Covid-19: Macron wants reopening of restaurants "in stages"

Emmanuel Macron said Monday that the reopening of restaurants would be done "in stages" between the beginning of May and the end of June, in particular according to the incidence rate of Covid-19 in the departments.

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"We saw that things can go down"

"We will do opening stages: there is the stage of May 3 (end of traffic restrictions,

, there will be mid May, there will be a stage - I think - around the beginning of June, and then another mid-end of June ", explained the Head of State on the sidelines of a trip to Melun (Seine-et-Marne), on the occasion of the start of the school year.

"Each (of the stages) will depend on the results that we will have obtained: we always look for ten to fifteen days how to consolidate the results", continued the president, questioned by onlookers during a walkabout.

"I think that we cannot reopen the restaurants, let's say at the end of May or in June, in departments where it still circulates a lot", warned Emmanuel Macron again, but "in other (departments) where it has a lot lowered, I think we will have to open them ".

"It depends on how things are going to evolve, we have seen that things can go down. So, me, I am confident", he argued, noting "that we rather contaminate ourselves when it is closed , and when you eat, that's what you have to try to limit at first ", while with regard to the terraces," we can see that it is less annoying than when we are there. 'inside is common sense ".

"Reduced gauges" for cultural establishments

Regarding cultural establishments, "we will try to reopen (them) before, from the first phase, with reduced gauges," said the President of the Republic. "For theater, cinema and others, we can see that if we limit the number, we can (reopen them) in the early stages," he added.