Industry professionals have proposed new measures to keep their establishments open. A health protocol that would apply even in large cities placed in ” maximum alert ”And which would allow bars and restaurants to survive the crisis.
A new health protocol to stay open
During his press briefing, the Minister of Health, Olivier Veran, mentioned the possibility of establishing new rules in order to save the catering sector. If these measures ” seem sufficiently robust, protective, controllable, they will be submitted to the High Council for Public Health, and if they were validated, they could then apply to all zones of maximum alert »He develops. The managers of bars and restaurants therefore proposed this Friday a new health protocol in order to be able to remain open despite being in “ maximum alert “. These measures would be added to those already in existence, in particular the wearing of a mask or the ban on drinking while standing.
Different points of vigilance to be observed
First of all, a reminder book should be set up. Each customer will fill in their contact details, which would be kept for one month. This would then allow professionals to recontact clients if a person tested positive and was at the same time in the establishment. There would also be a mandatory temperature measurement, via a forehead thermometer. A measurement that questions, because this type of thermometer is not seen as reliable: ” Frontal infrared thermometers miss many cases: they do not detect between 1 and 20% of people who are actually feverish. They are also wrong the other way around, indicating a fever in 1 to 25% of people who actually do not have one. ”Underlined the UFC-Que Choisir consumer association. Then a ” massive screening »Was requested by the UMIH and the main organizations in the sector – the National Group of Hotel Chains (GNC), the National Group of Independent Hotel and Catering Industry (GNI) and the National Union of Thematic and Commercial Catering (SNRTC) for all employees in order to ensure the best possible safety. These tests would be done “ by means of time slots with priority access reserved for them “. Finally, there will be a maximum of 8 people per table, customer payments will be assured at the table and reservations will be strongly recommended to avoid crowds.
