, and in just over a year it has delivered 151.94 million doses.

In Mexico, people over 60 have been given a third dose of the vaccine since early December, despite virtually no other age group being fully covered.

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