Mexico government urges public to keep distance over coronavirus; president embraces crowds

Mexico's health ministry reported more coronavirus cases on Sunday, urging ...

MEXICO CITY - Mexico’s health ministry reported more coronavirus cases on Sunday, urging people to maintain a “healthy distance” to avoid infection, even as the president held rallies in the country, shaking hands with and hugging dozens of people.

Still, on Saturday, officials at the health ministry began ramping up measures aimed at containment, setting out an initiative known as “Sana Distancia” to encourage the public to avoid infecting each other. Meanwhile, leftist President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador kept up his busy schedule of rallies around Mexico at the weekend, touring towns in the southwestern state of Guerrero.

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