Over 500 cinemas in the country had re-opened their doors over the last week China has ordered all of its cinemas to close once again as it continues to battle the coronavirus, reports say.
Last week, the first cinema in China re-opened its doors after closing in January. “We can’t stay closed forever,” a representative for the Zhongying Golden Palm Cinema in Urumqi told Chinese media.
Almost 500 cinemas had re-opened this week, but now sources tell Deadline that they have all been now ordered to shut once again.
Sources say that China’s national film bureau has contacted all cinemas today (March 27), telling them to close once again, with no news of when they might re-open.
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