Deputy Mario Delgado, at the headquarters of the National Electoral Institute (INE) in Mexico City (Mexico) .José Méndez / EFE
Mexican deputy Mario Delgado has reported this Wednesday that he has tested positive for covid-19.
“Last night”, on Tuesday, “I decided to isolate myself in the presence of very mild symptoms of covid-19.
I took a test and came out positive, ”the legislator, who aspires to preside Morena, the party currently led by Andrés Manuel López Obrador, wrote in a Twitter message.
Last night I decided to isolate myself in the presence of very mild symptoms of COVID19.
I took a test and it came out positive.
We remotely followed up on the approval of the economic income package overnight.
We will continue working and preparing for what is to come.
- Mario Delgado (@mario_delgado) October 21, 2020
“All night we remotely monitored the approval of the economic income package.
We will continue working and preparing for what is to come ”, Delgado completed the message on the social network.
The 48-year-old deputy was present at the approval of the Fiscal Miscellany the day before.
In a marathon day, the Chamber approved the project, which is the previous step to the budgets.
In the brief text that he released this Wednesday, he did not give more details about his current state of health.
The morenista disputes with the deputy Porfirio Muñoz Ledo, 87, the succession of López Obrador in the formation.
After a technical tie between the two candidates, decreed by the National Electoral Institute (INE), his rival proclaimed himself president of the party.
The process has been harsh due to the constant attacks between Delgado and Muñoz Ledo.
These days, three demographic companies ask Mexicans who they prefer between the two deputies.
From that survey, the third and last, the winner will be the result.