Photo courtesy of The Star and Astro Ulagam
As some states in Malaysia have reached an 80 per cent rate of vaccination for the adult population, the government is allowing more activities to resume with the need to adhere to the set guidelines and procedures. With that said, the cinemas in the country have also gotten greenlit to reopen to fully vaccinated individuals starting from 9 September.
According to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob in a statement, the cinema halls could only operate at 50 per cent audience capacity. However, it would still be good enough to relieve more than a million creative industry workers and artists in the country, as well as assisting more than 19,000 companies related to the industry.
Other than reopening the cinemas, activities in the list below can resume as well in states under Phase 1 of the NRP:
- Development and airing of creative content by recording or a live broadcast
- Recording or live broadcast in the form of presentation; information and entertainment in the presence of an audience that have been fully vaccinated with 30 per cent capacity of the studio space;
- Indoor or outdoor filming of any creative industry work to individuals who have completed the vaccine;
- Indoor busking for individuals who have been fully vaccinated;
- Hotel lounge performances for individuals who have completed vaccination;
- Cinema activities for individuals who have been fully vaccinated with 50 per cent capacity in cinema screening hall space;
- Live performance activities such as theatre, musicals, music and comedy on a pre-registered basis, with an audience that have completed vaccinations and occupying 30 per cent capacity of the premises space; and,
- Art exhibition activities in halls, museums and art galleries by appointment, for visitors who have completed the vaccine with visitor capacity of 30 per cent of the premise space.
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