Mexican foreign minister tests negative for COVID after meeting U.S.’s Blinken

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico International Minister Marcelo Ebrard will proceed with plans to go to Central America and the Caribbean, he mentioned on Wednesday, following a destructive COVID-19 take a look at after a gathering with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Blinken has examined constructive for COVID-19 and was displaying delicate signs, the State Division mentioned, after the 2 had met in Washington the day gone by to debate funding in Central America.

“We’re transferring ahead,” Ebrard mentioned on Twitter, referring to plans on Thursday to go to the Mexican state of Puebla for Cinco de Mayo celebrations and start a tour of Central America and the Caribbean with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

Lopez Obrador is about to go to Guatemala to fulfill President Alejandro Giammettei on Thursday.

(Reporting by Kylie Madry; Modifying by Diane Craft and Clarence Fernandez)