coronavirus: Bejense, soccer coach, which left China, alert for civility.
Anthony Franco, 39 year old, but as a child who lives in Beja despite being born in Serpa, It is football coach and there are about 5 years working in China, but was on holiday in Portugal when the first news about the coronavirus.
Only after being on Chinese soil that is truly realized the scale and gravity of the situation. Antonio Franco lives in Changzhou, about what 600 kilometers from Wuhan, the city the epicenter of COVID-19, where should only return next April, but since the end of January he returned to Beja.
In an emotional way but very rational, Antonio Franco published on social networks a text which speaks of the dangers of the disease also leaving advice that the Chinese were forced to follow so that the spread of infection was dominated.
"I lived in the first person the COVID-19 and that at first there seemed to be nothing, one day took major and the other became uncontrollable ", He began by writing coach, He justified what happened the "this will not be anything, to chaos and widespread panic ", finished.
Antonio Franco described living in Jiangsu Province, with 80,4 millons of citizens, occurred 631 cases, all healed and in your city Changzhou, recorded 51 and 51 were all healed, and three months later, There are ZERO cases throughout the Jiangsu area.
Having lived in place the "boot" of coronavirus, the young coach leaves some advice considering "fundamental" to follow the recommendations of the authorities and respect of "seriously, responsible and without exaggerated panics ", We are arguing that we should all avoid "being a new Italy", surely that is not going to the beaches and shopping centers, "We should be socially responsible", concluded.
"We have family, hence a less responsible attitude, You can contribute to this chaos and should and can be avoided ", adding that "social and civic responsibility is fundamental", finished.
Finally Antonio Franco left a challenge to all: "The sooner we realize and we do, earlier return to normal .... Take care ".
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
