Portugal's president self-isolates amid virus outbreak

FILE - In this Sunday, July 14, 2019 file photo, Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa leaves after a lunch at the Elysee Palace that followed Bastille Day parade on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris. The office of Portugal's 71-year-old president said Sunday March 8, 2020 that he has canceled all public activities and will stay at home amid the coronavirus outbreak.

FILE - In this Sunday, July 14, 2019 file photo, Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa leaves after a lunch at the Elysee Palace that followed Bastille Day parade on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris. The office of Portugal's 71-year-old president said Sunday March 8, 2020 that he has canceled all public activities and will stay at home amid the coronavirus outbreak.

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.Follow AP coverage of the virus outbreak at https://apnews.com/VirusOutbreak and https://apnews.com/UnderstandingtheOutbreak

DrJudyStone Smart man. Hope he spends some quality time with his grand kids. And gets some sleep.

At first, I thought this was 'self-immolates.' Firey!

It’s not because he’s afraid, it’s because he visited a school that as reported an infected case.

Portuguese here. Our President went voluntarily into quarantine because he was in contact with a group of students from a school with a positive case of COVID19PT. He is asymptomatic and will make the test tomorrow.

Let’s pray for MarceloRebeloDeSousa and the people of Portugal 🇵🇹.

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