After two months of being shut down due to the rapid spread of coronavirus, Chinese officials announced Thursday that they are planning to reopen 205 cinemas on Saturday.
The teeming metropolis of more than 24 million people is one of the first major cities to reopen multiplexes to the public after many of the outlying cities were opened last week.
While the first batch is confirmed for Saturday, the rest of the 175 theatres will open “in an orderly manner when the conditions are right” the official Xinhua news agency said, referring to comments made by Yin Xin, the Shanghai municipal government spokesperson, during a coronavirus prevention conference.
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