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Portugal’s president self-isolates amid coronavirus outbreak


09 March 2020  

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LISBON:  The office of Portugal’s 71-year-old president said Sunday that he has canceled all public activities and will stay at home amid the coronavirus outbreak.

President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa recently received a group of students from a school that has since been closed following the detection of a student with COVID-19, Associated Press reported.

His office said that the president had no symptoms. It added that the infected student wasn’t included in the group that visited the presidential palace. His office said that he decided to self-isolate “to provide an example of taking preventative measures while continuing to work at home.”

The president’s office specified that although he took photos with the group of students, he didn’t greet them individually. Rebelo de Sousa is known as being an effusive and affectionate president who is extremely popular in Portugal.

(With inputs from agencies)

Publish Date : 09 March 2020 20:46 PM

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