Olympia Cinema in Cannes.

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A new blow for cultural and sporting places welcoming the public.

While all the stores were able to reopen on November 28, cinemas, theaters, museums will not reopen on December 15 and will remain closed for three more weeks, to reduce the risk of the spread of the Covid-19 epidemic, a announced this Thursday Jean Castex during a press conference.

"Even if all these establishments have health protocols, the logic that we must follow is to avoid increasing the flow, the concentrations, the mixing of the public", declared the head of government.

This measure also concerns "the reception of the public in sports grounds, in circuses, zoological parks or even gaming rooms and casinos".

"I realize how difficult these decisions are to accept"

While the number of coronavirus contaminations has stopped falling for a week and is even rising slightly, with 14,000 new cases identified in the past twenty-four hours (against 12,000 last Thursday), the Prime Minister confirmed on Thursday that the objective of 5,000 daily contaminations set on November 24 by the President of the Republic could not be reached on December 15.

"The game is far from won", "we are not out of the second wave", he hammered to justify several adaptations of the strategy of progressive deconfinement announced by Emmanuel Macron from December 15.

"I can see how difficult these decisions are to accept, because these are highly anticipated activities during this year-end period and these sectors wanted to be able to find their audiences," said Jean Castex.

A decision on the reopening of these places welcoming the public will be taken "depending on the health situation" by January 7, said the Prime Minister.

The date for the reopening of the restaurants remains set for January 20.

The gauge for reception in places of worship cannot be raised.

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