Olivier Véran has been the Minister of Health since February 2020. -

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Representatives of sports halls, closed since Monday in several large cities to stem the progression of the Covid-19, will benefit from "economic support" and will be received in Bercy in the coming days, Minister of Health Olivier said on Tuesday. Véran.

"I fully understand the distress of users of sports halls and those who keep them," said the minister to the deputies during questions to the government, promising that this closure would cover "as short a time as possible".

The new health rules announced by the government on September 23 require, among other things, the closure of sports halls in heightened alert zones, such as Paris.

"It is not the responsibility or the fault of the people who run these rooms, but all the closed places where you do not wear a mask, where there can be sweat, are unfortunately places conducive to broadcasting. virus, that's what scientists and doctors tell us, and [it's] what is being done in all countries of the world facing an upsurge "in the epidemic, he said. .

35,000 jobs

Olivier Véran affirmed that "there will be compensation and economic support, [the Minister of the Economy] Bruno Le Maire will receive all the players in the sports hall industry in the coming days, I believe the week. next or at the end of the week, to be able to accompany them throughout the necessary period ”.

Several companies that manage sports halls have announced in recent days that they will file summary proceedings before the administrative justice against the closing orders concerning them.

The industry in particular disputes the fact of contributing to the spread of the virus, advancing the figure of 200 cases of Covid-19 identified in confined sports halls offering a sporting activity - on nearly 25 million passages - since August , according to data from Union Sport et Cycles.

The sector represents nearly 2 billion euros in turnover, with nearly 35,000 employees, and has already been tested by the closures during containment.

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