The Paris police prefect, Didier Lallement, announced on Monday the closure for 15 days, from Tuesday, of bars in Paris and its near suburbs to fight against the coronavirus.
At the microphone of Europe Midi, a restaurateur warns about the economic consequences of this decision.
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Paris, as expected, will return to restrictions.
Faced with the acceleration of the Covid-19 epidemic in Île-de-France, the prefect of police, Didier Lallement, announced braking measures on Monday.
Thus, the bars of the capital and its inner suburbs will close for a period of 15 days from Tuesday.
After this period, the measure will be reassessed according to the evolution of the health situation.
"Many establishments will not recover from these fifteen days of closure or from this loss of turnover which can be very significant", alert at the microphone of Europe Midi Romain Vidal, manager of a Parisian brasserie and secretary general of the Group national level for independent hotel and catering in Paris Île-de-France.
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“Of course, it only lasts two weeks, but in two weeks, there are holidays. I think that many Parisians need to breathe, to get out of Paris, something that we can fully understand. But that means that Paris will be even more empty than what we currently know ", points out this trade unionist.
"In a month, we will find many cases in the commercial court, in liquidation or closure, which will pitifully try to survive," predicted, annoyed, Romain Vidal.
The closure measure announced Monday morning by Didier Lallement does not concern the restaurants, which will be able to remain open and serve food at their usual hours, but respecting a new health protocol, which includes in particular the taking of contact details for customers, to contact them again. In case of problem.