The Paris town hall has announced the cancellation of the festivities planned on the Champs-Elysées for New Year’s Eve.
Le Monde with AFP
The Paris town hall announced, on Saturday, December 18, the cancellation of fireworks and concerts planned on the Champs-Elysees for New Year’s Eve, in order to implement the measures requested by the Government to combat The COVID-19 epidemic.
“In view of the resurgence of the pandemic and new government announcements, the City of Paris is regretted to cancel all the festivities planned on the Champs-Elysees on December 31, affirmed the municipality. The fire of artifice will not be drawn and DJs sets will unfortunately not take place this year. “
” Significant restrictions “
In 2020, all the festivities had been canceled during the Christmas holidays because of the curfew imposed on the fight against the epidemic, which had only been raised for Christmas Eve. The head of the government, Jean Castex, asked the town halls to give up the concerts and fireworks on the evening of December 31, during which the consumption of alcohol on the public road will be prohibited.
In a notice published Saturday, the Scientific Council on COVID-19 called on the Government to introduce “significant restrictions” because of the risk of spreading the epidemic on the occasion of New Year’s Eve. ” look at the acceleration of the epidemic and the risks associated with festive activities of the end of the year, significant restriction measures must be taken by the authorities on the occasion of the New Year’s Eve (including, if any, under the Limitation of collective activities or curfews), with the possibility of territorial declination “, writes this Council, responsible for giving recommendations to the executive with regard to knowledge on the epidemic.