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Mexico tycoon Carlos Slim leaves hospital after Covid bout
MEXICO CITY, Jan 31, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – Mexican telecoms billionaire Carlos
Slim, one of the world’s richest men, has been discharged from hospital and
is doing well after a bout with Covid-19, a source close to his family said
Saturday.
The 81-year-old tycoon “has been at home since January 28 and is in very
good health,” the source with the Slim family’s Grupo Carso told AFP.
On Monday Slim’s son, Carlos Slim Domit, announced on Twitter that his
father was being treated for Covid-19 and had only mild symptoms.
“He’s very well. He is making very good progress with Covid-19 after more
than a week of minor symptoms,” Slim Domit wrote at the time.
Slim and his family, who control mobile telecom giant America Movil, are
worth an estimated $58.5 billion, according to Forbes magazine, making him
Latin America’s richest man.
Through his foundation, he is helping to fund joint production in Mexico
and Argentina of the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the
University of Oxford for distribution in Latin America.
Slim’s infection came a day after Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez
Obrador announced he had tested positive for Covid-19. On Friday Lopez
Obrador said he still has the disease but “the critical phase is passing.”
Mexico has officially registered around 1.8 million coronavirus cases and
more than 155,000 deaths, one of the world’s highest fatality tolls.
Both new infections and deaths have set daily records this month, leaving
hospitals overwhelmed and patients struggling to find treatment.
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