MEXICO CITY (AP) Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Sunday he has tested positive for COVID-19 and that the symptoms are mild. Mexico's president, who has been criticized for his handling of his country's pandemic and for not setting an example of prevention in public, said on his official Twitter account that he is under medical treatment. “I regret to inform you that I am infected with COVID-19,” he tweeted. “The symptoms are.
Mexican President López Obrador tests positive for the coronavirus
Mary Beth Sheridan and Kevin Sieff, The Washington Post
Jan. 24, 2021
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MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced Sunday night that he had tested positive for the coronavirus and was experiencing light symptoms. He said he would step away from his daily news conferences while being treated for the illness.
López Obrador has frequently minimized the severity of the pandemic, and he has rarely worn a mask, even as covid-19, the illness the novel coronavirus can cause, has claimed nearly 150,000 lives in Mexico. That s the fourth-highest total in the world, and the 19th-highest as a percentage of the population, according to figures compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
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(Photo : Hector Vivas/Getty Images) President of Mexico Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during the Ayotzinapa case report at Palacio Nacional on September 26, 2020 in Mexico City, Mexico.
U.S. President Joe Biden and Mexico s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador discussed reversing immigration policies, a phone call readout from the White House stated Saturday.
Biden talked about plans to reverse the Trump administration s draconian immigration policies while working to address the causes of migration from other countries like Mexico, reported Reuters.
The new president said immigration policies under the Biden administration had a goal of reducing migration by focusing on addressing its root causes.