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Mexico's President Refuses to Take Coronavirus Test After Coming in Contact
with Infected Admin Member

VOA News

   Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is attempting toallayany
   suspicions about his health aftera high-ranking member of his
   administration he'd recently been in contact with was infectedwith the
   coronavirus.

   Lopez Obrador told reporters Monday, that he is fine and that he will
   notget testedbecause hedoesn't havesymptoms.

   He said, Zoé Robledo, director of Mexico's social security system, is
   now in quarantine after testing positive following an appearance at
   anevent inthe Tabasco state capital of Villahermosa, with
   thepresident's securitycabinet.

   In response to critics López Obrador had been traveling too much
   recently, promoting the reopening of the country, he is considering a
   video conference rather than a White House visit when the new free
   trade agreement with the United States and Canada takes effect July 1.

   Thepresident said, he is following the recommendations of the doctors,
   which everyoneshould followregardless of their position.

   Mexico is among the leaders in Latin America, with morethan
   120,000confirmed coronavirus cases and more than 14,000 deaths.

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