Cinemas in England to return to full capacity from July 19

nme.com:

confirmed plans today (July 5) for the final stage of relaxing of COVID-19 restrictions across the country, set to take place on July 19. “Freedom Day”, as it’s come to be known, will be confirmed following a data review next Monday (July 12).The news will see face masks become optional and advice for social distancing will be scrapped.

Cinemas and theatres will now be able to return to full capacity, after operating under social distancing for months.“This pandemic is far from over,” Johnson said at today’s press conference. “It certainly won’t be over by the 19th, and we must reconcile ourselves sadly to more deaths from Covid.“We must be honest with ourselves that if we can’t reopen our society in the next few weeks, when we will be.