Movie theaters in Los Angeles will be able to reopen early next week, public health officials said Thursday. The announcement punctuates nearly a year without cinemas in the film capital of the world, and is welcome news to the exhibition industry, which has struggled over the past twelve months since COVID-19 upended daily life.The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced Thursday that theaters will be allowed to reopen at 25% capacity sometime between Monday and Wednesday of next week.Last week, movie theaters in New York City were allowed to reopen at reduced capacity.In Los Angeles, the county was waiting for the state to distribute two million vaccine doses to underserved populations, a key trigger in the state’s.
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