Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has Covid-19 for second time
- Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who is vaccinated, said he was experiencing mild symptoms
- Mexico is in the grip of a new wave of coronavirus infections following the emergence of the Omicron variant
Mexico’s president announced he has come down with Covid-19 a second time, as coronavirus infections spike in Mexico and virus tests become scarce.
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador wrote that he tested positive, after he had sounded hoarse at a morning news briefing. He contracted Covid-19 and recovered from it the first time in early 2021.
“Even though the symptoms are light, I will remain isolated and only work from the office and hold online meetings until further notice,” the president wrote in his social media accounts on Monday. “In the meantime, Interior Secretary Adan Augusto Lopez Hernandez will take over for me at press conferences and other events.”
He has received the AstraZeneca vaccine including a booster on December 7.
Two of the president’s Cabinet secretaries, the heads of the Environment and Economy departments, announced they had tested positive in recent days.
Earlier on in the day, the president told Mexicans to just assume they had Covid-19 if they had symptoms. The number of confirmed cases spiked by 186 per cent last week. .