These are the safety protocols that will be enforced as cinemas reopen in NCR

Now that cinemas in the National Capital Region (NCR) are allowed to re-open under Alert Level 3 after being shut down for a year and seven months, theater operators are intent on giving customers and cinema employees a safe, secure moviegoing experience amid the ongoing threat of COVID-19.

“That is the main goal right now,” said Charmaine Bauzon, president of the Cinema Exhibitors Association of the Philippines (CEAP).] “We have devoted the past 19 months of cinema closure identifying solutions and precautions based on science.  We will implement these measures to confidently welcome back movie fans to cinemas and send them home safe.”

Last October 13, the Inter-Agency Task Force Against Covid-19 (IATF), placed NCR under Alert Level 3, paving the way for the reopening of cinemas, but with several restrictions: only fully vaccinated people will be admitted and seating capacity to be limited to 30 percent. The actual date of reopening is still subject to confirmation.

Aside from adhering to IATF-mandated health standards, CEAP has also developed the following “Sa Sine Safe Ka” protocols patterned after the “CinemaSafe” measures set by America’s National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) and endorsed by epidemiologists:  

• Monitoring of moviegoers’ body temperature as they enter the cinema
• Moviegoers to present authentic vaccination card
• Implement regulations set by the IATF and LGUs on facial coverings
• No eating inside the cinema
• Enforce socially distanced seating
• Encourage contact-less transaction in ticket-purchasing
• Improved air ventilation
• Availability of hand sanitizers at the cinema entrance
• Mandatory hand-washing every 30 minutes for cinema employees
• Deep cleaning between screenings

The CEAP also advised individuals who aren’t feeling well to skip the cinema and stay at home, as consideration to other moviegoers. “If you are experiencing a fever, cough, or other symptoms that could be related to COVID-19—or think that you may have been exposed to COVID-19, please stay home and we welcome you to join us again in the future,” Bauzon said.

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These are the safety protocols that will be enforced as cinemas reopen in NCR
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