Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday downplayed the importance of wearing face masks during the novel coronavirus pandemic, calling his treasury secretary’s assertion that using them would be a factor in reactivating the economy “disproportionate.”Lopez Obrador had never been seen publicly wearing a mask until he flew to Washington earlier this month to meet with U.S.
President Donald Trump. Mexico’s coronavirus death toll now fourth-highest in the world “If a mask was an option for the economy’s reactivation, I’d put one on immediately,” Lopez Obrador said Wednesday. “But it’s not like that.