The government has presented industry professionals with a three-phase plan of four weeks each for restaurants, but also hotels and bars to come back to life.
On Tuesday March 16, 2021, hotel and restaurant professionals indicated that they are working on their reopening with the Ministry of the Economy.
The first to be able to revive: the hotels. They will be able to serve breakfast to their customers in the dining rooms, and even reopen the outdoor swimming pools. Then, second phase: it will be up to the restaurants and bars to reopen, with a capacity limited to 50% of the places available except for the terraces. At this stage, hotels could accommodate clients in indoor pools this time around. Establishments will have to apply the health protocol put in place before the November 2020 closure: a maximum of six customers per table and a distance of one meter between each table. Customers will need to scan a QR Code to alert them if they are in contact.
Third step, undoubtedly the most anticipated: the return to an almost normal activity. No date set for the activation of this plan, however, restaurant owners will be notified three weeks in advance. The indicators of opportunity are: the number of cases of contamination per day and the number of people vaccinated. Night establishments are not included in these three stages. However, the government has indicated that it is working on a plan for the end of March in order to reflect on a health protocol to be established.