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Guillermo Gonzalez Sanchez sells cigarettes and snacks from atop his wheelchair, outside the Palace of Fine Arts in downtown Mexico City, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. Gonzalez, who doesn't believe the new coronavirus is real, says the threat is just the latest tactic to suppress the Mexican people, many of whom like him live from day to day. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Guillermo Gonzalez Sanchez sells cigarettes and snacks from atop his wheelchair, outside the Palace of Fine Arts in downtown Mexico City, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. Gonzalez, who doesn't believe the new coronavirus is real, says the threat is just the latest tactic to suppress the Mexican people, many of whom like him live from day to day. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

March 26, 2020

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Mexican governor says poor are 'immune' to coronavirus
March 26, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Mexican governor says poor are 'immune' to coronavirus

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The governor of a state in central Mexico is arguing that the poor are “immune” to the new coronavirus, even as the federal government suspends all nonessential government activities beginning Thursday in a bid to prevent the spread of the virus.