Andreas Wiseman International EditorHDF Kino, Germany’s largest cinema association, has called for a reduction to the 1.5M social distancing measures in cinemas to ensure that exhibitors “survive” the Covid crisis.The organization, which has 620 members who account for more than 3,200 cinema screens across Germany, has made the call in light of a new study by the Hermann Rietschel Institute at the Technical University of Berlin, which claims that cinemas are safer than offices when it comes to airborne disease transmission.
The HRI study compared the aerosol concentrations of two cinema halls of different sizes with an office space and says the lack of talking in cinemas and different ventilation systems make them a safer environment..
Read more on deadline.com