Mexican President Tests Positive for COVID-19... Second Infection Following Last Year

▲Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, President of Mexico [Image source=Reuters Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kwon Jae-hee] Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the President of Mexico, has tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time, one year after his first diagnosis.

On the 10th (local time), the Associated Press reported that President Lopez Obrador tested positive for COVID-19. He was first diagnosed with the virus last year.

On the same day, he announced on his Twitter, "I am informing you that I have contracted COVID-19," adding, "My symptoms are mild, but I will work from my office in isolation."

During this period, Adan Augusto Lopez Hernandez, the Minister of the Interior, will serve as acting president.

President Lopez Obrador, who holds press conferences at the presidential palace every weekday at 7 a.m., said at the morning press conference, "I woke up with a hoarse throat," and added, "It seems like the flu, but I will take a COVID-19 test later."

Meanwhile, in Mexico, daily confirmed COVID-19 cases have rapidly surged, surpassing 30,000 for the first time since the pandemic began.

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