Hours after reports broke out that Cristiano Ronaldo is set to convert all CR7 hotels into make-shift hospitals to treat Coronavirus patients, hotel staff from one of the footballer’s owned-hotel in Lisbon refuted all such claims and said this “is a hotel and is “not going to become a hospital.”
Cristiano Ronaldo’s hotel denies report of being transformed into hospital
Early on Sunday morning reports had claimed that Ronaldo is set to join the fight against the coronavirus outbreak and will convert both of his Pestana CR7 Hotels into temporary hospitals to house and treat people contracted by the COVID-19 pandemic. But those reports were all rubbished by a unanimous member from one of the two hotels owned by Ronaldo in Lisbon.
Spanish publication Marca claimed that the former Real Madrid star was ready to have one of his two hotels turned into hospitals to help combat the pandemic, which has infected over 160,000 people across the globe and has now killed over 6,000. The report also stated that both of Ronaldo’s hotel-turned hospitals will provide free treatments to all of its while Ronaldo was ready to pay for the supplies as well pay the administrations and the doctors who will treat those patients.
However, the staff in Ronaldo’s hotel in Lisbon was quoted by RTL Nieuws as saying that they weren’t aware of any such endeavour of the footballer nor of any plans to convert the luxury hotel into a hospital from coronavirus patients. A spokesperson from the Lisbon hotel told the Dutch outlet, “We are a hotel. We are not going to be a hospital. It is a day like everyone else, we are and will remain a hotel. We are being phoned by the press. I wish you a nice day.”
Meanwhile, the situation is somehow under control in Portugal with 245 confirmed cases of coronavirus affected people informed until Sunday which far better than what is currently happening in the neighbouring European countries of Spain and Italy.
Ronaldo has been in quarantine in Madeira after it came to light that one of his Juventus teammates Daniele Rugani tested positive for the virus. The 35-year-old was quick to send a message of support to fans amid the chaos. He wrote on social media, “The world is going through a very difficult moment which demands the utmost care and attention from all of us.”
“I speak to you today not as a football player, but as a son, father, a human being concerned with the latest developments that are affecting the whole world.
“It is important we all follow the advice of the WHO (World Health Organization) and the governing bodies on how we handle this current situation. Protecting human life must come above any other interests.
“I would like to send my thoughts to everyone who has lost someone close to them, my solidarity to those who are fighting the virus, like my team-mate Daniele Rugani, and my continued support to the amazing health professionals putting their own lives at risk to save others.”
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