Covid-19: discos will remain closed until end of January

“The month of December representing 20% ​​of the annual turnover”, financial compensation will be put in place, “said Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, Minister delegate for Tourism and SMEs.

Le Monde with AFP

Nightclubs, which were closed for a month in early December to cope with the health situation, will remain closed for three additional weeks in January, said Wednesday 29 December the delegated minister for tourism and SMEs, Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, on France Inter .

“Discos will not reopen on January 6 [the deadline initially given], confirmed the minister. They were closed in early December while the health situation was much better than the one we know today.” Clubs and discotheques are closed since December 9, after the announcements in early December of the Prime Minister, Jean Castex.

Aids are already planned for the sector. “We have set up a help system with the 100% fixed cost and with partial activity. (…) It follows from my consultations yesterday that the month of December representing 20% ​​of the annual turnover These compensations should be completed. (…) I want to tell them our support in this event, we will be in their side, “said the minister.

France recorded a new record of contaminations at COVID-19 Tuesday with nearly 180,000 new cases in the last twenty-four hours, after having already crossed the threshold of 100,000 cases on Christmas Day.

/Media reports.