Wear a mask : Mexicans urge president to follow rules after COVID-19 setback Reuters 1/26/2021 By Stefanie Eschenbacher and Adriana Barrera MEXICO CITY, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Mexicans hope President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador makes a speedy recovery from COVID-19, though many believe he could have avoided infection if he had more strictly followed the government s own health advice - and worn a face mask. Lopez Obrador s diagnosis on Sunday capped the deadliest week of the coronavirus pandemic in the country with the world s fourth-highest death toll https://tmsnrt.rs/34pvUyi. He wasn t looking after himself, always walking around without a mask, and not respecting social distancing, said Mexico City rubbish collector Luis Enrique Flores, wheeling his cart past a wall plastered with government posters urging people to wear masks.