At the end of January, the government announced a timetable for the gradual easing of health restrictions. This Wednesday, January 16, several measures are therefore abandoned.
From today, the consumption and sale of food in stadiums, cinemas or public transport will be allowed again. Train passengers will therefore be able, for example, to eat in bar cars, and people going to the cinema will again be able to buy and consume popcorn in dark rooms.
Another relief: standing concerts, which had been banned, will be able to resume. Customers will also be able to consume standing up again in bars.
Finally, this Wednesday, February 16 also marks the expected reopening of nightclubs, after ten weeks of strict closure. The vaccination pass will be compulsory at the entrance to the nightclubs, and the management of each establishment will have to ensure “compulsory correspondence between the information of the vaccination pass (surname, first name, date of birth) and that of the proof of “identity (CNI, passport)”, specifies the health protocol transmitted by the government on Tuesday.
Unless otherwise provided by law, establishments will therefore be able to accommodate an audience corresponding to 100% of their capacity. In addition, wearing a mask will not be compulsory inside nightclubs, but it is still recommended there, both for customers and for staff.
It will then be necessary to wait at least a week for the rest of the reductions. The health protocol at school will be modified in particular as of the start of the winter holidays, with the lifting of the wearing of masks during recess. From February 28, the mask will also no longer be compulsory in closed places subject to the vaccination pass (except in transport) and the policy of screening people with contact cases will also be lightened.