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Taiwan loosens COVID restrictions at cinemas, theaters, sports venues

The Ministry of Culture announced that partitions in the movie theatre will be removed. (Photo / Retrieved from Unsplash Gallery)
The Ministry of Culture announced that partitions in the movie theatre will be removed. (Photo / Retrieved from Unsplash Gallery)

According to [Taiwan News], the Ministry of Culture in cooperation with the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Monday (Sept. 27) announced that it is lifting epidemic control restrictions on cinemas, theaters, and sports venues, while some entertainment venues will be allowed to reopen on Oct. 5 under certain conditions.

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Arts & Cultural centers have adjusted epidemic prevention measures. (Photo / Provided by the Ministry of Culture)

Arts & Cultural centers have adjusted epidemic prevention measures. (Photo / Provided by the Ministry of Culture)

Health Minister and CECC head Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) on Monday afternoon announced that after discussions with relevant units, the center plans to relax some epidemic prevention measures this week and on Oct. 5, as the domestic outbreak has been brought under control. Chen explained that the limits on crowd sizes and seating arrangements in theaters, movie theaters, and exhibition centers will be lifted starting this week.

Chen said that the number of people at these indoor venues will no longer be limited to 80 indoors and 300 outdoors and can be filled to maximum capacity. Checkerboard seating and partitions will also no longer be required in these facilities.

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Arts & Cultural centers have adjusted epidemic prevention measures. (Photo / Provided by the Ministry of Culture)

Arts & Cultural centers have adjusted epidemic prevention measures. (Photo / Provided by the Ministry of Culture)

According to [Taiwan News], for outdoor performances, there will no longer be a limit of 300 people, and venues can instead be filled to 50% of maximum capacity as long as a social distance of one meter can be maintained. However, he said that all of these venues should continue to implement other epidemic prevention measures, such as real-name registration, body temperature measurement, mask-wearing, a ban on eating and drinking, and proper social distancing before performances, during intermission, and at the end of shows.

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