MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador mentioned on Tuesday he’s doing properly after being recognized with COVID-19 for the second time, in a video message performed at a daily morning information convention.

Lopez Obrador, who introduced he had examined optimistic on Monday night, mentioned within the video he would proceed working. He urged Mexicans to maintain taking care of themselves, however to not be alarmed because the Omicron variant fueled a soar in circumstances.

“Fortuitously, it is a variant that does have the extent of hazard because the Delta variant,” mentioned Lopez Obrador, 68.

Well being Minister Jorge Alcocer informed reporters he anticipated the president to wish a couple of week to recuperate, and that he may very well be returning to the day by day information conferences subsequent week.

Inside Minister Adan Augusto Lopez has taken cost of the information conferences in Lopez Obrador’s absence.

“Fortuitously he is doing properly, with out critical signs,” Lopez mentioned of the president earlier than Lopez Obrador’s video message. “He is resting, as is medically required, and we hope he feels higher within the subsequent few days.”