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