Prognosis

Mexico’s Slim Hospitalized With Covid, But Well, Family Says

Spokesman and son-in-law Arturo Elias Ayub talks to Bloomberg
Slim is world’s 23rd-richest with fortune at $55.3 billion

Carlos SlimPhotographer: Susana Gonzalez/Bloomberg

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By Andrea Navarro

January 27, 2021 at 8:52 PM UTC

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Billionaire Carlos Slim has been hospitalized with Covid-19 but his symptoms remain mild and he’s doing well, according to his family.

Mexico’s richest man is a patient at Mexico City’s Instituto Nacional de Nutricion, spokesman and son-in-law Arturo Elias Ayub told Bloomberg on Wednesday.