Delayed For 2 Days, Cinemas In Jakarta Open Tomorrow

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JAKARTA - Chairman of the All-Indonesian Cinema Management Association (GPBSI) Djonny Syafruddin said cinemas in Jakarta would reopen on Thursday, September 16, 2021.

"On Thursday we will open all cinemas in Jakarta", Djonny told reporters, Wednesday, September 15.

Djonny admitted that initially the plan to open a cinema in Jakarta in the extension of Level 3 Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM) was carried out on September 14. However, it was delayed for 2 days.

The reason is that cinema managers must complete the trial requirements for opening cinemas in Jakarta in accordance with central government regulations, namely the Instruction of the Minister of Home Affairs Number 42 of 2021 concerning Level 4, 3, and 2 PPKM COVID-19.

"Actually, it has been opened, but there are still problems that need to be clarified, the editorial understanding. Earlier, all day long the GPBSI people had unified the understanding of that understanding", he said.

When operating later, continued Djonny, cinemas will require visitors to have been vaccinated against COVID-19. Access to cinemas using the PeduliLindung application.

Health protocols must continue. For example, the audience capacity is limited to 50 percent in one room, including keeping the distance between the seats between spectators.

Previously, the government decided to open cinema operations in the extension of PPKM in Java and Bali. However, cinemas are only opened in areas that apply Level 3 and 2 PPKM.

Then, the opening of the film screening location was also carried out with a capacity limit of 50 percent of visitors. This was conveyed by the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan.

"The opening of cinemas with a maximum capacity of 50 percent in cities (which apply PPKM) Level 3 and Level 2", said Luhut in announcing the extension of the Java-Bali PPKM, Monday, September 13.

Then, cinema-goers must have been vaccinated and use the PeduliLindungi application as a screening for entry to the location.

"Only the Green category can enter the cinema area", said Luhut.