BEIJING – China is going back to the movies. Following months of closure, limited numbers of movie goers were allowed back into cinemas Monday in cities such as Shanghai, Hanzhou and Guilin where the risk of virus infection is considered low.
Customers wore masks, left open seats between them and observed other safety precautions. At Shanghai’s Tianshan theater, an audience gathered for a showing of the Chinese-made feature “A First Farewell.” Workers were disinfecting and polishing at theaters in Beijing, which on Sunday downgraded its emergency response level after seeing no new cases of local infection in 14 days.