MEXICO CITY, Feb 18 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Mexico’s Minister of National Defence, Luis Cresencio Sandoval, said, he has tested positive for COVID-19 and will quarantine at home under medical supervision.
“I will continue my duties in quarantine from home, under medical treatment and relying on the officials of the National Defence Ministry, in keeping with the chain of command,” said the 61-year-old minister.
Mexican President, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, and several members of his cabinet have tested positive for COVID-19, since the outbreak of the pandemic in Mexico nearly a year ago.
Mexico’s nationwide infections surpassed two million on Tuesday, with more than 175,000 deaths from the disease, the world’s third-highest COVID-19 death toll, after the United States and Brazil.
