The ongoing debate over face mask has taken a turn in England, where they are now expected to become mandatory in cinemas as the government checks out to involve a wave of COVID-19 infections planned at the moment.
The resolution – announced on Friday, when the country registered 846 new cases, its number since June – lately is just one council that will still be legally enforced from August 8 and will also come with other closed places such as museums, galleries and places of worship.
The ban was lifted earlier in July, with the reopening of some cinemas across the country. On Friday, the biggest revival to date, with the showing of giant Cineworld, owner of Regal in the United States, reopening its 99 theaters.
The resolution of the face mask contradicts the comments and resolutions of the exhibition industry. Speaking to the Hollywood Reporter in June, Cineworld CEO Mooky Greidinger said it would make face mask mandatory for its customers. In its official adequacy and protection guidelines, published in June before the reopening of the cinema, the UK Film Association came with the aim of making the face mask mandatory.
The new announcement came here when British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said an extra easing of closing measures, which was supposed to take place on August 1 and add live theatres, was being delayed for at least two weeks. Several regions of the country that have experienced recent PEAKS of COVID-19 are facing new restrictions and social gatherings.
On Thursday, a new survey found that the UK had noticed the worst increase in mortality rates in Europe, the pandemic.
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