Mexico corona’emergency’… Even the president, the supreme father, and the cardinal struggled with the disease

Political, economic and religious’biggers’ are confirmed… People’s tactile sense of health

The world’s highest positivity and fatality rate… The number of confirmed and dead seems to be understated

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who was confirmed with a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19), pointed to a graph that recorded the number of hospital beds available by state at the presidential palace in Mexico City, the capital city on the 18th (local time). / Yonhap News = AP

Concerns about the severe Corona 19 situation in Mexico have emerged as’big players’ from all walks of life, including the President, the highest patriarch, and the cardinal, contract the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19).

Mexican Interior Minister Olga Sanchez Cordero said on the 27th (local time) that Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s condition was “stable and in good shape.” President Lopez Obrador was quarantined at the National Palace, a presidential palace, after being tested positive for Corona 19 on the 24th. After taking office, the press conference on weekday morning, which he had not missed, was left to the Interior Minister Sanchez and continued his work by phone call or video.

President Jesús Ramirez, a spokesman for the president, told Bloomberg that the president’s symptoms were mild and that he was resting in quarantine. On the 24th, the day of the diagnosis, he had a mild fever, and the fever fell after taking a drug similar to the antipyretic analgesic paracetamol (acetaminophen), the spokesman said. President Lopez Obrador, 67, has high blood pressure and was hospitalized for a heart attack in 2013. Inquiries such as Interior Minister Sanchez, Foreign Minister Marcelo Evrard, and Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopezgatel, who is responsible for responding to Corona 19, were negative in the Corona 19 test, and fortunately, the infection did not spread throughout the government.

Carlos Slim (80), the honorary chairman of the Carso Group, is receiving treatment after being diagnosed with a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19). / Yonhap News = AFP

Carlos Slim, 80, the honorary chairman of Carso Group, the number one in Mexico, is also fighting Corona 19. Slim’s son-in-law, Arturo Elias, told Reuters that she is still receiving hospital treatment, but she is in good condition. The news of his confirmation was first announced on the 25th. Currently ranked 21st in Forbes’ real-time billionaire rankings, Latin America’s best husband, Slim, is considered the most important figure in the Mexican economy. He is also helping Mexico-Argentina co-production of AstraZeneca Corona 19 vaccine through the foundation.

Meanwhile, Cardinal Norberto Rivera (78), a Mexican religious giant, was hospitalized last week for Corona 19. Cardinal Rivera, who retired from Archbishop of Mexico City in 2017, is an influential Catholic figure that has been cited as a past pope. He is undergoing treatment in the intensive care unit, and although there is progress, it is still in critical condition, the Archdiocese of Mexico City said on the 24th.

Cardinal Norberto Rivera of Mexico is also hospitalized for a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) and is being treated in the intensive care unit./Yonhap News=EPA

The fact that political, economic, and religious giants all caught up with Corona 19 clearly shows the severe Corona 19 situation in Mexico. The cumulative number of corona19 confirmed cases in Mexico is 1.79 million, and the death toll is 152,000. Compared to the population of more than 120 million, the number of confirmed cases is not the highest in the world, but considering that the positive rate is close to 40% compared to the test and the fatality rate is also the world’s highest at 8.5%, the actual number of infected persons is estimated to be much higher than the official statistics. do. The number of deaths, the fourth largest in the world, also appears to be understated. The Mexican National Statistical Office said that the number of Corona 19 deaths from January to August last year was 56% more than the number revealed by health authorities during the same period.

/ Reporter Park Ye-na [email protected]

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