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Mexican president still running government despite COVID-19 diagnosis
Interior Minister Olga Sanchez told reporters at a regular government news conference that Lopez Obrador feels well after he announced on Sunday that he had mild symptoms of Covid-19.
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Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador deliver a speech to supporters in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico June 22, 2019. (Reuters/Handout/Press Office )
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espite his COVID-19 diagnosis at the weekend, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador continues to run the government and should recover soon, a senior minister said on Monday, sounding an optimistic note on the leader's health.
Interior Minister Olga Sanchez told reporters at a regular government news conference that Lopez Obrador feels well after he announced on Sunday that he had mild symptoms of Covid-19.
Meanwhile, Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard is awaiting test results for COVID-19 after the president tested positive at the weekend, he wrote in a post on Twitter on Monday.
Ebrard added he is working from home until he receives the outcome of the test.
On Sunday, Mexico' health ministry reported 10,872 new confirmed coronavirus cases in the country and 530 fatalities, bringing its totals to 1,763,219 infections and 149,614 deaths.
The real number of infected people and deaths is likely significantly higher than the official count, the health ministry has said.
