Closed for more than 15 months, they will be accessible again this summer. However, it will be necessary to be vaccinated or to be in possession of a negative test for Covid-19. We take stock.
A compulsory health pass
From July 9, the French will be able to meet on the dance floors of nightclubs. These have experienced a long period of closure. For more than 15 months, nearly 1,600 French nightclubs have been deserted and 152 have gone out of business at the end of the first quarter of the year. A significant impact since these establishments represent 30,000 direct jobs.
The accommodation capacity in the clubs will be reduced to “75% of usual indoor standards »Said Monday Mr. Griset, Minister responsible for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), after a meeting at the Elysee with the Minister of Culture, Roselyne Bachelot, and representatives of nightclubs. According to Alain Griset, entry into these places will be conditioned by the presentation of a health pass, attesting to the vaccination or recent negative test. The mask will not be compulsory, but recommended. “When you see a light at the end of the tunnel, it’s a little better than being in complete darkness”, reacted Patrick Malvaës, president of the national union of discotheques, on BFMTV. But the reopening “cannot be decreed overnight. Operators who have been closed for 16 months [vont devoir] get their staff back, they do the gauges indoors to be 25% less capacity, they have to do the electrical checks “, he added.
Rapid entry tests
The Minister of Culture also announced another good news which correlates with that of the nightclubs, namely the resumption of concerts with the public standing from June 30. With a gauge of 75% in enclosed spaces and a gauge of 100% outdoors. According to The world, barnums will be made available at the entrance to nightclubs to allow organizers and customers who do not have a health pass to present, to carry out a rapid screening “The idea is to allow young and old to party in safety”, judge M. Griset.
