New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday announced the reopening of state cinemas for the first time since the pandemic broke out on March 5, although they will do so at 25% of their capacity, up to a maximum of 50 people.
Cuomo, who announced the measure during a conference call, pointed out that masks should be used in movie theaters and that social distance should be respected, although there will be no need to test for coronavirus, while theater owners are making improvements in their systems of ventilation. .
This is good news for the entertainment world and for New York’s cinemas, which have always been closed for about a year, when Cuomo banned a crowd of more than 10 people in mid-March 2020.
“New York City is a very important market for the US film industry; the reopening there gives film distributors the confidence not to change the release date and is an important step in the recovery of everything in the industry,” said the US National. Theater Owners Association (NATO) said in a statement.
The news of the movie theaters reopening comes a day before the stadiums in New York will welcome the public again, albeit with a maximum of 2,000 people, and the Barcklays Center in Brooklyn and Madison Square Garden will be the scene of both NBA games. .
New York also recently announced the reopening of restaurant interior spaces, which will be able to run at 35% capacity by the end of the week, and the reactivation of theme parks on April 9.
In addition, permission has been given to re-celebrate weddings, although all attendees will have to undergo coronavirus testing, while nursing homes can also receive visits starting next Friday, but counties that register an infection rate of more than 5% visitors will be required to take a test.
As Cuomo announced Monday, the average infection rate in New York State, where nearly 38,000 people have died from the coronavirus, is 4.33% and the average over the past 7 days is 3.52%.