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Portuguese in France “can’t take it wrong” not to go to the country at Easter – News

“Telling the Portuguese not to go to Portugal is almost unthinkable. [covid-19] it was a general surprise, but there are many Portuguese here who work for big companies and who with the pandemic will lose their job and many may have to return to Portugal “, reported the adviser.

Rui Barata advises that in exceptional cases, the Portuguese in France contact the consulates that, despite being closed to general assistance, are available to assist and clarify in case of urgency.

“At the beginning of the management of this crisis, I think that the Foreign Minister was not very well when he said that consulates are not travel agencies. It was a hot reaction, but then we had the feeling that the consular machine and the embassies had a better perception and manage to give a positive answer and solve the cases “, said the counselor who lives in the Strasbourg region.

António Capela had planned to go to Portugal on Easter holidays, but canceled the trip.

“I was supposed to go to Portugal and I didn’t go. I ask the staff not to go and I remember that it is essential for the security of Portugal at this time”, he said.

Despite the advice given by the French and Portuguese authorities, this emigrant, living in France for over 40 years, says he knows more than a dozen cases of people who decided to quarantine in Portugal.

With many flights canceled, most of these people followed in their own vehicle, having been controlled by the police at the border between Spain and Portugal and now being quarantined.

The new coronavirus, responsible for the covid-19 pandemic, has already infected more than 1.2 million people worldwide, of whom more than 68,000 died.

Of the cases of infection, more than 283 thousand are considered cured.

After appearing in China in December, the outbreak spread worldwide, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare a pandemic situation.

The European continent, with more than 664 thousand infected and more than 49 thousand dead, is the one with the highest number of cases, and Italy is the country in the world with the most fatalities, 15,887 deaths in 128,948 confirmed cases until Sunday.

In Portugal, according to the balance made on Sunday by the Directorate-General for Health, there were 295 deaths, 29 more than the day before (+ 11%), and 11,278 cases of confirmed infections, which represents an increase of 754 in relation to to Friday (+ 7.2%).

Of those infected, 1,084 are hospitalized, 267 of whom are in intensive care units, and there are 75 patients who have recovered.

Portugal, where the first confirmed cases were registered on March 2, has been in a state of emergency since 00:00 on March 19 and until the end of April 17, after the extension approved on Thursday at Assembly of the Republic.

In addition, the Government declared on March 17 the state of public calamity for the municipality of Ovar.

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