The latest Codeco measures come into effect this Sunday. Several cinemas, theaters and cultural centers across the country have announced that they will defy the shutdown order.
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Faced with the arrival of the omicron variant, the Consultative Committee bringing together the federal government and the federated entities decided on Wednesday to tighten health measures.
Businesses
As of this Sunday and until January 28, all businesses must ensure they have at least 10m2 for each customer present in their enclosure.
Customers are invited to do their shopping, alone, or even with one other person at most (except for members of the same household).
The sports
In addition, all training and sports competitions of all levels (except those involving minors) must henceforth be held without an audience.
Sports establishments (swimming pools, sports halls, etc.) can remain open, with the exception of their recreational parts (such as a tropical basin for example, which must therefore close).
Indoor activities
All other indoor activities intended for the general public, such as casinos, automatic gaming halls and betting houses must close, as well as snooker or billiards rooms and areas for playing darts.
Cultural places
The closing order also covers theaters, performance halls and cinemas. This sparked a real outcry from the operators concerned who saw it as an unfair and unjustified measure. This is all the more rejected since it had not even been recommended by the GEMS experts who advise the government …
Consequence: several cinemas, theaters and cultural centers of the country have announced one after the other in recent hours that they will defy the order of closure, even if it means being fined. The penalties should not be very numerous, however.
Several mayors have indeed made it known that they would not ask their police to keep an eye on the grain.
The Brussels-Ixelles police said on Saturday that they did not have time to check the cinemas. And justice, too, should close its eyes.
Asked by RTBF on Christmas eve, Mons Attorney General Ignacio de la Serna made it clear that Thémis had for the moment other fish to fry than to prosecute cultural players who would remain open …
Particularly upset against the authorities, cultural actors from the north and south of the country will also organize a peaceful demonstration this Sunday at Mont des Arts, in the center of Brussels.
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