Los Angeles Movie Theaters Could Reopen Next Week
thewrap.comLos Angeles is now on the verge of reopening movie theaters and other businesses, but the county needs to improve vaccinations in poorer communities before cinemas can get the green light.On Tuesday, new data on infection rates from the California Department of Public Health revealed that Los Angeles, Orange, and San Bernardino Counties have suppressed the rate of COVID-19 infections to the levels needed to move them to the second level of the state’s four-tier reopening system.
That second level would allow movie theaters to reopen with a 25% capacity limit as early as March 19.But another part of the state’s reopening criteria is how well the state is vaccinating lower-income communities, most of which are predominantly populated by Black.
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