Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has contracted Covid-19 a second time, making him one of the first major world leaders to contract the virus twice
vaccine, said on Twitter late Monday that he had tested positive, had only minor symptoms, and would isolate and continue his work remotely. He said Adán Augusto López Hernández, Mexico’s interior minister, would represent him in press conferences and other official acts in his absence.A personal, guided tour to the best scoops and stories every day in The Wall Street Journal.
“Yes, I woke up hoarse, I’ll take a test later, but I think it’s just a cold,” he said when asked by a journalist why he sounded sick. During the press conference, he talked about the importance of people assuming they were sick with Covid-19 if they had cold-like symptoms. “If you’re vaccinated, and you get sick with something that seems like Covid, assume it is Covid,” he said. Among other steps, he urged those with symptoms to stay at home and keep isolated to prevent infecting others.
Scientists are using automation, real-time analysis and pooling data from around the world to rapidly identify and understand new coronavirus variants before the next one spreads widely. Photo Illustration: Sharon Shias no worse than the flu and encouraged Mexicans to keep socializing, got Covid-19 last January and was out for nearly two weeks.