Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador stated on Sunday he had examined constructive for COVID-19, amid an intense second wave of the coronavirus pandemic that has pushed the well being system of the nation’s huge capital metropolis near saturation.
The 67-year-old president stated in a tweet that his signs have been gentle and he was receiving medical remedy. “As always, I am optimistic,” stated Lopez Obrador, who has resisted carrying a face masks.
Lopez Obrador has been criticized for his dealing with of the pandemic, with a technique centered on growing hospital capability over testing and speak to tracing. The nation has shied away from obligatory lockdowns, as a substitute choosing a tiered system of restrictions to restrict the impression on the financial system.
The well being ministry on Sunday reported 10,872 new confirmed coronavirus circumstances and 530 fatalities, bringing its totals to 1,763,219 infections and 149,614 deaths, the fourth-highest demise toll worldwide.
Hospitals in Mexico City are close to capability due to the surge in circumstances. The actual variety of contaminated individuals and deaths is probably going considerably increased than the official depend, the well being ministry has stated.
Lopez Obrador stated on Twitter that his inside minister would run his common morning information convention in his absence. “Fortunately, the president is stable at the moment, the symptoms are mild,” stated Jose Luis Alomia Zegarra, a Mexican well being official, throughout a every day information convention held shortly after Lopez Obrador introduced his prognosis.
“A team of medical specialists is attending to the health of the president. “Former president Felipe Calderon, a long-time opponent of Lopez Obrador, wished him well. “Sincerely, I wish for the president’s quick recovery,” he stated on Twitter.
Lopez Obrador has maintained a busy public schedule through the pandemic and has stated he enjoys good well being, after struggling a severe coronary heart assault on the age of 60 in 2013. In the previous few days he has travelled to occasions throughout the nation, together with one earlier on Sunday within the central state of San Luis Potosi.
His day begins early with a gathering of his safety cabinet, adopted by a information convention beginning at 0700 on weekdays that always runs to 2 hours or extra.
Lopez Obrador stated he would nonetheless maintain a scheduled name with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday and regulate public affairs whereas receiving remedy.
Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard stated on Twitter the leaders’ would handle “the future of the bilateral relationship, as well as the supply of Russian vaccines to Mexico”.
The authorities stated this month it goals to accumulate 12 million doses of Russia’s Sputnik V, with the primary doubtlessly arriving as quickly as the approaching week.
Mexico goals to manage 7.4 million doses of Sputnik V by the top of March, because the nation scrambles to shortly safe as nice a provide of vaccines as potential.
The Pfizer vaccine is at the moment the one vaccine being administered in Mexico. The authorities has stated some doses of the Pfizer vaccine may very well be delayed and personal corporations can be allowed to buy the medication immediately because the nation struggles to maintain rampant infections in examine.
