Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, the president of Portugal will be quarantined at his private residence for two weeks over the rapid spread of coronavirus around the world.
According to the statement, the president received a group of students from a school in northern Portugal last Tuesday at an event and took photos with them. Four days later, a student from the school was confirmed to have been infected with COVID-19.
The statement reads “Having listened to the health authorities, the President of the Republic, despite not having any viral symptoms, decided to cancel all his public activity… during the next two weeks. At the moment when all the Portuguese demonstrate high civic maturity in the face of the viral outbreak, the President of the Republic understands that he must give a reinforced example of prevention”.