“We will see the evolution of events for see if it is necessary to change plans and cancel one or another trip or commitment and if it is proportional to cancel everything or if it is necessary to readjust programs“, said Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.
The head of state was speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the closing session of the conference cycle “Nato aos 70: Passado e Futuro”, in Lisbon, where he stressed that it is necessary to “adopt the necessary and proportional behavior” to the dimension of propagation of the new coronavirus .
Asked whether, in addition to being able to change international commitments due to the Covid-19 outbreak, the preventive measures presented by the Directorate-General for Health (DGS) could also have an impact on the way in which he relates to people, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said that he does not impose “greetings on anyone”.
“There is this general appeal to the Portuguese and I respond civilly and amicably to the greetings and, in this sense, this appeal for there to be – I will not say a social distance, I think too much, (…) – an attention to the way, especially when it is about large masses, many people in closed spaces, act with some attention, we are all sensitive “, rsaid the head of state.
The provisional balance of the epidemic of the new Covid-19 coronavirus is more than 2,800 dead and more than 82,000 infected people, according to data reported by about 50 countries and territories.
Of the infected people, more than 33,000 recovered.
In addition to 2,744 deaths in China, where the outbreak began at the end of last year, there are fatalities in Iran, South Korea, Italy, Japan, the Philippines, France, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
The World Health Organization has declared the Covid-19 outbreak as an international public health emergency and has warned of a possible pandemic, after a sudden increase in cases in Italy, South Korea and Iran in the past few days.
In the last 24 hours, Portugal had 27 new suspected cases of infection with the new coronavirus (Covid-19), totaling 52 to date, of which 16 are awaiting laboratory results, the Directorate-General for Health said today.
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