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They authorize the consumption of food in movie theaters

The Ministry of Production (Produce) reported yesterday that cinemas will be able to sell and allow their customers to consume food and beverages inside their rooms after updating the sanitary protocols “for what successful jobs and business activities are created, but without neglecting the health issue ”.

This measure comes after evaluating the recommendations of the national health authorities and the successful progress of the vaccination process in the country, the product of joint work with the Ministry of Health (Minsa), according to the head of the Produce, José Incio.

The official stated that The measure will apply only to people immunized with two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine and it will cover the cinemas located in the provinces that have an advance of 40% of the vaccination.

“Compliance with this condition will govern when the Ministry of Health (Minsa) expressly communicate it to Produce ”, he added.

The new protocol indicates that movie theaters must have a unidirectional flow of fresh air, with an air injection and extraction system, which avoids air recycling. You can also implement air filtration systems, type MERV 13 or higher (Ideal HEPA).

Likewise, it urges that cinemas should set up rooms for vaccinated people with full doses and that they have fulfilled the expected time for the formation of antibodies, which will be defined by the National Health Authority.

Public health is in danger

Through social networks, some Internet users expressed their surprise when they saw that In some cinema chains, the consumption of food and beverages within their cinemas was already being allowed for several days, thus breaching current sanitary regulations, considering that the Produce regulations were just published last night in an extraordinary edition.

In this regard, epidemiologist César Cárcamo maintains that public health is endangered, since movie theaters are very concentrates and therefore dangerous.

Regardless of whether the Government authorizes the intake of food to people with both doses, it considers that “They are still taking risks.”

“The risk is lower with vaccinated people, there is no doubt, but their risk is not zero. It’s like going to war with or without a helmet. It is better to wear a helmet, but it is better not to go to war, ”he told La República.

Food can be bought outside

A month ago, Indecopi declared inadmissible a Cineplanet complaint for an alleged imposition of bureaucratic barriers by requiring that consumers can enter their rooms with food and beverages purchased in other establishments. Therefore, the company cannot deny entry to those who come with products purchased in other stores.

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César Cárcamo, epidemiologist

“The virus is still present, the epidemic. It is definitely a public health problem (consumption in cinemas) (…) The risk is lower with vaccinated people, but their risk is not zero ”.

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