Emmanuel Macron spoke during an interview with Brut on the reopening of nightclubs and bars. The President of the Republic assured that "it would be madness" to reopen them at the beginning of the year 2021!
Restaurants, bars and nightclubs will not reopen on December 15th. It will be necessary to wait until at least January 20 to be able to return to the restaurant if no rebound of the epidemic is observed after the end of the year holidays. However, it will be necessary to be even more patient with regard to the bars as well as the discotheques. "We will do it as soon as possible, but as long as the virus is circulating a little intensely, it would be madness to do that. I tell you very sincerely", declared the President of the Republic while answering a session of questions on the application Snapchat organized by Gross.
While a young man called out to him about the night world which according to him "falling into ruins", the Head of State explained why he intended to avoid a too rapid reopening of nightclubs despite this being a "sacrifice". "What we know about this virus is that it spreads a lot when we are in closed places, close to each other, and we sing, we speak loudly, we eat, we make efforts, … The nightclub, when we have said all that, it's not the best place. ", he said. "This will last, I won't lie to you, just a few more weeks or even a few months", he concluded.
Restaurants will be able to reopen from January 20 provided that "the end of year holiday season did not (either) result in a rebound in the epidemic ", explained Prime Minister Jean Castex at the end of November. Indeed, epidemiologists predict a third wave of the Covid-19 epidemic from January 2021. Thus, the government would prepare for this possibility in order to better anticipate it. According to Emmanuel Macron, we must consider a return to normal"https://www.aufeminin.com/" from summer 2021" while the vaccination campaign could begin in January in France.