Mexico's most ardent anti-masker is ill with COVID-19

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Mexican politician Fernandez Noroña has repeatedly refused to wear a mask at official functions where it was required.

FILE - In this Jan. 4, 2017 file photo, Mexican politician Gerardo Fernandez Norona, speaking in Spanish, holds up a map of the U.S. with the southwestern U.S. shaded in red with the text"Mexico in 1830," in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York, before being escorted out of the lobby. Fernandez Norona, whose refusal to wear a face mask interfered with official events has confirmed on Monday, July 26, 2021, that he has COVID-19.

He had reported on his social media accounts that he hadn't been feeling well for days, but was sure that “it's a very strong cold, or the bug.” A member of the Chamber of Deputies, Fernandez Noroña has repeatedly refused to wear a mask at official functions where it was required. In 2020, the National Electoral Institute, at which Fernandez Noroña represents the tiny Labor Party, was forced to suspend a session when he refused to put on a mask as required by the institute's rules.

But some of the president's political allies, like Manuel Bartlett, the head of the federal electrical power company, are openly disdainful of masks.

 

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