A second Mexican governor announced that he tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The announcement comes just one day after another governor who had recent meetings with Mexico’s president also announced his infection with the virus.
On Sunday, Adan Augusto Lopez, the Governor for Tabasco, took to social media to announce that he tested positive for COVID-19. The governor said he will go into quarantine and be under observation at his home. He said he will continue to work from there.
The announcement comes just one day after Omar Fayad, the governor of Hidalgo, announced that he had become infected and was also under quarantine. As Breitbart Texas reported, Fayad met with Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on March 18 at the National Palace for a press conference. Despite having been close to an individual who has since tested positive, Mexico’s Undersecretary of Health Hugo Lopez Gatell said that quarantine measures or testing were not needed on AMLO since Fayad was asymptomatic at the time of the meeting.
The confirmation of two governors becoming infected with coronavirus comes at a time when Mexico is experiencing a rapid spike in the spread of the pandemic. Reported cases reached 848 on Saturday night. Mexican officials also confirmed 16 fatalities and 2,623 suspicious cases. After weeks of AMLO trying to downplay the pandemic and encouraging the public to take their families out to eat and to mingle, his top health officials begged the public on Saturday night to stay indoors as a last-ditch effort to slow down the spread of the virus, Breitbart Texas reported.
Ildefonso Ortiz is an award-winning journalist with Breitbart Texas. He co-founded Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles project with Brandon Darby and senior Breitbart management. You can follow him on Twitter and on Facebook. He can be contacted at Iortiz@breitbart.com.
Brandon Darby is the managing director and editor-in-chief of Breitbart Texas. He co-founded Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles project with Ildefonso Ortiz and senior Breitbart management. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook. He can be contacted at bdarby@breitbart.com.
Tony Aranda from Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles project contributed to this report
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