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Local leaders resist Mexico president's push for reopening

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MEXICO CITY – Local governments across Mexico pushed back Monday against President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's call to reopen the economy in some 300 townships that do not have active cases of coronavirus, with leaders saying they preferred to wait until June before resuming normal activities.

Mexico, which has reported 51,633 total cases and 5,332 deaths, has seen a steep climb in new infections. Front-line doctors fear that a premature reopening could lead to a second wave of infections — a scenario that recently played out in Chile and Guatemala, where governments had to roll back reopening plans.

But López Obrador has been pressing to reactivate the economy. In addition to opening virus-free communities, his health advisers have said

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