Photographer: Susana Gonzalez / Bloomberg
Photographer: Susana Gonzalez / Bloomberg
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Billionaire Carlos Slim returned to his home in Mexico City after being hospitalized for Covid-19, a family member said.
Slim is recovering and recovering well, his son-in-law and spokesman Arturo Elias Ayub said in a message on Saturday. Latin America’s richest man, who turned 81 this week, was hospitalized at the Instituto Nacional de Nutricion in Mexico City, where he had mild symptoms, Elias Ayub. said earlier.
Slim is the 25th richest person in the world with a net worth of $ 51.2 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Most of its wealth comes from the telecommunications giant America Movil SAB.
Mexico took out India in a total of Covid-19 deaths on Thursday, making the outbreak the third most deadly in the world.
Friday, the President of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador assured the public that he has passed the “critical phase” of his own coronavirus infection and is recovering. The president, known as AMLO, spoke in a video posted online late Friday, marking his first appearance since he revealed he tested positive for the virus late Sunday.