Stating that “we are out of the contagion and it went well,” the president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador I come back to the morning press conference a week after announcing that he had tested positive for Covid-19 for the second time in less than a year.
In the Treasury room of the National Palace, the head of the federal Executive assured that his return shows that the omicron variant does not have the same gravity delta in terms of symptoms and recovery.
Along with calling on the population not to be frightened, he urged them to continue taking care of themselves and avoid infections, since he recognized that with the new variant the number of deaths has increased.
“Like every Monday we start this conference, we are out of contagion, it went well for us. It is demonstrable that this variant does not have the same severity as the previous one, of the delta variant in symptoms and also the recovery time. This is good so that we are not scared, in any case, we have to take care of ourselves, avoid contagion because yes, it is a very contagious variant, very very contagious, infections are growing a lot in the country, but hospitalizations and The most important thing is that there is no increase in deaths, that is very important.
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“What helps a lot is also the vaccine, vaccinating ourselves does not stop applying the booster vaccine, also because with that we play it safe, with the booster vaccine, the symptoms are less and we do not get worse, “he said.
President López Obrador thanked the population that was attentive to his health because “love is paid with love”, as well as the leaders of nations who expressed their concern.
“I thank all the people who were aware of my health situation, love with love is repaid, it is reciprocal, I love a lot and I say it sincerely to the people of Mexico and many people love me and care about my health situation , thank you all for your displays of affection, solidarity
“Also to presidents, leaders of foreign countries who expressed their solidarity with my state of health,” he added.
The federal president pointed out that despite the fact that during this week of recovery he continued to work “but it is not the same, already when you do not have one, because the contagion can already return all activities and have face-to-face meetings that you cannot have when you suffer from the covid”.
“Ricardo Sheffield Padilla freed her, and if she gets infected, it’s not my fault”
He pointed out that Ricardo Sheffield Padilla, head of the Federal Consumer Attorney’s Office (Profeco), took a test to detect if he had Covid, since he accompanied him last Monday morning, but “he got rid of it because he was with me on Monday, apparently he does not have any”.
“If it gets infected, it’s not my fault,” he joked.
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