The Secretary of the Interior of Mexico, Adán Augusto López, denied this Monday that the president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, had suffered a heart attack due to rumors about the health of the president due to his covid-19 infection.
There is nothing like that, they would like to, but he is in perfect health. He said it himself yesterday, he is 100% in terms of his heart health. And well, I think that no one should be scared by the fact that they have been infected with covid ”,
indicated López, who replaces the president in the daily government conferences.
López Obrador reported his covid-19 infection on Sunday while on tour in Yucatán, in the southeast of the country.
The health of the 69-year-old president is causing concern because he had already fallen ill with covid-19 twice, the first in January 2021 and the second in January 2022.
In addition, the Mexican ruler suffers from hypertension, in January 2022 he had a catheterization, a heart scan, and in December 2013 he suffered an acute myocardial infarction, for which he then had coronary surgery.
But the Secretary of the Interior, the main government position after the presidency, criticized the speculation unleashed by the president’s contagion.
They are swearing, that’s what they would like. I reiterate, the president is in full health, with the symptoms of a third contagion of covid-19, as he himself reported, and he is in full recovery, and surely in the next few days he will resume his activities as normal ”,
held.
In particular, López affirmed that the president flew regularly to Mexico City, where he is in the National Palace, given the information that circulated that he was in a hospital.
And he denied that López Obrador had fainted during his tour, as reported by local media in Yucatán.
It is an absolute lie, it will not be the first time nor the last time, surely, that the Diario de Yucatán lies, I have already related how the events occurred ”,
asserted.
“The speculations are the product of the ill will of some,” he said.
The secretary reaffirmed that López Obrador “is isolated, receiving care and resting”, for which he ruled out further effects on his health.
He is at 100%, you and the Mexicans are aware of the work schedule that he develops from Monday to Sunday, 365 days a year, and he maintains a perfect state of health”,
remarked.
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