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Mexican Tycoon Carlos Slim, 80, Hospitalized With COVID-19, Son Says

Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador also contracted the coronavirus and has been isolating.

Mexican mogul Carlos Slim has been hospitalized with the coronavirus, his son announced Monday. Carlos Slim Domit said the 80-year-old billionaire began experiencing minor symptoms about a week ago, and he has been responding well to treatment. “He’s had a very favorable evolution to Covid over a week after what have been mild symptoms,” Slim Domit tweeted. The revelation comes a day after Mexico President Andres Manuel López Obrador revealed he has contracted COVID-19 and is isolating. “The symptoms are mild but I am already under medical treatment,” he wrote in a Twitter announcement. López Obrador has faced criticism for how he’s dealt with the outbreak in Mexico, where almost 150,000 people have died from the virus.