VON, Lisbon.
The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, spoke to the country this Thursday about the evolution of the Covid-19 pandemic.
President Marcelo finished his address by saying “You Portuguese are actually the only great reason for us to be proud of Portugal”
Marcelo started by saying that “these two weeks were difficult but ended better than they started”, remembering the extremely high pressure on health structures and news of vaccine diversion.
The President guaranteed that the Portuguese understood that “there are delays in vaccine production”, revealing that starting in April “we will vaccinate more to meet the goal”.
“We must leave spring without a threatened summer and autumn” by Covid-19; We have until Easter to drop the infected to less than 2 thousand a day “, warns Marcelo, stressing that it is necessary to keep the confinement for another 15 days and” aim to continue March out on the same path “.
The Head of State thanked, at the end of the speech, the behavior of the Portuguese during “this global confinement”. “” I want to appeal to you even more resistance in the near future. I want to give you hope, because without hope, the daily life of sacrifice loses all its meaning “.
President Marcelo finished his address by saying “You Portuguese are actually the only great reason for us to be proud of Portugal”
