Lopez Obrador made an uncertain start to the pandemic, which has led to the fourth-highest death toll worldwide in Mexico. NO LOCKDOWNSThroughout the emergency, Lopez Obrador has shied away from imposing strict curbs on the public. Critics have for months said the president was at risk of contracting the virus due to his schedule. His two predecessors as president, Enrique Pena Nieto and Felipe Calderon, both of whom Lopez Obrador has pilloried as part of a corrupt political system, quickly wished him well. Lopez Obrador said on Twitter his interior minister Olga Sanchez would run his morning news conference in his absence.

Source: bd News24 January 25, 2021 03:33 UTC