Mexican businessman Carlos Slim, infected with coronavirus at age 80

Carlos Slim, Mexican communications businessman, 80, the richest man in Latin America, has been infected with covid-19 and has been showing “minor symptoms” for more than a week, his eldest son reported on Monday.

His son Carlos Slim Domit reported on Twitter that the owner of América Móvil visited a public hospital “for clinical analysis, follow-up and timely treatment”. “Is good. He had a very favorable evolution towards covid-19 after more than a week of minor symptoms, ”he added without specifying when his father was diagnosed.

Through his foundation, Slim participates in the financing of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by the British laboratory AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford. The immunizer is produced in Argentina and began packaging in Mexico for nonprofit distribution in Latin America.

Carlos Slim is the richest man in Latin America, with an estimated fortune of $ 59.9 billion, according to Forbes magazine, which places him at the 21st position of the millionaires of the world. América Móvil is the dominant telephone company in the Latin American market and has a presence in Europe, Austria and the United States.

Slim’s contagion came to light a day after Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced he had tested positive for covid-19. The government reported on Monday that the president is “good and strong” and is dispatching to the National Palace.

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