FILE PHOTO: Portugal's Prime Minister Antonio Costa arrives for the a special European council on budget in Brussels, Belgium February 20, 2020. Julien Warnand/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's Prime Minister Antonio Costa said on Wednesday that President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa asked parliament to authorise a state of emergency to contain the growing coronavirus outbreak, and that the government agreed with the measure.
Parliament is expected to swiftly confirm the measure, which can include curbs on free movement of people and closures of businesses, in what would be the first time the country has done so on a nationwide scale in 46 years of democratic history.
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