Mexico’s president tests positive for COVID-19 for second time

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Tuesday he was hoarse and had a sore throat after testing positive for COVID-19 for the second time.

López Obrador suggested he had the omicron variant, saying “this new variant of COVID isn’t very damaging.” He is isolating himself and spoke in a video message to the country’s diplomats. “It’s like a cold,” he said.

On Monday, the president was visibly ill at a press event, and without a mask, when he was asked by media if he had been tested . . .