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Mexican President AMLO Continues Working Despite Testing Positive for Covid
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0:54Now PlayingMexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is continuing to work after contracting Covid-19, holding a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin and attending meetings remotely.
The 67-year-old leader said Monday that Putin had agreed to send 24 million doses of the Sputnik V vaccine to Mexico. He tweeted a photo of himself sitting at his desk, without a mask.
Lopez Obrador, known as AMLO, announced his diagnosis in a tweet late Sunday, following a trip that took him to two states amid a surge in infections and deaths in recent days. The nation now has the fourth-highest number of fatalities globally, after the U.S., Brazil and India.
AMLO has taken a relatively relaxed approach to the virus compared to peers such as Colombia, Peru and Argentina. He has refused to impose mandatory lockdowns and pressed hard to keep the economy open for business.
“The president is well and strong and is working on all public matters and will coordinate and attend some meetings remotely and keep giving instructions,” Interior Minister Olga Sanchez Cordero said Monday, deputizing for Lopez Obrador at his daily press briefing.
Mexico doesn’t have a vice president and, as interior minister, Sanchez Cordero would assume power for as many as 60 days if the president were to die, until lawmakers appoint an interim leader.
AMLO suffered a heart attack in 2013, which he has said was caused by arterial hypertension. He first exhibited mild Covid symptoms on Sunday and is now in the care of Health Minister Jorge Alcocer, according to Jose Luis Alomia, a ministry official.
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