Kisses, hugs of greeting endure in Mexico despite virus fears

FILE PHOTO: Women embrace outside the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, Mexico March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Gustavo Graf -/File Photo

ACAPULCO, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexicans are finding it difficult to shake the habit of greeting friends, family and even strangers with a handshake, hug or kiss on the cheek despite warnings they could spread coronavirus, with the practice on display at a major banking conference.

At the annual gathering this week in the seaside resort of Acapulco, a couple of bankers, old friends, embraced after a brief back and forth discussion on what was the right way to greet one another.