Mexico City: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday he was fine despite catching Covid-19 for the second time, convincing the state that Omicron was a variant that was less dangerous.
“I feel pretty good,” Lopez Obrador, 68, said in a video message played during a press conference led by Minister of Home Affairs Adan Augusto Lopez in his absence.
“Don’t be afraid.
Fortunately this is a variant that doesn’t have a danger level of Delta variant,” added Lopez Obrador, talking to Croaky’s voice.
“What do I have? Burn the throat, a hoarse voice, one body hurt at first,” he said.
On Monday, the President had appeared before reporters spoke in a hoarse voice and without a face mask, pushing allegations from irresponsible behavior criticism.
He said when he planned to be tested for Coronavirus but believed that he had flu.
However, then, he announced that he had Covid-19.
Lopez Obrador overcame Coronavirus’s first fight at the beginning of 2021.
He had received the AstraZeneca vaccine including booster on December 7, such as many countries, Mexico was in the grip of the wave of new infections after the emergence of an omicron variant was very contagious.
and traditional year family meetings.
On Friday, the official Mexico Covid-19 toll highest toll in the world exceeded 300,000, although so far the daily death remained much lower than the previous wave.
129 million countries have reported a total of more than 4.1 million cases of confirmed Coronavirus.
The real number is believed to be much higher because of the low level of testing.
On Tuesday Mexico Coronavirus Czar urged people not to be tested for Covid-19 even if they have symptoms, but to isolate at home given a lack of tests.
“Instead of running to the kiosk to take the test, what you have to do is stay at home to avoid infecting others,” said Deputy Minister of Health Hugo Lopez-Gatell.
If everyone who has coughing or sore throat goes for the exam, it will reduce the availability for those who really need a medical reason, he added.