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Mexican President Tests COVID Positive for 3rd Time

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. EPA
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. EPA
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Mexican President Tests COVID Positive for 3rd Time

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. EPA
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. EPA

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Sunday that he had tested positive for COVID-19, the third known infection, adding that while he was not seriously ill he would take a few days off.

Lopez Obrador, 69, who had a serious heart attack in 2013, reported mild symptoms from both of his previous bouts of COVID-19 at the height of the pandemic.

"It's not serious," he wrote on his official Twitter account. "My heart is at 100%."

According to Reuters, Lopez Obrador said Interior Minister Adan Augusto Lopez would host his regular morning news conference.

In January 2022, Lopez Obrador underwent cardiac catheterization and was found to be in good health.

Back then, the government said the president has regular checkups that include lab tests, electrocardiograms, stress tests and CT scans.

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China Dismisses Zelenskiy’s Claim It Is Supplying Weapons to Russia

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian speaks during a press conference in Beijing, China, 14 April 2025. (EPA)
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian speaks during a press conference in Beijing, China, 14 April 2025. (EPA)
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China Dismisses Zelenskiy’s Claim It Is Supplying Weapons to Russia

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian speaks during a press conference in Beijing, China, 14 April 2025. (EPA)
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian speaks during a press conference in Beijing, China, 14 April 2025. (EPA)

China's foreign ministry dismissed as "groundless" on Friday an accusation by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that the country had been supplying weapons to Russia.

Despite maintaining close economic ties with Russia during Moscow's three-year war in Ukraine, China has sought to project an image of neutrality and denies any involvement in the war.

Friday's disclaimer followed Zelenskiy's remarks at a press conference the previous day that China was supplying weapons and gunpowder to Russia, while also accusing it of producing weapons on Russian territory.

China has never made lethal weapons available to any party to the Ukraine crisis, ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told a regular news conference.

"China's position on the Ukrainian issue has always been clear," Lin said. "It has been actively committed to promoting a ceasefire and ending the conflict, as well as encouraging peace talks."

China opposes groundless accusations and political manipulation, he said, adding that Ukraine had said publicly that most of the components in weapons imported by Russia came from the United States and other Western nations.