Mexican President Contracts COVID-19 for Third Time.

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has tested positive for COVID-19 for the third time and has suspended his tour of the Yucatan peninsula. López Obrador, who has a history of heart problems, stated that he would isolate for a few days in Mexico City. Interior Secretary Adán Augusto López will fill in at the daily presidential morning news briefings while the president remains in isolation. López Obrador declined to enact mandatory mask mandates and refused to wear a mask even at the peak of the pandemic unless it was absolutely necessary.