The new federal measures are causing different reactions in the city. While some see the imminent payments as the silver lining, others are disillusioned.
Published: 01/13/2021, 7:52 pm—
–Deserted old town: This is what the Untertor will look like again in the next few weeks.
Photo: Urs Jaudas
Most of all they would like to get back to normal.
Before the decision of the Federal Council, Gastro-Winterthur President Thomas Wolf wished “that we could go back to work”. Fast financial help is almost a prerequisite for the survival of the catering industry.
SME association president Désirée Schiess hoped for “as few additional measures as possible”.
And Remo Hahn from the Young Old Town Association found that the shops should stay open because the old town is an “open-air shopping center”.
All three of them were disappointed.
The federal government decided on a tough lockdown. Only grocery stores, kiosks, bakeries, petrol station shops, flower shops, pharmacies, opticians, hearing aid shops, telecom providers, workshops, laundries, hairdressing salons, construction and gardening shops are allowed to remain open. The game changer is the more contagious virus mutation, it was said at the press conference.
