In early December, the Mexican head of state, who had his full schedule, received a booster dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, 68, announced this Monday that he tested positive for COVID-19, for the second time in almost a year, after a test that was carried out this day after appearing flu in his usual daily press conference.
“I inform you that I am infected with # COVID19 and although the symptoms are mild, I will remain in isolation and will only do office work and communicate virtually until I get ahead,” he reported in a message on social networks, he refers EFE.
In early December, the Mexican head of state, who had his full schedule, received a booster dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
López Obrador added that the Secretary of the Interior (interior), Adán Augusto López, will replace him in his usual morning press conference and in other public events, according to AFP.
López Obrador, 68, who rarely wears face masks, appeared this morning at his daily press conference in a hoarse voice.
This is the second time that the president has been infected with coronavirus so far in the pandemic. The first time he contracted the disease was on January 21 of last year and at that time he was isolated for several days and was replaced by the then Secretary of the Interior, Olga Sánchez Cordero.
Mexico, of 129 million inhabitants, has registered an increase in coronavirus infections in recent days, although deaths have remained stable, according to official figures.
The country registers 4.1 million confirmed cases and 300,412 deaths as of Monday.
Experts point out that the infections in the country would be many more than those reported by the authorities because Mexico is one of the countries that does the least tests in the world.
The omicron variant, which was detected for the first time on December 3, has become the dominant one in the country, and has also disrupted air operations since several pilots and flight attendants were infected.
The government has recognized the rebound in the pandemic but refuses to suspend activities because hospitalizations and deaths have been kept under control. (I)
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