Covid: Mexico, López Obrador healed for the second time

(ANSA) - MEXICO CITY, JANUARY 17 - After six days without public activities for having contracted covid-19 for the second time, Mexican President Andrés Manuel LópezObrador resumed official activities today. starting with its traditional daily press conference.

    "I came out of the infection - he told reporters with a smile - and everything went well, thanks to isolation and a mild therapy", based on paracetamol and an ointment for symptomatic relief of cough and nasal congestion.

    "I thank the people who were aware of my state of health and sent me messages", he said, addressing the Mexican people and "also to the foreign heads of state who expressed their closeness to me for the difficult moment I was going through".

    After noting that "omicron is a less lethal variant but much more contagious than the previous ones", the head of the Mexican state took the opportunity to emphasize that "we must in any case take care of ourselves, avoid contagion (...) through the vaccine that it helps a lot, and that with the dose we direct it puts us practically safe from serious dangers ".

   (HANDLE).