(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File) The Associated PressPARIS -- Christian Etchebest's Parisian bistro is a shadow of its usual bustling self. Five lunch specials sit in neat paper bags on the bar awaiting takeout customers — a tiny fraction of his normal midday business before the coronavirus. Such programs can't save jobs that disappear due to long-term slowdowns in customer demand or to technological changes. I will fight for it until the end.”His chef, Thierry Lararralde, was weathering the crisis financially thanks to the support. “In the beginning we didn’t know about the stipend, so (the closing) hit us very badly,” he said.

Source: ABC News April 30, 2020 06:45 UTC