They were looking forward to it. Representatives of nightclubs and the nightlife, gathered this Monday morning by Emmanuel Macron at, the Élysée, are now set on the date of reopening of their establishments, after fifteen months of complete shutdown due to the health crisis linked to Covid-19. It will be July 9th.
This meeting, scheduled for 10 am, Music Day, was held with the Minister of Culture Roselyne Bachelot and the Minister Delegate Alain Griset, in charge of Small and Medium Enterprises.
Health pass at the entrance
The latter announced that the health pass, initially reserved for gatherings of more than 1,000 people, would be extended to night establishments, where barrier measures are difficult to adopt. A 75% gauge will apply indoors, 100% outdoors. The mask will not be compulsory indoors.
Mentioned last Thursday by the Minister of Health Olivier Véran, the fact of requiring the health pass at the entrance had obtained the consent of the two main professional unions in the sector, the Umih and the GNI. While also asking for the possibility that customers can enter after performing a self-test on site.
The nightclubs represent 30,000 direct jobs and a billion euros in annual turnover, according to the unions.
Out of 1,600 nightclubs in France, 152 had closed permanently at the end of March 2021, according to them and 25% will not be able to open due to the impossibility of meeting the health protocol, in particular because of the ventilation systems.
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